Defenders of Wildlife: Emergency Petition Seeks to Shield Right Whale Moms, Calves From Ship Strikes
November 02, 2022
November 02, 2022
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 (TNSgov) -- The Defenders of Wildlife issued the following news on Nov. 1, 2022:
Defenders of Wildlife and partner conservation groups filed an emergency rulemaking petition with NOAA Fisheries 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.
"Right whales have journeyed to the Southeast since time immemorial to birth a . . .
Defenders of Wildlife and partner conservation groups filed an emergency rulemaking petition with NOAA Fisheries 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.
"Right whales have journeyed to the Southeast since time immemorial to birth a . . .