Federal regulators are abandoning a proposal to expand ocean speed limits that were designed to protect North Atlantic right whales. The whales, which give birth off Georgia’s coast in the winter, are nearing extinction;

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

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NOAA has withdrawn a proposed right whale protection rule that would have required more ships to slow down in more areas.

NOAA Fisheries revealed on Wednesday the agency will not be moving forward with proposed vessel speed restrictions aimed at protecting right whales.

The speed limit rule for boats 35 feet or longer was initially rolled out in 2022 and sat at the White House for 11 months without final action.