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US ocean regulator faces criticism over changes to right whale protection rule
NOAA aims to ease vessel speed restrictions to reduce economic burdens while adopting new technologies to protect fewer than 400 endangered North Atlantic right whales.
- The US ocean regulator plans to make industry-friendly changes to rules protecting endangered North Atlantic right whales, which number less than 400.
- The existing rules require large ships to slow down at certain times to avoid colliding with the whales, a leading cause of their deaths.
- Environmental groups criticize the proposed changes, citing the recent death of a 3-year-old female right whale off Virginia.
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U.S. ocean regulator faces criticism over changes to right whale protection rule
PORTLAND, Maine — The U.S.’s ocean regulator plans to make industry-friendly changes to a longstanding rule designed to protect vanishing whales, prompting criticism from environmental groups who cite the recent death of an endangered whale. The rules protect the North Atlantic right whale, which numbers less than 400 and lives off the East Coast. The giant animals are protected by a vessel speed rule that requires large ships to slow down at ce…
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