NAVWARN details
ID NW-P-0858-21
Date 2021-07-02 16:15 UTC To 2021-12-01 08:00 UTC
Status Cancelled
Title Waterway information - ECHO Program
Areas Boundary Bay
Haro Strait
Juan de Fuca Strait
Strait of Georgia
Washington State - San Juan Islands
Categories Waterway Information (Other)
Description

As of July 1, 2021, the ECHO Program voluntary slowdown is now in effect for all commercial vessels transiting through Haro Strait and Boundary Pass.

If it is safe and operationally feasible to do so, commercial vessels are requested to not exceed the following speeds through the water:

 

11 knots – Bulkers, tankers, general cargo vessels and government vessels; and,

14.5 knots – Vehicle carriers, cruise ships, and container vessels.

 

The voluntary vessel slowdown takes place between the vessel traffic separation scheme at the south end of Haro Strait, and the vessel traffic separation scheme at the north end of Boundary Pass. Speed transition zones are in place within the established traffic system at both approaches to the slowdown area. The north transition zone are those waters between north of Boat Pass, Saturna Island and Rosenfeld Rock  and the south transition zone are those waters between buoy VH at the Victoria pilot station, and Sea Bird Point at the southeast corner of Discovery Island. There are also two optional slow down areas, one rounding turn point and the other between Turn point, Saturna Island and Alden Point, Patos Island.

 

The ECHO Program voluntary slowdown aims to reduce underwater noise in known southern resident killer whale feeding areas. This initiative will remain in effect 24 hours per day until 2359 PDT on November 30, 2021 or when the southern resident killer whales are considered to be no longer active in the subject waterways.  

 

The voluntary slowdown is led by the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority’s ECHO (Enhancing Cetacean Habitat and Observation) program, in cooperation with industry partners and Transport Canada.

 

For more detailed information related to this slowdown and the ECHO program, refer to the following internet web address: https://www.portvancouver.com/echo/
Position
Centroid : 48° 39.022'N 123° 08.584'W
    Pt 1: 48° 54.814'N 123° 03.667'W
    Pt 2: 48° 49.434'N 122° 54.140'W
    Pt 3: 48° 47.956'N 122° 57.209'W
    Pt 4: 48° 47.786'N 122° 59.125'W
    Pt 5: 48° 45.526'N 123° 01.803'W
    Pt 6: 48° 42.231'N 123° 11.340'W
    Pt 7: 48° 42.231'N 123° 11.340'W
    Pt 8: 48° 41.307'N 123° 14.227'W
    Pt 9: 48° 39.320'N 123° 13.122'W
    Pt 10: 48° 38.375'N 123° 12.380'W
    Pt 11: 48° 35.249'N 123° 12.607'W
    Pt 12: 48° 30.579'N 123° 10.125'W
    Pt 13: 48° 29.295'N 123° 08.364'W
    Pt 14: 48° 26.570'N 123° 09.218'W
    Pt 15: 48° 24.315'N 123° 09.939'W
    Pt 16: 48° 21.675'N 123° 17.674'W
    Pt 17: 48° 21.675'N 123° 21.125'W
    Pt 18: 48° 20.963'N 123° 23.154'W
    Pt 19: 48° 23.576'N 123° 23.175'W
    Pt 20: 48° 23.146'N 123° 21.104'W
    Pt 21: 48° 23.146'N 123° 18.272'W
    Pt 22: 48° 25.156'N 123° 12.568'W
    Pt 23: 48° 32.816'N 123° 13.454'W
    Pt 24: 48° 37.987'N 123° 15.483'W
    Pt 25: 48° 43.257'N 123° 15.494'W
    Pt 26: 48° 43.828'N 123° 10.653'W
    Pt 27: 48° 46.422'N 123° 03.124'W
    Pt 28: 48° 48.173'N 123° 00.847'W
    Pt 29: 48° 52.308'N 123° 07.429'W
    Pt 30: 48° 54.800'N 123° 03.659'W
Charts 3424(NAD83)

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