Editing Santa Barbara Channel (section)

==Risk of ship-whale collisions==
{{further|Environmental effects of shipping#Wildlife collisions}}
As of at least 2011, a few endangered species of whale (including [[blue whale|blue]], [[fin whale|fin]], and [[humpback whale|humpback]]) have begun to feed in a new area north of the [[Santa Cruz Island|Santa Cruz]] and [[Santa Rosa Island, California|Santa Rosa]] islands of the Santa Barbara Channel. These whales are at risk to be struck by ships passing through a [[shipping lane]] used to move goods south to [[Port of Los Angeles|Los Angeles]] and [[Port of Long Beach|Long Beach]] ports.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-08-14/in-the-santa-barbara-channel-an-underwater-sound-system-tries-to-keep-whales-and-ships-apart|title=In the Santa Barbara Channel, an underwater sound system tries to keep whales and ships apart|last=Miller|first=Leila|date=2019-08-16|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-17}}</ref> About 100 collisions have been documented off of the coast of California since 1982, which includes a rate of about 6 per year today, possibly more due to the difficulty of observing the incidents.<ref name=whales>{{cite news|last=Barboza|first=Tony|title=Trying to reduce ship-whale collisions in Santa Barbara Channel|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/la-xpm-2011-jul-27-la-me-adv-whale-lanes-20110727-story.html|access-date=27 October 2011|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=July 27, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-08-14/in-the-santa-barbara-channel-an-underwater-sound-system-tries-to-keep-whales-and-ships-apart|title=In the Santa Barbara Channel, an underwater sound system tries to keep whales and ships apart|last=Miller|first=Leila|date=2019-08-16|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Orozco|first=Lance|date=September 18, 2020|title=Scientists Launch New Technology in Santa Barbara Channel Intended To Protect Whales Against Ships|url=https://www.kclu.org/post/scientists-launch-new-technology-santa-barbara-channel-intended-protect-whales-against-ships|access-date=2020-09-18|website=kclu.org|language=en}}</ref> Scientists estimate that over 80 endangered whales are killed from vessel collisions off the U.S. west coast each year.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Rockwood|first1=R. Cotton|last2=Calambokidis|first2=John|last3=Jahncke|first3=Jaime|date=2017-08-21|title=High mortality of blue, humpback and fin whales from modeling of vessel collisions on the U.S. West Coast suggests population impacts and insufficient protection|journal=PLOS One|language=en|volume=12|issue=8|pages=e0183052|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0183052|pmid=28827838|issn=1932-6203|pmc=5565115|doi-access=free|bibcode=2017PLoSO..1283052R }}</ref>