California Shipping Lanes Moved in Attempt to Avoid Killing Whales http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

Whales near California¿s largest ports are about to gain a bit more protection from the cargo ships with which they share their marine homes. Changes to the mile-wide shipping lanes that funnel maritime traffic into the San Francisco Bay and to the ports in the Los Angeles area go into effect on June 1, and some of the modifications have been made specifically to reduce the presence of ships in areas whales are known to frequent.



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