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SAFETY/VA – RIGHT WHALE SLOW ZONE – EAST OF VIRGINIA BEACH, VA/RIGHT WHALE SLOW ZONE/CCGD5 BNM 0270-24

  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 JUNE 6, 2024. 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 16 MINUTES NORTH, 36 DEGREES 35 MINUTES NORTH, 074 DEGREES 16 MINUTES WEST, 075 DEGREES 07 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

  1. FOR SECTOR VIRGINIA, BROADCAST UNTIL CANCELLED.

CANCEL AT//271932Z MAY 24// BT

Source: District 5 DPW
Link: SAFETY/VA – RIGHT WHALE SLOW ZONE – EAST OF VIRGINIA BEACH, VA/RIGHT WHALE SLOW ZONE/CCGD5 BNM 0270-24