Big ships asked to slow down to reduce noise for iconic whales

Critical habitat for endangered southern resident killer whales overlaps with busy shipping lanes in the Salish Sea. (Joan Lopez / Echo)If you think trying to carry on a conversation in a noisy restaurant or bar is difficult, imagine how whales in the noisy waters of the Salish Sea feel.
Whale scientists think rising levels of underwater noise are having a harmful effect on the Northwest’s iconic killer whales. Now the Port of Vancouver, in British Columbia, is spearheading an experiment t