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Biden administration withdraws proposal that aimed to save whales off East Coast by slowing ship speeds

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The proposed rules would have expanded slow zones off the East Coast as well as the size classes of boats and ships that must slow down.

The North Atlantic right whale numbers less than 380 and in recent years are vulnerable to collisions with ships.

The move in the waning days of the Biden administration will leave the President-elect Donald Trump taking office on Monday .