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Shipping News: Right Whales
by Anon, NOAA Fisheries Press Release
02 June 2004
NEW STRATEGY PROPOSED TO REDUCE SHIP COLLISIONS WITH ENDANGERED NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALES Public comments will be accepted for sixty days, during which time NOAA Fisheries will also conduct public meetings to discuss the strategy. Comments will be considered as the agency completes environmental and economic analyses required to develop the final strategy and rules to implement it. Young Right Whale Found Floating Off Southern Long Island, NY June 2001 Photo: Riverhead Foundation
