Shipping News: Right Whales
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02 Jun 2004 - 18 Jan 2016
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
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
Related Topics: Ecosystems, North America, North Atlantic, Northwest Atlantic, Marine Mammals, United States of America
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