Research required to understand the impact of tactical mid-frequency sonar transmission on fish, fisheries and fisheries habitat: summary of stakeholder concerns and prioritized research plan from the Workshop on Mid-Frequency Sonar and Marine Fishes
Authors
Read, Andrew
Hazen, Elliott
Hazen, Lucie
Thorne, Lesley
Subjects
Marine biology
Sonar
Sonar
Advisors
Date of Issue
2007
Date
2007
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
Abstract
As reported in NPS-OC-07-004, analysis of public comments responding to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (October 2005) for the proposed Undersea Warfare Training Range (USWTR) in Onslow Bay off North Carolina identified three main areas of public concern. One of these concerns, the effects on fish and fisheries habitats of mid-frequency active (MFA) sonar, further identified four sub-areas of concern: catch rates, spawning choruses, distribution and migratory behavior, and physiological effects. A workshop was held in April 2007 at Duke University to address these sub-areas of concern. The purpose of the workshop was to outline a program of research that could help determine how MFA sonar might affect fish and fisheries resources. This report summarizes the recommendations that emerged from that workshop. Specifically, a long-term research and development plan is articulated, as well as the priorities within that plan.
Type
Technical Report
Description
Series/Report No
Department
Oceanography
Organization
Oceanography (OC)
Graduate School of Engineering and Applied Science (GSEAS)
CNO/N45 (U.S.)
Identifiers
NPS Report Number
NPS-OC-07-005
Sponsors
Funder
Format
16 p.: ill.28 cm.
Citation
Distribution Statement
Rights
This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.