For Immediate Release, May 11, 2021 Contact: Kristen Monsell, Center for Biological Diversity, (510) 844-7137, kmonsell@biologicaldiversity.org Jake Bleich, Defenders of Wildlife, (202) 772-3208, jbleich@defenders.org Steve Mashuda, Earthjustice, (206) 715-4912, smashuda@earthjustice.org Pam Bechtold Snyder, New England Aquarium, (617) 686-5068, psnyder@neaq.org Petition Filed to Save Gulf of Mexico Whale From Ship Strikes Biden Administration Urged to Establish Mandatory Vessel Speed Limits Within Core Habitat of Severely Endangered Whales WASHINGTON— A coalition of groups filed a petition today with the National Marine Fisheries Service to establish a year-round mandatory 10-knot speed limit and other vessel-related regulations within the core habitat of the Gulf of Mexico whale, south of the Florida panhandle.