U.S. senators from Florida and the Carolinas are criticizing a federal plan to change seasonal speed limits on vessels near ports including Jacksonville to prevent collisions with critically endangered right whales.
When it proposed the rule changes in August, NOAA said that “changes to the existing vessel speed regulation are essential to stabilize the ongoing right whale population decline and prevent the species' extinction.”
But the plan has drawn criticism from marine industries and sportfishing groups worried about impacts on anglers, and the senators echoed many of those concerns. The lawmakers argued that “this proposal would cause significant harm to the charter and recreational boaters and fishermen, marinas, boat builders and related industries that are the backbone of many of our states’ coastal communities.”
The senators said rules as they were proposed would also apply a 10-knot speed limit to offshore pilot boats that guide big cargo ships into ports trough federal navigation channels. The channels “are marine highways that serve all the east coast ports and are vital to the nation’s economy, supply chain and national security interests,” the senators wrote. “… These speed restrictions should not apply [in navigation channels].”
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