Great Whale Conservancy
Environmental Conservation Organization
Why pick this one
Great Whale Conservancy combines ship-strike hotspot research with advocacy for shipping-lane and transit-time changes through its Whale Guardians™ program.
Best for
- Supporting whale ship-strike prevention
- Advocating for whale-safe shipping lanes and transit times
- Whale entanglement reporting and ghost-net prevention efforts
- Marine plastic pollution research and awareness
- Public education about whales' role in carbon cycling and ocean health
Look elsewhere if
- Seeking a commercial whale-watching operator
- Seeking direct, on-demand marine animal rescue services
Specialties
- Ship-strike hotspot identification
- Shipping-lane and transit-time advocacy
- Whale entanglement reporting
- Microplastic sampling from whale feces
- Whale conservation education campaigns
What makes them different
- Primary focus on preventing ship strikes through scientific data, whale behavior expertise, and economic and financial tools
- Advocates for seasonal or permanent shipping-lane changes in critical great whale habitat
- Operates the Whale Guardians™ program
- Collaborates with Ocean Alliance on whale feces sampling for microplastic analysis
- Supports the Ocean Defenders Alliance in removing ghost nets from whale routes and feeding areas off California
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 694 Lower Browns Creek Rd, Burnsville, NC 28714-7777
- Phone
- +18286750562
- Website
- http://www.greatwhaleconservancy.org/
- Michael@GreatWhaleConservancy.org
Services
- Whale conservation advocacy
- Scientific data collection
- Stakeholder education and advising
- Marine pollution awareness
- Public education and outreach