Marine Strike Survey

[damianfoxall]

MARINE STRIKE LOG SURVEY
Take the Survey
Participate in this anonymous survey about collisions at sea between sailing vessels and marine life.

• ENGLISH
• FRANÇAIS
• DEUTSCH
• ESPAÑOL
• PORTUGUÊS

Why Reporting Matters
Reporting what we see on the water:

• PROTECTS MARINE LIFE Help identify high-risk areas to minimize harm to whales and other marine species
• IMPROVES CREW SAFETY Reporting supports safer sailing by reducing risks to other crews and vessels
• RAISES AWARENESS TO FIND SOLUTIONS Help highlight the true scale of collisions, often underreported

Reporting is Anonymous and Confidential
All reported strike details are compiled in the confidential Marine Strike Log, and synchronized anonymously with the International Whaling Commission strike database.

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The Marine Mammal Advisory Group is supported by 11thHourracing.org, and coordinated by FoxallMunro.com , is a cohort of stakeholders established to collaborate on the protection of biodiversity, and explore solutions to strikes and collisions for the sailing & boating sector.

The Marine strike survey is being distributed in 5 languages this year to the sailing community as part of a sector-wide distribution, including mainstream sailing media, and direct to yacht clubs and forums.

Participating in the survey is voluntary, as such, it is the individual who can decide to participate, and give as much or as little information as possible.
The results of this survey will be anonymized and compiled in the Marine Strike Log, a global dataset of incidents between sailing vessels and marine life. This anonymized data may be provided to authorized end-users for scientific purposes. Only authorised end-users have access to this anonymised information.

Thank you
Damian Foxall
info@mmag.world

 

[dLj]

Now that's a garbage survey. Nice idea but really badly written. There is no option for never having struck a sea creature. What a shame. Could have been interesting research rather than ... Well... I'm just going to shut up now...

dj

 

[damianfoxall]

Now that's a garbage survey. Nice idea but really badly written. There is no option for never having struck a sea creature. What a shame. Could have been interesting research rather than ... Well... I'm just going to shut up now...

dj

Hi DJ
Thank you for your input

The survey follows a pre-established list of questions which was originally run by a survey in 2008, the answers directly feed into the standard fields of the International Whaling Commission database.

Specific to your question 'option for never having struck a sea creature' , this is addressed in Question 25 of the survey, where you can choose the type of interaction: Observation, Near-miss, Collision.

This work to date has already resulted in establishing the most comprehensive global database of collisions between sailing vessel and marine life or objects, which is going to build our understanding of the scale of the issue, and the actions needed to mitigate the risk for marine life and sailors.

If you have useful data to provide, then I encourage you to participate.

Thank you
Damian