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OMI: Marine Mammals and Low Frequency Active Sonar (LFAS) Fact Sheet
Impact Statement) Every recorded mass stranding of beaked whales mixed with other species has occurred while naval maneuvers were being conducted nearby. Two of these mass strandings, one in the Mediterranean and one in the Bahamas, have been studied extensively. Official reports on both strandings indicate the whales were exposed to ...
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US Navy's Misinformation to Congress About LFAS
Navy test sites, nor even the remotest indication that SRP testing could be correlated with any strandings." Fact - In 1991 Nature (the prestigious British science journal) published an article linking three strandings of beaked whales in the Canary Islands ...
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SoundNet - Florida's Coastline, Coastal Waters: A Pattern of Distress
Daniel Odell, senior research biologist at Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute. "Yes, humans have degraded the habitat with chemical pollutants, dredging, construction, overfishing, all these things," says Odell. "But mass strandings have probably been going on as long as there have been whales and dolphins." In addition, strandings monitoring has ...
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NRDC: Protecting Whales from Dangerous Sonar
Judge Issues Temporary, Partial Stay in Sonar Case RECENT SONAR-LINKED STRANDINGS Numerous mass stranding events and whale deaths across the globe have been linked to military sonar ... strandings. After the incident, the area's population of Cuvier's beaked whales nearly disappeared, leading researchers to conclude that they either abandoned their habitat or died at sea. Similar mass strandings ...
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Dolphin Care UK -
Us Contact Details Associates Sites Get active How you can help Campaign Field project Sightings Strandings Ferry passenger tips Boat owner tips Information East Coast South Coast West Coast Moray Firth ... to 1000 animals), and smaller groups of between 5 and 50 animals inshore. Individual and mass strandings are relatively common.
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Earth Action Network Letters
In addition, an increasing number of mass strandings and die-offs of whales -- from the Canary Islands to the Bahamas to Japan -- have ... Whaling Commission has declared that the evidence now appears "overwhelming" that military sonar is causing mass strandings of whales. I understand that the Navy's mission is defending our nation, but there ...
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HBOI | Press Relations
Harbor Branch Marine Mammal Specialist Will Discuss Potential Role of Harmful Algal Blooms in Mass Strandings March 17, 2005 Ocean Science Lecture Series - Dr. Shirley Pomponi - Harbor Branch Moving Forward March ... , 2005 New Project Aims To Make Large-Scale Lobster Farms Feasible March 01, 2005 Three Mass Stranded Dolphins To Be Released Thursday, 3-3-05 February 28, 2005 Deep-Sea Explorer ...
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General Information About Pilot Whales
Such mass standings are a natural phenomenon and have been observed throughout history. The reasons for mass strandings are not understood. One possibility is that some ... that mass strandings occur at sites where there are unusual magnetic fields. The presence of bait very close to shore may also be a factor. It is probably best to think of mass strandings ...
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Ocean Futures Society
This type of sonar has been directly associated with repeated occurrences of mass strandings and deaths of whales, dolphins, and other marine species in U.S. waters and around ...
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Strandline
Beach Seaweed seaweed ForcesMoon and tides Strandings washed up on the beach Flotsam and jetsam Marine litter Extraordinary ... the continental shelf. click here for maps of the distribution Strandings The earliest record of a stranded whale on a Sussex ... stranding. Some become stranded because they are sick or injured. Mass strandings are thought to occur when healthy whales follow a sick ...
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