Ship Strikes

Media and Press Kits

Protecting Blue Whales and Blue Skies film by Michael Hanrahan of Earth Media Lab, LLC features the Vessel Speed Reduction Program and participants.

Blue Whales and Blue Skies Media Clips TV and audio clips featuring our “Blue Whales and Blue Skies” trial incentive program.

1. Excerpt from "Changing Maritime Commerce Space: The Direction of U.S. Shipping" – Capitol Hill Ocean Week 2015 (at 3:34)
2. "Pilot Program Tries to Slow Down Shipping in Santa Barbara Channel to Reduce Air Pollution, Decrease Chances of Whales Being Struck" – KCLU (local Santa Barbara NPR affiliate) (at 9:25)
3. "How do you save the whales? Slow down the ships" – Public Radio International (Living on Earth series) (at 13:33)

KCLU radio piece by Lance Orozco features interviews with CINMS Resource Protection Coordinator Sean Hastings and Environmental Defense Center's Linda Krop, member of the Channel Islands Sanctuary Advisory Council.

Legal petition filed by Center of Biological, Environmental Defense Center, Friends of the Earth, and Pacific Environment to limit speed limits of vessels transiting National Marine Sanctuaries in California.
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