Right Whale Slow Zones

11 Aug 2020 / New England/Mid-Atlantic, United States

NOAA Fisheries has announced a new “Right Whale Slow Zones” campaign asking all vessel operators to reduce the risk of vessel strike to critically endangered North Atlantic right whales by slowing down or avoiding areas where right whales have been detected.

Complementary to other NOAA vessel strike reduction efforts, the “Right Whale Slow Zones “campaign brings together sighting information, from NOAA’s Dynamic Management Area program, with new acoustic detection information to help vessels of all sizes slowdown in areas where right whales have been detected.

Further Slow Zone details https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/help-endangered-whales-slow-down-slow-zones

Reducing Ship Strike https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/endangered-species-conservation/reducing-ship-strikes-north-atlantic-right-whales

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