SAFETY/CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS/RIGHT WHALE SLOW ZONE/CCGD1 BNM 0023-25
U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 04/24/2025 04:25 PM EDT
QUOTE: NOAA FISHERIES ANNOUNCES THAT A VOLUNTARY VESSEL SPEED RESTRICTION ZONE UNDER THE RIGHT WHALE SLOW ZONE PROGRAM IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT SOUTH OF MARTHA’S VINEYARD, MASSACHUSETTS TO PROTECT RIGHT WHALES. THIS RIGHT WHALE SLOW ZONE IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MAY 8, 2025. NOAA REQUESTS MARINERS TO ROUTE AROUND THIS ZONE OR TRANSIT THROUGH IT AT TEN KNOTS OR LESS.
THE SOUTHWEST OF MARTHA’S VINEYARD SLOW ZONE AREA IS BOUNDED BY: 40 DEGREES 56 MINUTES NORTH, 40 DEGREES 13 MINUTES NORTH, 070 DEGREES 12 MINUTES WEST, 071 DEGREES 11 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
CANCEL AT//280359Z APR 25//
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