[Rimarinefisheries] NEW VOLUNTARY RIGHT WHALE SPEED RESTRICTION ZONE - APRIL 2, 2015

[Duhamel, Peter (DEM)]

NOAA Fisheries announces that a voluntary vessel speed restriction zone
(Dynamic Management Area - DMA) has been established in Rhode Island
Sound to protect an aggregation of 4 right whales sighted in this area
on April 1, 2015. This DMA is in effect immediately through April 16,
2015.  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.  Please visit www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/shipstrike for more
information.

 

Rhode Island Sound DMA - in effect through April 16, 2015

41 37N

40 56N

071 39W

070 44W

 

 

ACTIVE SEASONAL MANAGEMENT AREAS (SMAs)

Mandatory speed restrictions of 10 knots or less (50 CFR 224.105) are in
effect in the following areas:

 

Cape Cod Bay U.S. SMA -- in effect through May 15, 2015

 

Mid-Atlantic U.S. SMAs -- in effect through April 30, 2015

 

Great South Channel U.S. SMAs - in effect July 31, 2015  

 

Southeast U.S. SMA -- in effect through April 15, 2015

 

 

FOR RECENT RIGHT WHALE SIGHTINGS, VISIT:

www.nefsc.noaa.gov/psb/surveys/

 

DOWNLOAD THE WHALE ALERT APP FOR iPAD AND iPHONE:

stellwagen.noaa.gov/protect/whalealert.html

 

FOR AN AUTOMATIC RETURN EMAIL LISTING ALL CURRENT U.S. DYNAMIC
MANAGEMENT AREAS AND SEASONAL MANAGEMENT AREAS, PLEASE SEND A BLANK
MESSAGE TO:

nmfs.gar.rightwhale at noaa.gov

 

DETAILS AND GRAPHICS OF ALL SHIP STRIKE MANAGEMENT ZONES CURRENTLY IN
EFFECT:

www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/shipstrike

 

ACOUSTIC DETECTIONS IN CAPE COD BAY AND THE BOSTON TSS:

www.listenforwhales.org <http://www.listenforwhales.org/> 

 

APPROACHING A RIGHT WHALE CLOSER THAN 500 YARDS IS A VIOLATION OF
FEDERAL AND STATE LAW. PLEASE REPORT ALL RIGHT WHALE SIGHTINGS TO:

866-755-NOAA (6622) 

 

ADDITIONAL EMAIL ADDRESSES MAY SUBSCRIBE TO THIS DISTRIBUTION LIST BY
VISITING:

www.nero.noaa.gov/shipstrike/

Thank you

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

You are receiving this notice from the RIDEM, DFW, Marine Fisheries,
rimarinefishinfo listserve. This is an automated message system; please
do not reply to this email.

To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send an email to
<rimarinefishinfo-unsubscribe at listserve.ri.gov
<mailto:rimarinefishinfo-unsubscribe at listserve.ri.gov> >

If you need to get in contact with the owner of the list, (if you have
trouble unsubscribing) send email to
<owner-rimarinefishinfo at listserve.ri.gov
<mailto:owner-rimarinefishinfo at listserve.ri.gov> >.







 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://listserve.ri.gov/pipermail/rimarinefisheries/attachments/20150407/36e3e1d7/attachment.html