After two years of debate and 90,000 public comments, NOAA withdrew a contentious boat speed rule aimed at Atlantic right whale conservation.

The proposed changes, which they argued could hurt the fishing and boating industries and other related businesses.

After conservationists pushed for more, NOAA Fisheries withdrew a proposal that would have expanded boat speed limits and protected North Atlantic Right Whales.

The proposed speed limits would have impacted all ferry service to Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, as well as ferries from Boston to Provincetown.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has withdrawn a proposed regulation intended to protect the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale from vessel strikes. The decision has left conservationists and Maine’s lobster industry expressing disappointment,

With the Biden administration’s time in office coming to an end, regulators at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Wednesday gave up on trying to finalize changes to the

NOAA has withdrawn a proposal to expand protection of endangered right whales that give birth off the Georgia coast.

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NOAA has withdrawn a proposed right whale protection rule that would have required more ships to slow down in more areas.