NOAA abandons speed limit expansions designed to protect North Atlantic right whales
The proposed changes, which they argued could hurt the fishing and boating industries and other related businesses.
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Feds scrap small boat speed limits, including off NC, to help endangered right whales
The rule would have limited boats as small as 35 feet to 10 knots when North Atlantic right whales were migrating through ...
Biden administration withdraws proposal that aimed to save whales off East Coast by slowing ship speeds
Conservation groups are concerned that the endangered right whale is vulnerable to extinction as the Trump administration ...
NOAA scraps proposed speed limits meant to protect whales around Cape Cod, Islands
The proposed speed limits would have impacted all ferry service to Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, as well as ferries from ...
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'Whales are going to suffer' advocates say as NOAA drops expanded right whale protections
Federal regulators are abandoning a proposal to expand ocean speed limits that were designed to protect North Atlantic right ...
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Biden administration withdraws rules to save endangered whales in Georgia and East Coast from collisions
The move in the waning days of the Biden administration will leave the endangered North Atlantic right whale vulnerable to ...
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Biden administration withdraws proposal that aimed to save whales off East Coast by slowing ship speeds
"This is a huge step forward for American boat manufacturers ... a bad name and created an entirely preventable dynamic." Right whales are massive creatures that grow to be between 45 and 52 ...