加利福尼亚海岸附近航道将调整 保护濒危鲸鱼

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11、i onno wprotectse ndan geredwhales in thesa nctuary an dhasreducedtheriskofshipsstriki ngwhalesby81perce nt.加利福尼亚海岸附近航道将调整保护濒危鲸鱼-本文属海员招聘:原创文章 转载须署名来源国际海员招聘网否则将追究版权责任！将调整加利福尼亚海岸繁忙的航道以保护濒危鲸鱼免受船舶撞击的危害,其中包括经过三个国家海洋保护区的航道。上个月，国际海事组织（IMO ）宣布批准通过三个必要的提案，从而提高航行安全， 并减少船舶途经旧金山湾、圣巴巴拉海峡、洛杉机港和长滩港附近海域对鲸鱼造成的撞击问 题。

12、在这些地区航行的船也会穿过美国国家海洋和大气局（NOAA ）的科戴尔浅滩、Farallo nes海湾、海峡群岛国家海洋保护区这里是蓝鲸座头鲸和长须鲸赖以生存的栖息地。NOAA国家海洋保护区西海岸地区主管WilliamJ.Douros说：这是双赢的局面，不仅可 以加强保护濒危的鲸鱼，还可以改善海上航行安全。我们很高兴航运业和IMO决定支持提 议的修正案。”第十一区海岸警卫队的指挥官KarlSchultz海军少将说：我们与NOAA协作审查并 修改该区域的分道通航制，这也表明了我们两个部门之间强有力的合作。这些修改方案保证 了我国各港口间的贸易的安全与高效性伺时也达到NOAA减少对鲸鱼造成损害的目标。”缓慢游动的鲸鱼很容易受到船舶撞击，因为许多她们的栖息地与航道相叠。2007年， 四条鲸鱼（所有都是蓝鲸）（可能）是由于受到航行在圣巴巴拉航道内或周围的船舶撞击死 亡。2010年,五条鲸鱼（两条蓝鲸、一条座头鲸和两条鳍鲸）（可能）是由于受到航行在旧 金山地区或加州海岸中北部区域的船舶撞击死亡。延长通往旧金山海湾的三个航道有望减少在Farallones国际海洋保护区和科戴尔浅滩 船对鲸鱼的伤害。根据IMO决定来看，扩展的航道将有指定的航线通往主要渔场，从而提 高该地区的海上安全性，同时还将减少渔船和商船之间的相互影响。途经圣巴巴拉海峡的航道有所改变，另外途经海峡群岛国家海洋保护区的航