November 16, 2020 — The following was released by NOAA Fisheries:
NOAA Fisheries is triggering a voluntary vessel speed restriction zone (Dynamic Management Area or DMA) south of Nantucket.
This DMA was triggered by a November 15, 2020, sighting of an aggregation of right whales.
Mariners, please go around this areas or go slow (10 knots or less) inside this area where groups of right whales have been sighted.
South of Nantucket DMA is in effect through November 30.
40 59 N
40 23 N
069 05 W
069 52 W
Active Seasonal Management Areas November 1- April 30
Mandatory speed restrictions of 10 knots or less (50 CFR 224.105) are in effect in the following areas:
- 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.