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Vancouver Island-Built Whale-Safe Boating Safety Course Making Waves
BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA, JUL 23 – The course addresses knowledge gaps among 4,000 surveyed boaters and aims to reduce injuries to humpback whales and people amid rising boating activity, officials say.
- Recently, Jackie Hildering released a free 90-minute online Whale Safe Boating course, developed over almost 15 years, to educate boaters and kayakers on marine mammal safety.
- Safety data show around one in five deaths were caused by boating accidents, Hildering’s survey revealed safety risks, 53% of boaters could not identify minimum safe distance from marine mammals.
- Hildering’s survey of 4,000 boaters showed, and the course offers certification and downloadable resources after watching the 90-minute video.
- Registrations surged as many boaters completed the course, amid summer’s warm weather.
- Jackie Hildering said, `I want this course to become a resource that is so well known people can point to it, and others will take the course, and it will become as much as the use of the whale warning flags on our coast.
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