Effectiveness of mandatory vessel speed limits for protecting North Atlantic right whales

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Dynamic ensemble models to predict distributions and anthropogenic risk exposure for highly mobile species (2019, background): “Dynamic slowdown areas based on high whale use have been shown to effectively reduce North Atlantic right whale mortalities from ship strikes, and 15‐day temporary management areas were employed at short notice to protect unpredictable whale aggregations (Laist et al., 2014).”
Status of the world's baleen whales (2016, background): “In December 2008 the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service implemented a 5 yr rule requiring that within areas where North Atlantic right whales are likely to occur, large ships restrict their speed to 10 knots (MMC 2010) and preliminary analyses indicated it was effective (Laist et al. 2014).”