Emergency Petition Seeks to Shield Right Whale Moms, Calves From Ship Strikes
November 02, 2022
November 02, 2022
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 (TNSgov) -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on Nov. 1, 2022:
Conservation groups filed an emergency rulemaking petition with the National Marine Fisheries Service today to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales from being struck and killed by vessels in their calving grounds off the coast of the southeast United States.
The requested rule mirrors a Fisheries Service proposal to set speed limits . . .
Conservation groups filed an emergency rulemaking petition with the National Marine Fisheries Service today to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales from being struck and killed by vessels in their calving grounds off the coast of the southeast United States.
The requested rule mirrors a Fisheries Service proposal to set speed limits . . .