NOAA Implements and Expands Vessel Speed Restriction Zones to Protect Right Whales
NOAA Fisheries announced one new and one extended voluntary vessel speed restriction zone south and southeast of Nantucket, Massachusetts.
NOAA said that on March 3, an aerial survey team noted two separate groups of North Atlantic right whales off the coast of Nantucket. One group was spotted 31 miles south of the area and the second 47 nautical miles southeast of Nantucket.
The restrictions or Dynamic Management Area (DMA) is effective March 5 and will run through March 18...
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