Whale Safe – an AI-Enabled System to Prevent Ship Collisions With Whales – to Launch off the San Francisco Coastline
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Wednesday, September 21, 2022
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Last months tragic death of Fran, the most photographed whale in California, is the latest example of why Whale Safe is needed off the Northern California coast.
Key Points:
- Last months tragic death of Fran, the most photographed whale in California, is the latest example of why Whale Safe is needed off the Northern California coast.
- We are excited to expand the technology and expertise to the San Francisco Bay region where ship collisions are of high concern for endangered whales, said Callie Steffen, Whale Safe project lead at the Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory.
- Whale Safe utilizes best-in-class technology with best-practice conservation strategies to create a solution to reduce risk to whales.
- Whale Safe utilizes an AI-enabled acoustic monitoring system, big data models and direct whale sightings recorded by trained observers and citizen scientists.