SAFETY/NJ - NY - RIGHT WHALE SLOW ZONE - SOUTHEAST OF NEW YORK/RIGHT WHALE SLOW ZONE/CCGD5 BNM 0443-24

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 08/26/2024 02:21 PM EDT

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1. NOAA FISHERIES ANNOUNCES THAT A VOLUNTARY VESSEL SPEED RESTRICTION ZONE UNDER THE RIGHT WHALE SLOW ZONE PROGRAM IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT SOUTHEAST OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK TO PROTECT RIGHT WHALES. THIS RIGHT WHALE SLOW ZONE IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SEPTEMBER 8, 2024. NOAA REQUESTS MARINERS TO ROUTE AROUND THIS ZONE OR TRANSIT THROUGH IT AT TEN KNOTS OR LESS.
THE SOUTHEAST OF NEW YORK SLOW ZONE AREA IS BOUNDED BY: 40 DEGREES 02 MINUTES NORTH, 39 DEGREES 25 MINUTES NORTH, 071 DEGREES 53 MINUTES WEST, 072 DEGREES 41 MINUTES WEST.
2. INFORMATION ABOUT VOLUNTARY VESSEL SPEED RESTRICTIONS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT:
HTTPS://WWW.FISHERIES.NOAA.GOV/NATIONAL/ENDANGERED-SPECIES-CONSERVATION/REDUCING-VESSEL-STRIKES-NORTH-ATLANTIC-RIGHT-WHALES.
3. FOR SECTOR DELAWARE BAY, BROADCAST UNTIL CANCELLED.
CANCEL AT//300000Z AUG 24//

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