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  Feb 24, 2020

  ‘Ship Strikes' Killing Whales Despite Govt. Program to Slow Down Vessels

  Ships are hitting and killing whales off the California coast at some of the highest rates in more than a decade, according to data obtained and tabulated by the NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit. The spike in ‘ship strikes’ comes despite a 5-year government initiative to slow down vessels as they make their way into San Francisco Bay.