US federal regulator the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has met some resistance for its push to enforce new vessel speed rules to help protect rare whales. The NOAA announced the new proposed rules in July. They are designed to protect the last remaining North Atlantic right whales, which were massively overfished in the…
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