NOAA Fisheries Service announces that a voluntary vessel speed restriction zone (Dynamic Management Area – DMA) has been established in the vicinity of Jeffreys Ledge to protect an aggregation of 12 right whales sighted in this area on November 1, 2011.
This DMA is in effect immediately through November 16, 2011. Mariners are requested to route around this area or transit through it at 10 knots or less.
VOLUNTARY DYNAMIC MANAGEMENT AREAS (DMAs)
Mariners are requested to avoid or transit at 10 knots or less inside the following areas where persistent aggregations of right whales have been sighted:
Jeffreys Ledge DMA — active through November 16, 2011
43 26N
42 39N
070 41W
069 37W
ACTIVE SEASONAL MANAGEMENT AREAS (SMAs)
Mandatory speed restrictions of 10 knots or less (50 CFR 224.105) are in effect in the following areas:
Mid-Atlantic SMAs — active through April 30, 2012