Conservation groups are concerned that the endangered right whale is vulnerable to extinction as the Trump administration signals more support for marine industries.

Federal officials have withdrawn a proposed slow zone for ferries, ships and large boats along the U.S. East Coast, after months of heated criticism from Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket, and other coastal communities.

The proposed rules would have slowed more ships to prevent collisions with endangered North Atlantic right whales.

The federal government is withdrawing proposed rules that would have required more ships to slow down in East Coast waters to try to save a vanishing species of whale