The strategic placement of wind turbines could increase foraging success for whales as well as help alleviate the shipping and entanglement problem (Petruny & Smith, 2014). With this it would also limit exposure to noise without increasing risk of collisions after construction. Shipping lanes could be moved more offshore away from the Right Whale migratory routes. The nation’s first commercial lease for offshore wind was issued late 2014 to be built near Horseshow Shoal in Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts (Petruny & Smith, 2014). This arrangement would cost the shipping industry a fraction of the savings the wind energy would bring as well as alleviate shipping and entanglement
The strategic placement of wind turbines could increase foraging success for whales as well as help alleviate the shipping and entanglement problem (Petruny & Smith, 2014). With this it would also limit exposure to noise without increasing risk of collisions after construction. Shipping lanes could be moved more offshore away from the Right Whale migratory routes. The nation’s first commercial lease for offshore wind was issued late 2014 to be built near Horseshow Shoal in Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts (Petruny & Smith, 2014). This arrangement would cost the shipping industry a fraction of the savings the wind energy would bring as well as alleviate shipping and entanglement