Policy Documents and White Papers

Ship Strike Reduction Strategy Support Documents

• NOAA Fisheries Strategy to Reduce Ship Strikes of Right Whales  
• Large Whale Ship Strikes Relative to Vessel Speed
• Vessels to Which Operational Measures Apply
• Dynamic Management Areas
• Potential Need for Future Measures
• NOAA Fisheries Actions Ongoing or Underway to Reduce Ship Strikes
• Technological Alternatives to the Problem of North Atlantic Right Whale Ship Strikes
• Routing Ships to Reduce the Risk of Ship Strikes
• Large Whale Ship Strike Database - NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-OPR, January 2004
• Seasonal management areas to reduce ship strikes of northern right whales in the Gulf of Maine - NEFSC reference document 05-19

NEIT-Funded Projects

• Knowlton, A., P. Gerrior, and B. McWeeny. 2007. Implementation of Merchant Mariner Education Modules Titled “Voyage Planning and Marine Environmental Protection Measures to Avoid Collisions with the North Atlantic Right Whale” at US Maritime Academies. Final Report to NMFS, Order # EM133F05SE5512
• Kite-Powell, H. 2005. Economic Implications of Possible Reductions in Boston Port Calls Due to Ship Strike Management Measures. Report to NMFS and MASSPORT
• Kite-Powell, H. and P. Hoagland. 2002. Economic Report on the Cost of Proposed Ship Strike Management Measures. Report to the Northeast Implementation Team, NMFS Contract Number 40EMNF100235
• Russell, B., A.R. Knowlton, and J. Beaudin-Ring. 2005. Vessel Traffic Management Scenarios Based on the National Marine Fisheries Service’s Strategy to Reduce Ship Strikes of North Atlantic Right Whales. Report to the Northeast Implementation Team, NMFS Contract Number EA133F04SE1296
• Russell, B., A.R. Knowlton, J. Beaudin-Ring. 2003. Vessel Traffic-Management Scenarios Based on Recommended Measures to Reduce Ship Strikes of Northern Right Whales Report to the Northeast Implementation Team
  • Appendix I
• Appendix IIa
• Appendix IIb
• Russell, B.A. 2001. Recommended Measures To Reduce Ship Strikes of North Atlantic Right Whales. Report to the Northeast Implementation Team, NMFS Contract Number 40EMF9000223
  • Lead author's cover letter
• Ship Strike Poster

Other Right Whale-related Documents

• Basic Information About Right Whales
• Right Whale Recovery Plan
• U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Marine Mammal Stock Assessments
  • 2007 - NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALE (Eubalaena glacialis): Western North Atlantic Stock
• Cole, T.V.N.; Hartley, D.L.; Merrick, R.L. 2005. Mortality and serious injury determinations for large whale stocks along the eastern seaboard of the United States, 1999-2003. U.S. Dep. Commer., Northeast Fish. Sci. Cent. Ref. Doc. 05-08; 20 p
• Cole TVN, Gerrior P, Merrick RL. 2007. Methodologies of the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service aerial survey program for right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) in the Northeast U.S., 1998-2006. US Dep. Commer., Northeast Fish. Sci. Cent. Ref Doc 07-02; 11p
• Nelson M, Garron M, Merrick RL, Pace RM III, Cole TVN. 2007. Mortality and Serious Injury Determinations for Baleen Whale Stocks Along the United States Eastern Seaboard and Adjacent Canadian Maritimes, 2001-2005. US Dep. Commer., Northeast Fish. Sci. Cent. Ref Doc 07-05; 18 p

For more information on the Ship Strike Reduction Program, please contact
Michael Asaro at 978-282-8469 or Michael.Asaro@noaa.gov

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Last Updated: July 27, 2010