The Wrong Way to Save Right Whales?
Plan to Slow Ship Speeds in East Coast Waters Stalls as Agencies Fight Over One of World’s Most Endangered Mammals!
By Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sixteen months ago, a federal agency proposed slowing ships in certain East Coast waters to 10 knots or less during parts of the year to save the North Atlantic right whale, one of the world’s most endangered marine mammals, from extinction.