Identifying priority sites for whale shark ship collision management globally

• Main Authors: Freya C. Womersley, Christoph A. Rohner, Kátya Abrantes, Pedro Afonso, Shin Arunrugstichai, Steffen S. Bach, Shir Bar, Adi Barash, Peter Barnes, Adam Barnett, Ginevra Boldrocchi, Noemie Buffat, Tom Canon, Clara Canovas Perez, Metavee Chuangcharoendee, Jesse E.M. Cochran, Rafael de la Parra, Stella Diamant, William Driggers, Christine L. Dudgeon, Gonzalo Araujo, Bernardette mabel manjaji matsumoto
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier BV 2024
• Subjects: QL614-639.8 Fishes
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42845/1/FULL%20TEXT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42845/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172776

The expansion of the world’s merchant fleet poses a great threat to the ocean’s biodiversity. Collisions between ships and marine megafauna can have population-level consequences for vulnerable species. The Endangered whale shark (Rhincodon typus) shares a circumglobal distribution with this expandi...