Blue Corridors for our Whales

As they travel huge distances on their annual migration journeys, whales play a vital role in the health of our ocean. 

But each year, navigating the Blue Corridors that define their migratory routes becomes more perilous as they are increasingly encroached on by human activities. 

The whales’ migration is full of hazards and obstacles - fishing boats with their dangerous nets, lines and hooks; massive and noisy container ships; and tonnes of plastic pollution. 

Make a donation today to help protect our migrating whales. 

In a major advance for marine conservation, WWF and a global coalition of leading scientists, civil society, governments, and tech innovators have launched BlueCorridors.org—a dynamic new platform that brings together three decades of whale tracking data with information on overlapping marine threats and conservation solutions.

The platform visualises satellite tracking data from over 50 global research groups, including University of Auckland, and many others.

For the first time, the migratory “blue corridors” used by great whales are now digitally mapped and made publicly accessible to inform science, policy, and ocean protection efforts worldwide.

The Blue Corridors platform not only emphasises the need for collaborative action to achieve the international goals to protect 30% of the ocean by 2030, as set out in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, and the importance of ratifying the UN High Seas Treaty (BBNJ Agreement), but also provides practical, actionable guidance on how to achieve that.