SCHEDULED/NJ - SEACOAST - SOUTHEAST OF NEW YORK/RIGHT WHALE SLOW ZONE/CCGD5 BNM 0011-25

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 01/14/2025 03:12 PM EST

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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 JANUARY 28, 2025 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 41 MINUTES NORTH, 40 DEGREES 01 MINUTES NORTH, 073 DEGREES 03 MINUTES WEST, 073 DEGREES 55 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.


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