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OMI: About Underwater Noise Pollution (UNP)
Cetacean Specialist Group of the IUCN-World Conservation Union: Military operations involving the use of high-intensity sonar, explosive devices, and other intense noise sources pose both lethal and sub-lethal threats to cetaceans. What Can Be Done About UNP? The obligation to protect the marine environment is embodied in Part XII of ...
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OMI: LFAS What Is It?
They collectively called for regulation and limitation of the use of these sonars. The ... life will be adversely impacted. We simply dont know enough about the effects of high intensity sonars on marine life to risk deployment at this time. Consequently, regulatory agencies should apply ...
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Ocean Mammal Institute (OMI): Home Page
UN to address the international problem of underwater noise pollution. In October 2004, the European Parliament passed a resolution asking Member States to regulate the use of High Intensity Sonars in waters under their jurisdiction. Dr. Green was a key player in this accomplishment. Read more about her international efforts to stop underwater noise pollution at OMI International Actions ...
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NRDC: Protecting Whales from Dangerous Sonar
ACCOBAMS, a European agreement for marine mammals, commits to develop guidelines for sonar and other noise-producing activities in the Mediterranean and Black seas. The World Conservation Congress of ... latest issue > Take Online Action Now! Tell the Navy to stop harming whales with high-intensity sonar Related NRDC Press Releases 8/12/2008 Agreement Limits Navy's Use of Low- ...
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Marine Connection
Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System (SURTASS) Low Frequency Active (LFA) sonar from August 16, 2007 through August 15, 2012.This permit if granted could be responsible for ... a US judge has issued a temporary restraining order to stop the US Navy using high-intensity sonar during training near Hawaii because it might hurt or even kill whales and other marine ...
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European Parliament Calls For Halt To High Intensity Naval Sonar Use
The report expressed particular concern about the effects of high-intensity sonar, noting that the association with certain mass strandings "is very convincing and appears overwhelming. ... the U.S. Navy agreed to drastically scale back deployment of a low-frequency active sonar system capable of generating sounds up to 140 decibels more than 300 miles away from ...
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Federal Court Restricts Global Deployment of Navy Sonar - Press Releases
A federal judge ruled today that the Navy's plan to deploy a new high-intensity sonar system violates numerous federal environmental laws and could endanger whales, porpoises and fish. In ... the harbor porpoises revealed injuries consistent with acoustic trauma. "The science is clear -- intense active sonar can kill whales, porpoises and fish," said Naomi Rose, a marine mammal scientist with the ...
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NRDC: Press Release - U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Navy Sonar Case
Supreme Court announced its decision to hear arguments regarding the U.S. Navy's use of sonar in ongoing training exercises through 2009. The Court's order granting certiorari can be found here ... a statement by Jeffrey Flocken, Washington, DC director of the International Fund for Animal Welfare: ``High intensity sonar and other manmade noise pose a serious threat not just to whales and other marine ...
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Ocean Noise Coalition. In each of these cases, the strandings took place near high intensity sonar or near the use of high-powered industrial "air guns" used in oil and gas ... and backing international controls, they said. Some governments including the United States, however, have argued that sonar use cannot be regulated internationally as it is a matter of national security. Reuters 2005 ...
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The Dolphin Institute - Resource Guide
Series of very short duration, high-intensity, broad-band clicks containing frequencies as high as 120-kHz are projected in a narrow beam from the region of the dolphins melon ...
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