March 29, 2021 — The following was released by NOAA Fisheries:
NOAA Fisheries announces a new voluntary right whale Slow Zone. On March 26, 2021, the Stellwagen Slocum Glider acoustically detected the presence of right whales. The whale detections were observed east of Boston, Massachusetts. The Boston Slow Zone is in effect through April 10, 2021.
Mariners are requested to route around this area or transit through it at 10 knots or less.
Slow Zone Coordinates:
East of Boston, MA, March 26-April 10, 2021
42 49 N
42 08 N
070 09 W
071 04 W
See the coordinates for all the slow zones currently in effect.
Active Seasonal Management Areas
Mandatory speed restrictions of 10 knots or less (50 CFR 224.105) are in effect in the following areas:
Cape Cod Bay, January 1 – May 15
Off Race Point, March 1 – April 30
Coming soon: Great South Channel, April 1 – July 31
November 1 – April 30
Block Island Sound
Ports of New York/New Jersey
Entrance to the Delaware Bay
(Ports of Philadelphia and Wilmington)
Entrance to the Chesapeake Bay
(Ports of Hampton Roads and Baltimore)
Ports of Morehead City and Beaufort, NC
Within a continuous area 20-nm from shore between Wilmington, North Carolina, to Brunswick, Georgia.
Find out more and get the coordinates for each mandatory slow speed zone.