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Military Navigation Restrictions In Chubut To Protect Whales

(From tiempopyme.com) Argentina – Nilda Garré, Defense Minister of Argentina signed an administrative ruling by which restricts any military activity of the Argentina Navy during the period of seasonal presence of right whales in waters of the Gulfs Nuevo and San José.

The mesure was ordered as a result of the accident occurred last Sunday, when the propellers of the destroyer ARA Heróina, which was departing from the quayside Piedrabuena, killed a whale in Puerto Madryn.

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