Latest UK data reveals 5000 DEAD Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises in just 5 years
Jason Endfield
In 2023, more than 1000 whales, dolphins and porpoises died around the UK’s coastline.
This brings the five year total to more than 5000.
The UK’s 2023 annual report to Ascobans* reveals an appalling level of cetacean deaths in British seas, and comes in the wake of record-breaking increases in whale, dolphin and porpoise mortality in recent years.
This shocking statistic should be a wake-up call to those planning to further industrialise our seas in the name of renewable energy, and especially offshore wind farms…
Evidence suggests that artificial noise in the marine environment, including infrasound and low frequency noise emanating from wind farms, poses a real danger to marine mammals and the wider ecosystem. Knowing this, and factoring in the many other causes of noise in our seas, it makes no sense to actively seek to increase ocean noise to levels that are literally unbearable for marine mammals.
Yet, the UK and many other countries have hugely ambitious plans to build many more enormous offshore wind farms, affecting vast swathes of marine habitat and ecologically sensitive areas.
https://jasonendfield.medium.com/latest-uk-data-reveals-5000-dead-whales-dolphins-and-porpoises-in-just-5-years-f21ec1b98971
