New iPad, iPhone app helps mariners avoid endangered right whales

Mariners along the U.S. east coast can now download a new iPad and iPhone application that warns them when they enter areas of high risk of collision with critically endangered North Atlantic right whales. The free Whale Alert app provides one source for information about right whale management measures and the latest data about right whale detections, all overlaid on NOAA digital charts. For more information, visit: http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2012/20120404_whale_app.html

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