Source: Laura Pellicer, WUNC, 7/26/21


Boats and cargo ships in the waters of North Carolina and other Southern states are exceeding speed limits in areas designed to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales, a new report from a global non-profit has found. According to the findings by Oceana, an international conservation group, almost 40% of vessels in the ports of Morehead City and Beaufort went faster than the mandatory 10 knots per hour limit in 2019 and 2020. Collisions with boats and ships are a leading cause of injury and death for North Atlantic right whales.

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