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More Information on Right Whale Ship Strikes

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NOAA Charts:
Boston TSS and
Area to be Avoided

NOAA Chart 13200:
Georges Bank and Nantucket Shoals

NOAA Chart 13203:
Georges Bank Western Part

NOAA Chart 13006:
West Quoddy Head to New York

More on Great South Channel Area to be Avoided (ATBA) and Boston Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS)

Charts of Approaches to Boston TSS and Area to be Avoided:
Proposals to the International Maritime Organization (IMO):
- ATBA in Great South Channel (2009) [pdf]
- Boston TSS (2009) [pdf]
- Shifting the Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS) into Boston (2007) [pdf]
U.S. Coast Guard Port Access Route Study (PARS) [pdf]
» Federal Register Notice of Port Access Route Study of area south and east of Cape Cod Bay (11/19/2007; 72 FR 64968)

More on Speed Restrictions

Final Rule (10/10/2008, 73 FR 60173)
» Petition to Exclude Federally-Maintained Dredged Entrance Channels and Pilot Boarding Areas for Ports (01/30/2014)
» Final Rule To Remove the Sunset Provision (12/09/2013)
Proposed Rule (06/26/2006, 71 FR 36299)
Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) for Right Whale Ship Strike Reduction (06/01/2004, 69 FR 30857)
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
Economic Analysis of North Atlantic Right Whale Ship Strike Reduction Rule [pdf]

More Information

Recovery Plan for the North Atlantic Right Whale (2005)
Hydrodynamics of a ship/whale collision [pdf]
Applying a Spatial Model to Evaluate the Risk of Interactions Between Vessels and Right Whales in the Southeast U.S. Critical Habitat [pdf] [4.4 MB], L.P. Garrison, 2005.
Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Team (ALWTRT)

Updated: May 22, 2014