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Proposal on Ship Speeds in Whale Areas

The Department of Commerce proposed to limit oceangoing ship speeds to 10 knots within 20 miles of the Atlantic ports along migration routes of the endangered right whale.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"> <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=0dc00cc08bb342eab9df15139a21258c&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/26/us/26whales.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=0dc00cc08bb342eab9df15139a21258c&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/26/us/26whales.html" border="0"/></a></span>