SAFETY/OCRACOKE, NC/RIGHT WHALE SLOW ZONE/CGD-E BNM 0530-25
U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 11/19/2025 08:10 PM EST
NOAA FISHERIES ANNOUNCES THAT A VOLUNTARY VESSEL SPEED RESTRICTION ZONE UNDER THE RIGHT WHALE SLOW ZONE PROGRAM IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT EAST OF OCRACOKE, NORTH CAROLINA TO PROTECT RIGHT WHALES. THIS RIGHT WHALE SLOW ZONE IS IN EFFECT THROUGH DECEMBER 2, 2025. NOAA REQUESTS MARINERS TO ROUTE AROUND THIS ZONE OR TRANSIT THROUGH IT AT TEN KNOTS OR LESS.
THE EAST OF OCRACOKE SLOW ZONE AREA IS BOUNDED BY: 35 DEGREES 16 MINUTES NORTH, 34 DEGREES 35 MINUTES NORTH, 076 DEGREES 31 MINUTES WEST, 075 DEGREES 41 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.
CANCEL AT//252245Z NOV 25//
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