SAFETY/SOUTH EAST OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK/RIGHT WHALE SLOW ZONE/CCGD5 BNM 0582-24
U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 12/08/2024 04:02 PM EST
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 DECEMBER 21, 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 36 MINUTES NORTH, 39 DEGREES 56 MINUTES NORTH, 72 DEGREES 36 MINUTES WEST, 73 DEGREES 28 MINUTES WEST.
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. UNQUOTE
2. NOAA Fisheries also requests inclusion in the Local Notice to Mariners through the duration of the zone December 21, 2024.
CANCEL AT//112100Z DEC 24//
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