Positions quoted in the Preliminary Notice reproduced below are referred to WGS84 or a compatible datum and may be plotted directly on this ENC.
Some or all of the information contained in this Notice to Mariners may have been included in the ENCs affected.

2681(P)/16 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — East Coast — Gulf of Maine — Maritime limit. 
Source: NOAA

	1. A Northern Right Whale critical habitat has been established for foraging within an area bounded by the following positions, as defined in 50 CFR 226:

		44° 49' .7N. , 66° 57' .9W. 
 
		44° 49' .5N. , 66° 55' .9W. 
 
		44° 47' .7N. , 66° 53' .1W. 
 
		44° 44' .7N. , 66° 56' .2W. 
 
		44° 39' .3N. , 66° 57' .4W. 
 
		44° 37' .0N. , 67° 00' .6W. 
 
		44° 33' .5N. , 67° 02' .9W. 
 
		44° 30' .6N. , 67° 02' .6W. 
 
		44° 29' .1N. , 67° 03' .7W. 
 
		44° 25' .5N. , 67° 02' .2W. 
 
		44° 21' .7N. , 67° 02' .5W. 
 
		44° 14' .1N. , 67° 08' .6W. 
 
		44° 11' .2N. , 67° 16' .7W. 
 
		42° 53' .2N. , 67° 44' .6W. 
 
		42° 10' .3N. , 67° 09' .6W. 
 
		42° 00' .0N. , 67° 30' .0W. 
 
		42° 00' .0N. , 67° 55' .0W. 
 
		40° 50' .0N. , 68° 50' .0W. 
 
		40° 50' .0N. , 69° 12' .0W. 
 
		41° 33' .1N. , 69° 59' .7W. 
 
		41° 40' .5N. , 69° 56' .1W. (shore)
 
	2. It is illegal to approach any Right Whale closer than 1500 feet. 

	3. For further details see Admiralty List of Radio Signals and Admiralty Sailing Directions.

	4. These changes will be included in the next New Editions of Charts 2490, 2492, 2670 and 4746.

	   (NAD83 Datum)