Transport Canada has implemented new seasonal speed restriction zones that ships must follow in the western Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canada has put these zones in place to reduce the risk of fatal strikes to North Atlantic right whales by transiting vessels. Vessels must proceed at a speed of not more than 10 knots over the ground in the speed restriction zones.
Because of changing migration of North Atlantic right whales and their increased presence in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada has...
https://safety4sea.com/canada-announces-speed-restriction-measures-to-protect-whales/