Santa Barbara Channel - Risk of Ship-Whale Collisions

Risk of Ship-Whale Collisions

As of at least 2011, a few endangered species of whale (including blue, fin, and humpback) have began to feed in a new area north of the Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa islands of the Santa Barbara Channel. These whales are at risk to be struck by ships passing through a shipping-lane used to move goods south to Los Angeles and Long Beach ports. About 100 collisions have been documented off of the coast of California since 1982, which includes a rate of about 6 per year today, possibly more due to the difficulty of observing the incidents.

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