Noise
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Noise Impacts Marine Life
Impacts of Intense Underwater Noise on Marine Life UN Fact Sheet Ocean noise pollution is a problem that, by its very nature, is of... more...
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Passive Alternatives
Materials Presented by AWI at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission on July 24, 2001
Passive Alternatives to Low Frequency Active Sonar, July 2, 2001
Prepared by Mac Hawley
Benefits of Passive Sonar versus... more...
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Overview of Low Frequency Active Sonar
Materials Presented by AWI at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission on July 24, 2001
In February 1998, Dr. Marsha Green of Ocean Mammal Institute alerted the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) to a threat to ocean life of almost unbelievable magnitude. Dr. Greene has... more...
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Increase in US Navy Activites in the FL Panhandle Likely
The Department of the Navy announced August 19, 2004 that it plans to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement to evaluate the potential consequences associated with new and increased Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City activities in the coastal panhandle region of Florida.
These... more...
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Noise Index
Ocean Noise
AWI became involved in the ocean noise issue in the 1990s when the Low Frequency Active (LFA) sonar debate raged. Since that time, we have been closely following the threat that anthropogenic (human-caused) noise poses to marine life.
AWI takes an active interest in... more...
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Ben White Yucatan Diary
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Yucatan Diary Day 1
Progreso, Yucatan (January 3, 2005).
Things are beginning to heat up on the Mexican seismic front. Today journalists bounced from back to back press conferences across the 16 th century city of Merida, the capital of the Yucatan... more...
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Blue Letter
Materials Presented by AWI at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission on July 24, 2001 May 2001 Ms. Donna Wieting... more...
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Sound Hurts Fish (Spanish)
Sonido de Baja Frecuencia Hace Daño
a los Peces y la Pesca
Recientemente un estudio conducido por el Doctor Arthur Popper fue presentado a la Sociedad Acústica de América. El estudio demostró que los efectos de sonidos fuertes son peores de lo que se pensaba previamente. Dr.... more...
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UN Petition
Petition to the United Nations and its Member States for Action on Underwater Noise Pollution, 2001 We are deeply concerned about the growing use of intense... more...
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LFA Agreement
Summary of LFA Sonar Agreement Reached on October 8, 2003 On August 26, 2003, federal magistrate Judge Elizabeth Laporte announced her intention to issue a... more...
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Ocean Yearbook
Whales, Submarines, and Active Sonar [Revised -- March 3, 2003] [For Publication... more...
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Scientists' Statement
Statement by Scientists Regarding Active Sonar Use 2001 We, the undersigned, are scientists concerned about the growing use by the United States... more...
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Sound and Fish
Low Frequency Sound Hurts Fish and Fisheries
A recent study by Dr. Arthur Popper presented at the Acoustical Society of America showed that the effects of loud sounds on fish are much greater than anticipated. Dr. Popper exposed pink snappers to... more...
