Environmental groups filed a petition with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in an effort to enact emergency rules to protect North Atlantic right whales from lethal collisions with large ships. The groups argue it's critically important to get new rules on the books before the upcoming calving season.
A photograph provided by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources shows an endangered North Atlantic right whale entangled in fishing rope being sighted with a newborn calf on Dec. 2, 2021, in waters near Cumberland Island, Ga.
The groups argue it's critically important to get new rules on the books before the upcoming calving season, during which the whales migrate hundreds of miles from waters off New England and Canada to their calving grounds off Florida and Georgia. NOAA anticipates announcing its final action on the proposed rule this year, said Katie Wagner, a spokesperson for the agency. That could land in the middle of calving season, and include a later date for the regulations to actually go into effect.
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