A new mapping effort for whales and shipping
The ATLANTIC WHALE DEAL aims to make sure that ships don't accidentally hit whales
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On February 10 and 11, 2026, LIENSs, with researchers Esther Diouf and Charlotte Lambert, and the Pelagis Observatory, with Matthieu Authier, will organize the fourth meeting of the European Interreg research project “Atlantic Whale Deal” at the Espace Encan La Rochelle. Around 20 researchers from Portugal, Spain, Ireland, and France will come together as part of this European research program, which aims to reduce and prevent collisions between cargo ships and large whales in North Atlantic waters. Given the size and speed of ships, these collisions are almost always fatal for the animals.
This meeting will be an opportunity for teams from La Rochelle University and the CNRS to present the progress made in mapping collision risks across the North-East Atlantic, as well as in the development of a virtual laboratory (or digital twin) to explore the effects of different possible mitigation strategies to reduce these risks, in order to assess their relevance to the whale population in the Bay of Biscay.
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