Shipping in the Bering Strait Region

Challenges and Solutions in the Era of Climate Change

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Less Ice, More Ships = New Challenges

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Overview

The Bering Strait

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Ship Strikes and Underwater Noise

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Heavy Fuel Oil

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Shipping Emissions

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At-Sea-Transfer of Fuel

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Sewage and Greywater Pollution

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No-Go Zones for Shipping

Shipping in the Bering Strait Region

SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS

“Improving shipping safety will help protect the Bering Strait for future generations.”

Janis Searles Jones, CEO Ocean Conservancy
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Janis Searles Jones, CEO Ocean Conservancy

The Bering Strait is a place like nowhere else on Earth — and it's worth protecting.

Tell decision-makers to protect the Bering Strait’s incomparable marine wildlife from increasing shipping.

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This Web Story is funded in part by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.

Support for the research in this project was provided by the Pew Fellows Program in Marine Conservation at The Pew Charitable Trusts.

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