North Atlantic Right Whale Seasonal Management Areas

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These data represent Seasonal Management Area locations where regulations implement speed restrictions in shipping areas at certain times of the year along the coast of the U.S. Atlantic seaboard. The purpose of the regulations is to reduce the likelihood of deaths and serious injuries to endangered North Atlantic right whales that result from collisions with ships as designated by 73 FR 60173, October 10, 2008, Rules and Regulations. Sunset clause removed 78 FR 34245, June 16, 2014. The effective date of this rule is December 6, 2013.

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Name Format Description Link
NOAA Office for Coastal Management Website Unknown NOAA Office for Coastal Management Home Page Open resource
https://marinecadastre.gov/data/ Unknown MarineCadastre.gov Data Registry Open resource
https://marinecadastre.gov/downloads/data/mc/NorthAtlanticRightWhaleSMA.zip ZIP NorthAtlanticRightWhaleSMA.zip Open resource
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords Unknown The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. Open resource
Full Metadata Record Unknown View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. Open resource
NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) PDF NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. Open resource

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