The ZSL work is being undertaken in the Sea of Cortez (also known as the Gulf of California), where sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) gather in large numbers.

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Are we not headed down this path today, as we read of executive orders to ban drilling in the Gulf, and federal regulations banning drilling off the coasts of Virginia and California, along with much of Alaska?

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Even as Gulf Coast states brace for a hurricane, a so-called swarm of earthquakes rumbled through southern California.

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And their business plan explicitly assumes that a lot of the trade between Asia and America's east and Gulf coasts will be diverted from California's ports to the canal.

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