Effectiveness of mandatory vessel speed limits for protecting North Atlantic right whales
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Vessel speed restrictions reduce risk of collision-related mortality for North Atlantic right whales
Collisions with vessels are a serious threat to a number of endangered large whale species, the North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) in particular. In late 2008, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued mandatory time-area vessel speed restrictions along the U.S. eastern seaboard in an effort to mediate collision-related mortality of right whales. All vessels ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Endangered Species Research
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1863-5407,1613-4796
DOI: 10.3354/esr00586