SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A growing number of shipping companies are slowing down as they approach San Francisco and other California ports so they are less likely to injure or kill whales.
1 / 2In this photo taken Tuesday, May 14, 2019, a container ship passes the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco bound for the Port of Oakland. Federal officials are promoting a campaign to get ships to slow down as they approach San Francisco and other California ports so they are less likely to injure or kill whales. The San Francisco Chronicle reported Friday, May 17, 2019, marine experts say four of the 10 gray whales found dead near San Francisco this year were killed by ships.
There are no speed limits at sea, so vessels can zip along as fast as they want, usually 20 knots, or about 23 mph . The large vessels often travel through national marine sanctuaries to get to their destination ports. Twenty-two shipping firms, which represent 45% of the 8,000 inbound vessel trips through the Golden Gate every year, were honored Thursday for cutting their speed in 2018 to 10 knots or less in areas populated by whales. Those include the Farallones, Channel Islands, Monterey Bay and Cordell Bank marine sanctuaries.
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