An article was published in the BBC News website referring to a recently published paper by Lucia Di Iorio and Christopher Clark[1] indicating that seismic surveys can interfere with Blue Whale feeding behaviors. The letter mentions that the blue whales…
Reminder: Ocean Policy Task Force hearing and Party!
For San Francisco Bay Area folks this is a reminder that the White House CEQ Ocean Policy Task Force will be convening on Thursday September 17. This will be the season’s big ocean-lovers gathering and should be fun. Some of…
OCR on the Radio
We have a couple of radio dates in the next few days. First on Sunday September 13 at 11 pm I will be on late night Pacifica I will be in the studio with Jane Heaven. I have known Jane for…
Ocean Policy Task Force hearing and Party!
For San Francisco Bay Area folks this is a reminder that on September 17 (a week form tomorrow) the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) will be having a public hearing on ocean policy in San Francisco. (Details below)…
Great news for the Ocean!
Two bits of great news; one a consequence of focused actions, and the other an opportunity to focus ocean policies. September 1 was traditionally the opening of “dolphin season” for the drive fishery of Taiji, Japan. For years…
Dust-up (and Follow-up) on seismic surveys in Juan de Fuca
EcoJustice is asking for hearings about a proposed geological survey of the Endeavour Hydrothermal Vents Marine Protected Area. There is some irony in conducting seismic surveys in marine protected areas, particularly an area that has been recognized as a habitat…
Hanalei Bay melon headed whale stranding not a “lunar” event.
OCR board members and Acoustic Ecology director Jim Cummings sent a follow-up article on the 2004 Hanalei Bay melon headed whale “embayment” citing a paper by Bob Brownell which put the “lunar connection” of this event to rest. Jim’s blog…
Lunar connection on Hanalei Bay stranding nixed.
On the morning of July 3 2004 there was an agitated aggregation of Melon Headed whales in Hanalei Bay, Hawai’i. This event was concurrent to the RIMPAC international naval exercise which happens every two years. As is typical with these…
US Navy and National Marine Fisheries Service work on Pacific Northwest sonar guidelines
“The July 13 Federal Register reported that the Navy wants NMFS to permit up to 14 dead marine mammals from its proposed sonar use up to 250 miles from the Northwest coast…” In ongoing discussions about defining the Pacific Northwest…