Ship Strike Reduction Rule Aims To Protect North Atlantic Right Whales
Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 14:49
in Biology & Nature
NOAA officials have issued a regulation that will implement new measures to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales. The regulation will, for the first time, require large ships to reduce speeds to ten knots in areas where the whales feed and reproduce, as well as along migratory routes in between. The goal of the regulation is to reduce the risk of ship collisions with the whales.