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August 2, 2024

N.C. extends comment period on proposed right whale speed limit

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A right whale female named Fission by scientists with an unnamed juvenile male whale is shown during an aerial survey over southern New England waters in March 2023. New England Aquarium photo/NOAA research permit #25739.

RALEIGH — In the wake of strong concerns in written comments and voiced during a public hearing last month in Morehead City, the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Coastal Management (DCM) has extended the public comment period on a NOAA proposal to enact new speed limit rules for vessels in order to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales.

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