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'Whale Spotting' app seeks to reduce ship strikes

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by The Associated Press Marine scientists looking for new ways to reduce the number of whales struck and killed off California's coast by massive commercial ships have turned to a familiar tool: mobile devices. An app called Whale Spotter uses crowdsourcing to gather data, allowing sailors, fishermen and marine scientists who spot whales to plot their location on an interactive map.…

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