Concern about the effects of maritime vessel collisions with marine animals is increasing
worldwide. To date, most scientific publications on this topic have focused on the collisions …

Offshore wind energy is expanding globally and new floating wind turbine technology now
allows wind energy developments in areas previously too deep for fixed-platform turbines …

Migrating wildlife species across the globe face a dire predicament as their traditional
migratory routes are cut off by human encroachment. Forced into smaller and smaller …

Aim Advances in ecological and environmental modelling offer new opportunities for
estimating dynamic habitat suitability for highly mobile species and supporting management …

Record-high ocean temperatures, combined with a confluence of extreme climate and
weather patterns, are pushing the world into uncharted waters. Researchers must help …

We examine the dive and movement behavior of blue, fin, and humpback whales along the
US West Coast in regions with high ship traffic where ship strikes have been identified as a …

Understanding the behaviour of humpback whale mother-calf pairs and the acoustic
environment on their breeding grounds is fundamental to assessing the biological and …

All species of large whales are susceptible to vessel strikes, but the true scale and
geographical extent of such strikes is not known. This paper provides a qualitative …

For the 40 years after the end of commercial whaling in 1976, humpback whale populations
in the North Pacific Ocean exhibited a prolonged period of recovery. Using mark–recapture …

Dynamic ocean management, which leverages near real-time data to adaptively shift
management in response to changing ocean conditions, is gaining attention as an …