# 2025-00718: North Atlantic Right Whale Vessel Strike Reduction Rule

2025-00718, North Atlantic Right Whale Vessel Strike Reduction Rule, is a Federal Register proposed rule from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-16, effective 2025-01-16 (as of 2026-06-11).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-00718
- As of: 2026-06-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-00718
- Title: North Atlantic Right Whale Vessel Strike Reduction Rule
- Type: Proposed Rule
- Agencies: unknown
- Citation: unknown
- Published: 2025-01-16
- Effective: 2025-01-16
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-11

## Summary

The government is pulling back a plan to tighten boat speed limits to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales. This means current speed rules stay the same for now, giving everyone more time to weigh in. If you captain a big boat in whale areas, no new changes or costs are coming your way just yet.

## Abstract

NMFS withdraws a proposed rule published in the Federal Register on August 1, 2022 to amend the North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) vessel speed regulations. NMFS withdraws this proposed rule in light of numerous and ongoing requests from the public for further opportunity to review and engage with the Agency on the proposal. NMFS's existing vessel speed regulations remain in effect.

## Effects PRIA read

- No New Whale Speed Limits Now: benefit, medium. As of January 16, 2025, the agency has withdrawn the August 1, 2022 proposed rule and the existing North Atlantic right whale vessel speed regulations (50 CFR 224.105) remain in effect. That means the proposed changes — expanding the size class of regulated vessels, enlarging boundaries and extendi…

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## Sources
- [2025-00718 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/16/2025-00718/north-atlantic-right-whale-vessel-strike-reduction-rule)
- [2025-00718 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-16/pdf/2025-00718.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-00718 (as of 2026-06-11).