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Jan. 15—Dozens of North Atlantic right whales are gathered off Jeffreys Ledge, east of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, triggering a slow zone for boaters. Surveyors at the New England Aquarium ...

The changes NOAA initially proposed in July 2022 would have expanded the size and duration of seasonal vessel speed restrictions that aim to keep the endangered whales safe along the U.S. East ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - The federal government is withdrawing proposed rules that would have required more ships to slow down in East Coast waters to try to save a vanishing species of whale.

In a Federal Register notice, NOAA Fisheries said it would not move ... when crossing through “areas of concern” for right whales. The withdrawn amendment would have extended the speed ...

NOAA Fisheries revealed on Wednesday the agency will not be moving forward with proposed vessel speed restrictions aimed at protecting the endangered North Atlantic right whale. According to NOAA ...

“We’re grateful to NOAA for listening to our concerns about their proposed changes to the North Atlantic right whale vessel speed rule,” Governor Maura Healey said in a statement.

Jan. 15—Dozens of North Atlantic right whales are gathered off Jeffreys Ledge, east of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, triggering a slow zone for boaters. Surveyors at the New England Aquarium spotted at ...

On Jan. 16, NOAA Fisheries officially withdrew its proposed North Atlantic Right Whale Vessel Strike Reduction Rule. The rule would have imposed 10-knot speed limits on recreational vessels greater ...

COURTESY ED LYMAN /NOAA Trained responder Maria Harvey works to entangle a humpback whale. COURTESY ED LYMAN /NOAA Trained responder Maria Harvey works to entangle a humpback whale. Federal wildlife ...

Trained responder Ed Lyman cuts line entangling humpback whale off of Kahana, Maui on Thursday, Jan. 9. (Photo by: M. Harvey/NOAA MMHSRP (permit # 24359)) These most recent responses bring the ...