earthplatform.com

Results 1 - 10 from 16 for mid frequency sonar in 0.326 sec.

OMI Info About: International Ocean Noise Coalition (IONC)
US Navy Undersea Warfare Training Range - Active mid-frequency sonar training range planned for the East Coast United States Issue 2: US Navy SURTASS LFA Sonar Draft Supplemental EIS More information on each issue ... ) IONC Response to the SWTR DEIS (.pdf file) Issue 2: US Navy SURTASS Low Frequency Active (LFA) Sonar Draft Supplemental EIS The US Navy is planning to double the number of ships ...
www.oceanmammalinst.org

OMI: Marine Mammals and Low Frequency Active Sonar (LFAS) Fact Sheet
Mammals and Low Frequency Active Sonar (LFAS) Fact Sheet Marine Mammals and Low Frequency Active Sonar (LFAS) Low Frequency Active Sonar (LFAS) is a military sonar technology designed to detect and track quiet submarines ... both strandings indicate the whales were exposed to about 150 dB of low to mid-frequency sonar. These strandings demonstrate that 180 dB is not a safe exposure level. (SACLANTCEN ...
www.oceanmammalinst.org More from this site

NRDC: Protecting Whales from Dangerous Sonar
Bush administration resistance. In early 2008, a federal court prohibited the Navy from conducting major mid-frequency sonar ... whales. Mid-frequency sonar is more widely used and has been associated with mortalities of whales. How Sonar Harms Whales and other Marine Life Evidence of sonar's dangers ...
nrdc.org

Action Letters Posted in 2006
Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-SFUND-2005-0013 (Ammonia pollution) RE: Don't test mid-frequency sonar on endangered whale migratory path RE: Outlaw "extraordinary rendition" RE: Outlaw "extraordinary rendition" January 2006 ...
earthactionnetwork.org

RE: Don't test mid-frequency sonar on endangered whale migratory path
Letters Keith Jenkins Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic Mail Code EV21KJ 6506 Hampton Boulevard Norfolk, VA 23508 RE: Don't test mid-frequency sonar ... mid-frequency sonar along the migratory path of highly endangered northern right whales, off the coast of North Carolina. The proposal calls for establishing a new 500-square-mile sonar ...
earthactionnetwork.org More from this site

Environment News Service News Index October 2005
Gulf of Mexico Bird Flu Suspected in Macedonia U.S. Navy Sued to Block Mid-frequency Sonar Harmful to Whales Rain Replaces Snow as Puget Sound Warms AmeriScan: October 18, 2005 Panama ...
www.ens-newswire.com

Navy admits sonar
The report stated "Based on the way in which the stradings coincided with ongoing naval activity involving tactical mid-range frequency sonar use... the investigation team concludes that tactical mid-range frequency sonars aboard U.S. Navy ships... ...
envirowatch.org

Marine Connection
Those statutes are the basis of a January 3 injunction issued by Judge Cooper, requiring the Navy to monitor for and avoid marine mammals while operating sonar ... which are known to be particularly vulnerable to underwater sound. For further information about military sonar click here DONATE NOW TO PROTECT THEM ADOPT A DOLPHIN GET INVOLVED - CHALLENGES & EVENTS ...
marineconnection.org

European Parliament Calls For Halt To High Intensity Naval Sonar Use
U.S. Navy's nearly 300 ships and submarines. Mass stranding and mortality events associated with mid-frequency sonar ... (1998, 1999), and Greece (1996). According to an article in the scientific journal "Nature," mid-frequency sonar has been linked to injuries in whales suggestive of severe decompression sickness or " ...
oceanfutures.org

To protect whales, Navy will limit use of low-frequency sonar - Los Angeles Times
Navy will limit use of low-frequency sonar Federal court in San Francisco OKs an accord that restricts use of low-frequency active sonar to protect whales and other marine life. ... noise from sonar exercises. A separate lawsuit, not involved in Tuesday's announcement, involves mid-frequency sonar. That case is pending at the U.S. Supreme Court. Navy officials insist that the sonar exercises ...
latimes.com