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🐋 Sneak peek behind the scenes - our application
In the last two months, we’ve received membership requests from ship owners, ship managers, and weather-routing companies who want to collaborate and integrate whale data into voyage planning on more than 1,000 vessels. 🚢📊 At the same time, additional whale data is coming in from all over the world, helping us map whale-sensitive zones more accurately than ever. That means our two application heroes - Erik Roscam Abbing and Werner huysmans - have been working hard plotting
5 days ago


Strengthening Whale Protection Along the Chilean Coast and São Sebastião
Over the past weeks, the Whale Guardians initiative has taken important steps forward through direct engagement, operational implementation, and strengthened collaboration across key South American ports. The MV Lowlands Pelikaan , a vessel from our valued member Cobelfret, sailed along the Chilean coastline with our Whale Guardian Capt. Sveto on board during a period marked by increased whale migration and a rise in reported ship strikes. This context made our mission partic
6 days ago


"Crew of international vessel visits Espaço Vida Marinha to exchange experiences on whale protection"
Espaço Vida Marinha, part of the Municipal Tourism Department of São Sebastião, welcomed the crew of the cargo ship Lowlands Pelikaan, arriving from Chile. During the voyage from Antofagasta to São Sebastião, the crew took part in practical training provided by the company Whale Guardians, under the coordination of Captain Sveto. The training covered measures to prevent collisions between ships and whales—one of the greatest risks to these animals—such as reducing speed in sp
Feb 20


Whale Protection Project Developed in Espírito Santo Wins National Award
Vports Initiative Uses Port Monitoring System to Prevent Vessel Collisions with Humpback Whales Along the Coast of Espírito Santo. Vports began the year with national recognition in the field of sustainability. The company won second place at the 2025 ANTAQ Award , in the Innovative Initiatives category, with a whale protection project developed in partnership with the Instituto Baleia Jubarte and the international organization Great Whale Conservancy , in the waters off Es
Feb 17


#MeetTheTeam: Erik Roscam Abbing
For our #MeetTheTeam series, this week we are introducing Erik Roscam Abbing . Erik co-developed together with the amazing Werner huysmans our application that plots whale data and vessel data on a map and let us verify how our members perform in whale sensitive areas. Their efforts have been recognized with a Blue Innovation Award in 2025 from De Blauwe Cluster . Erik is a design and innovation strategist who, throughout his career, has helped countless organizations bec
Feb 2


Keynote Speaker at Coastal and Ocean Futures Conference
Standing in the very same room at the Royal Geographical society in London, where Sir Richard Burton described his role in the discovery of the source of the Nile, and Darwin illuminated the world with proofs for the theory of evolution by natural selection, Michael Fishbach, CEO & Co-Founder of Whale Guardians, in his usual tone of inquiry, encouraged the crowd of biologists and conservationists to work together. A fragment of the presentation. "How many of you consider you
Jan 28


Meeting King Charles
👑 On the 28th of January our CEO and Co-Founder Michael Fishbach had the honour of meeting King Charles in a Shipping Convening organised by Sustainable Markets Initiative . The convening brought together CEOs from ship owners, logistics, ports, data analytics, insurance, banks and satellite monitoring to collaborate on innovative financing, risk-sharing, and market mechanisms that make sustainable shipping commercially viable and attractive. We were pleased to see that
Jan 27


Update on Antofagasta, Chile
Written by Cristóbal González Comella, our Head of Project Leadership & Fundraising for Latin America & Capt. Sveto Todorov, our Board Member WG Europe & Maritime Industry Liaison Fin Whale season is in full bloom right now in Antofagasta Bay! Thanks to the invaluable work of the biologists who collaborate with Whale Guardians, significant amount of data is being collected at this moment. A team led by Ana María García Cegarra , a cetacean conservationists and assistant prof
Jan 25


New Routing Recommendation - Ensenada, Mexico
18 months of scientific research study completed on the whales seasonally present in the general entry area to the port region of Ensenada, Mexico. Local biologists, led by Jasivi Arcos-Dias under permit with Professor Gustavo Cardenas , have completed 18 months of 4x monthly day-long surveys, all done under the guidance of Michael Fishbach. The conclusions are that a number of great whale species are at great risk from transiting ships unaware that the area is critical to w
Jan 21


#MeetTheTeam: Capt. Sveto Todorov
For our #MeetTheTeam series, we are kicking off by introducing Captain Svetoslav Todorov , who, among other contributions, supports the development of training and educational programs for seafarers worldwide Sveto is a Board Member of Whale Guardians EU and has been an active volunteer with the organization for nearly four years. A graduate of the Maritime Academy, he has sailed worldwide on cargo and passenger vessels, serving as a ship’s captain. He remains closely conn
Jan 20


Whale Guardians - South-Africa
Written by Gregory Vogt - our African Regional Coastal Representative Southern Africa is a globally significant marine-mammal hotspot. From the cold, nutrient-rich Benguela system along South Africa’s west coast to the warm, current-driven waters of the east coast, our seas support an exceptional diversity of whales and dolphins. This includes large migratory baleen whales, resident coastal species, and increasingly documented superpods — unusually large aggregations of anima
Jan 15


BNP Paribas Joins The League of Whale Guardians™ as First Financial Institution
BNP Paribas, one of Europe’s largest banks and a leader in financing a sustainable blue economy, is engaging with Whale Guardians to support collaboration across industry, science, the public and private sector. This has included closely working together on the UN Ocean Conference in Nice where the bank and Whale Guardians' team convened expert roundtable discussions across the shipping sector to discuss how industry and marine scientists can share best practices and support
Jan 4


Cetus Maritime Joins The League Of Whale Guardians™ in a Landmark Conservation Effort
Cetus Maritime Joins The League Of Whale Guardians™ in a Landmark Conservation Effort
Jun 15, 2025


Transpetrol commits to saving whale lives | The League Of Whale Guardians™
The Team Welcomes Transpetrol to the League of Whale Guardians™ in Support of Global Whale Conservation Efforts
Feb 15, 2025


Whale Guardians™ partners with Bogerd Martin & Luxspace to introduce data driven whale routings
Whale Guardianstm proudly announces their partnership with Bogerd Martin and Luxspace. The partnership sets out to provide shipping lines, p
Dec 21, 2024


Anglo-Eastern commits to saving whale lives | The League Of Whale Guardians™
Our team is thrilled to introduce the Anglo-Eastern Univan Group (“Anglo-Eastern”) as the newest official member of the League of Whale Guar
Nov 26, 2024


CLIA Cruiseweek Europe 2024 | presentation | Whale Guardians™
A few weeks ago I attended the CLIA Cruising Week in Genoa to represent Whale Guardians™ at the world’s leading cruising industry conference
Apr 15, 2024


Sign Now To Support Legal Personhood & Designate Whales As Ocean Ambassadors To The United Nations
Granting legal personhood to living creatures & natural entities is a protective tool. Personhood grants certain rights under the law. This
Apr 6, 2024


Cetacean-Mediated Nitrogen Transport In The Oceanic Realm | article re-post
Abstract "In natural systems, animal-mediated nutrient transport can be a major driver of primary productivity, but the role of marine...
Apr 4, 2024


Ebe joins the league of Whale Guardians™
Whale Guardians™ team members were proud to welcome new industry member EBE NV, into The League Of Whale Guardians™
Oct 30, 2023
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