SAFETY/VA - NC - RIGHT WHALE SLOW ZONE - EAST OF VIRGINIA BEACH/RIGHT WHALE SLOW ZONE/CGD-E BNM 0515-25
U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 11/10/2025 11:01 AM EST
1. NOAA FISHERIES ANNOUNCES THAT A VOLUNTARY VESSEL SPEED RESTRICTION ZONE UNDER THE RIGHT WHALE SLOW ZONE PROGRAM IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT EAST OF VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA TO PROTECT RIGHT WHALES. THIS RIGHT WHALE SLOW ZONE IS IN EFFECT THROUGH NOVEMBER 22, 2025. NOAA REQUESTS MARINERS TO ROUTE AROUND THIS ZONE OR TRANSIT THROUGH IT AT TEN KNOTS OR LESS.
THE EAST OF VIRGINIA BEACH SLOW ZONE AREA IS BOUNDED BY: 37 DEGREES 02 MINUTES NORTH, 36 DEGREES 23 MINUTES NORTH, 075 DEGREES 03 MINUTES WEST, 075 DEGREES 53 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 SECTORS VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA, BORADCAST UNTIL CANCELED.
CANCEL AT//122108Z NOV 25//
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