Natl Marine Fisheries Administrative Service Message
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266 NOUS71 KVUY 172214 FSHERH ANZ430>431-450>455-471>475-300500- LEWES, DELAWARE TO TOMS RIVER, NEW JERSEY NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN REGION HEADQUARTERS BOHEMIA NY 514 PM EST MON NOVEMBER 17 2025 NOAA FISHERIES ANNOUNCES A VOLUNTARY VESSEL SPEED REDUCTION ZONE UNDER THE RIGHT WHALE SLOW ZONE PROGRAM IS IN EFFECT SOUTHEAST OF ATLANTIC CITY NEW JERSEY THROUGH NOVEMBER 29, 2025 TO PROTECT RIGHT WHALES. ALL MARINERS AND RECREATIONAL BOATERS ARE REQUESTED TO ROUTE AROUND THIS AREA OR TRANSIT THROUGH IT AT 10 KNOTS OR LESS. THE SOUTHEAST OF ATLANTIC CITY SLOW ZONE IS BOUNDED BY THE FOLLOWING COORDINATES, 39 DEGREES 26 MINUTES NORTH, 38 DEGREES 46 MINUTES NORTH, 73 DEGREES 57 MINUTES WEST, 73 DEGREES 05 MINUTES WEST. && ATTN: PHI THE NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES REQUESTS THAT THE MESSAGE ABOVE IS BROADCAST AT APPROXIMATELY 30-MINUTE INTERVALS THROUGH NOVEMBER 29, 2025. $$