Ottawa orders ships to slow down in light of right whale deaths
8/11/2017
The federal government imposes a speed limit for vessels in the gulf of St. Lawrence in order to protect right whales. Vessels greater than 20 metres ...
Smaller ships are being asked to voluntarily abide by the speed limit, which will remain in place until the whales have migrated from the areas of the ...
POINTE-DU-CHENE, N.B. -- The federal government is ordering large vessels to slow down in the Gulf of St. Lawrence as it tries to protect right ...
Ten of the endangered mammals have died in the gulf since early June with preliminary necropsy reports indicating the whales died of either ...
POINTE-DU-CHENE, N.B. - Federal officials are expected to announce temporary measures to help protect right whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence ...
Ten of the endangered whales have died in the gulf since June 7. Two others have washed up dead in the Masshachusetts area in recent weeks.