Dear colleagues
On August 3 at 15:00 pm. a container vessel collided with a southern right
whales when is was arriving to a pier (Storni) of the city of Puerto Madryn.
The incident occurred at a time when the ship Langeness 160 meters lenghts, at
very low speed entering collided with bulb bow to an individual of right
whale about 200 meters from the pier. We filmed and photographed the
incident. Pictures and video could be seen and/or downloaded at http://bioreporte.com/bahia/08/2010/cargo-vessel-strikes-a-southern-right-whale-in-argentina
Kind Regards and please could you be so kind to respond directly to
our E-mail address,
Daniel
Pérez Martínez
Independent
consultant
Domec
García Norte 1142
(9120)
Puerto Madryn (Chubut) Argentina
Dr.
Marcelo Bertellotti
Biología
y Manejo de Recursos Acuáticos
Centro
Nacional Patagónico (CONICET)
Boulevard Brown 2825
(9120) Puerto Madryn (Chubut) Argentina