We've already seen one whale wonder into Brooklyn, and the problem is only likely to get worse. "That humpback probably came here from Florida or the Caribbean, on its yearly trek to New England to feed. She had to travel through thousands of miles of shipping lanes dodging giant freighters, navy vessels, fishing boats and tankers and skirt the endless web of fishing nets along the way. These are urban whales; their migratory routes are as busy as major highways." So The Nature Conservancy is arguing that the same kind of planning that goes into towns needs to be applied to oceans - rather than separate and often conflicting processes for different users, we need to integrate and co-operate between different agencies. Full Article at Treehugger