Speed restrictions lifted after no right whales spotted in shipping lanes | CBC News
Transport
Canada has lifted speed restrictions in shipping lanes in the Gulf of
St. Lawrence after no North Atlantic right whales were seen in the
lanes.
Canada has lifted speed restrictions in shipping lanes in the Gulf of
St. Lawrence after no North Atlantic right whales were seen in the
lanes.
On June
26, the federal government required ships to slow down in the shipping
lanes north and south of Anticosti Island to protect the endangered
North Atlantic right whale.
On July 8, the slowdown area was expanded.
But
the department says despite 240 hours of flight surveillance in 44
trips over the past month, no whales have been seen in the shipping
lanes.
There are only about 400 of the species left on the
planet. There have been eight right whales found dead in Canadian waters
since June. Ship strikes and entanglement in fishing gear have been
identified or suspected in the deaths of other North Atlantic right
whales in recent years.