QUOTE: NOAA FISHERIES ANNOUNCES THAT A VOLUNTARY VESSEL SPEED RESTRICTION ZONE UNDER THE RIGHT WHALE SLOW ZONE PROGRAM IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT SOUTHWEST OF NANTUCKET, MASSACHUSETTS TO PROTECT RIGHT WHALES. THIS RIGHT WHALE SLOW ZONE IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MARCH 15, 2026. NOAA REQUESTS MARINERS TO ROUTE AROUND THIS ZONE OR TRANSIT THROUGH IT AT TEN KNOTS OR LESS.

THE SOUTHWEST OF NANTUCKET SLOW ZONE AREA IS BOUNDED BY: 41 DEGREES 04 MINUTES NORTH, 40 DEGREES 32 MINUTES NORTH, 070 DEGREES 08 MINUTES WEST, 070 DEGREES 50 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-NOR…. UNQUOTE

CANCEL AT//041856Z MAR 26//

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