Endangered Fish and Wildlife; Final Rule To Implement Speed Restrictions to Reduce the Threat of Ship Collisions With North Atlantic Right Whales

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Title: Endangered Fish and Wildlife; Final Rule To Implement Speed Restrictions to Reduce the Threat of Ship Collisions With North Atlantic Right Whales

Author:

National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS); National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Publication Date:

October 10, 2008

Document Number:

E8-24177

Pages:

Affiliation

National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Receptor:

Marine Mammals, Cetaceans, Human Dimensions, Navigation

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National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS); National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) (2008). Endangered Fish and Wildlife; Final Rule To Implement Speed Restrictions to Reduce the Threat of Ship Collisions With North Atlantic Right Whales (Report No. E8-24177). Report by National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).

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Abstract

NMFS establishes regulations to implement speed restrictions of no more than 10 knots applying to all vessels 65 ft (19.8 m) or greater in overall length in certain locations and at certain times of the year along the east coast of the U.S. Atlantic seaboard. The purpose of the regulations is to reduce the likelihood of deaths and serious injuries to endangered North Atlantic right whales that result from collisions with ships.