/home/wpurdemo/resistancesuffolk/wp-content/mu-plugins Comments on: Whale ‘Highways’ Are Being Destroyed by the Fishing Industry https://resistancesuffolk.wp.urdemo.website/2022/02/22/whale-highways-are-being-destroyed-by-the-fishing-industry/ A collection of writings dealing with current US & Long Island politics Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:27:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 By: Mary Foster Morgan https://resistancesuffolk.wp.urdemo.website/2022/02/22/whale-highways-are-being-destroyed-by-the-fishing-industry/#comment-734 Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:27:56 +0000 https://resistancesuffolk.wp.urdemo.website/2022/02/22/whale-highways-are-being-destroyed-by-the-fishing-industry/#comment-734 Thanks David, an important story. Great whales are vital to our climate health. One is worth a thousand trees in carbon storage (IMF). They boost phytoplankton populations, the base of the ocean food chain and which contribute to half to the Earth’s oxygen (NOAA). An economic value of $1 trillion has been placed on protecting great whales by the IMF. What can I do? Locally refuse plastic, clean our beaches, sign petitions by Oceana, Center for Biological Diversity, and lower your shipping footprint — buy local (not shipped). Support the WWF

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By: D. Posnett MD https://resistancesuffolk.wp.urdemo.website/2022/02/22/whale-highways-are-being-destroyed-by-the-fishing-industry/#comment-735 Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:27:56 +0000 https://resistancesuffolk.wp.urdemo.website/2022/02/22/whale-highways-are-being-destroyed-by-the-fishing-industry/#comment-735 Important comments, Mary. THANKS. Especially like your recommendations:
1. locally refuse plastic,
2. clean our beaches,
3. sign petitions by Oceana, Center for Biological Diversity
4. lower your shipping footprint
5. buy local (not shipped)
6. Support the WWF

also
https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/02/14/innovative-fishing-gear-is-being-tested-to-reduce-impact-on-whales-and-sea-turtles/
https://www.worldwildlife.org/threats/bycatch
https://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?983716/New-report-from-WWF-says-abandoned-fishing-gear-an-immortal-menace-which-must-be-central-in-the-fight-against-plastic-pollution

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