: Funding allows for the development and deployment of acoustic monitoring systems that alert vessels to the presence of whales in busy shipping lanes.
: Participants "migrate" a certain number of miles—matching the distance of a Gray Whale migration, for instance—while collecting sponsorships from friends and family. whale fundraisers
: Specialist "disentanglement teams" rely on donations for the dangerous work of freeing whales caught in abandoned fishing gear (ghost nets). : Funding allows for the development and deployment
: Maintaining the equipment and training needed for rapid-response teams during mass strandings or entanglement emergencies. whale fundraisers
: Lobbying for protected marine areas (MPAs) and stricter regulations on commercial whaling and sonar testing.