Comments on: Right Whale Protections Ignored by Navy Warfare Training Plans http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/08/05/right-whale-protections-ignored-by-navy-warfare-training-plans/ News & commentary on sustainability, activism, urban planning, politics, and our world. Fri, 25 May 2012 16:38:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Rhishja Larson http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/08/05/right-whale-protections-ignored-by-navy-warfare-training-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-62468 Rhishja Larson Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:29:12 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=3529#comment-62468 From the author: Thank you for providing additional information so that readers have the opportunity to examine this issue from a different perspective. From the author:

Thank you for providing additional information so that readers have the opportunity to examine this issue from a different perspective.

]]> By: Tracey Moriarty http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/08/05/right-whale-protections-ignored-by-navy-warfare-training-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-62470 Tracey Moriarty Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:31:17 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=3529#comment-62470 "This article has many incorrect statements, of which I'll try to address a few. The Navy's decision to construct an undersea warfare training range off the Florida coast was made only after long-term consultations with the National Marine Fisheries Service. The range will be constructed over 30 miles away from the right whale critical habitat area. On July 28 NMFS issued a biological opinion stating that this range is not likely to adversely affect critical habitat for endangered whales or jeopardize the continued existence of these species. NMFS considered not just construction of the range, but operations on that range as well. Since training on the range is not expected to begin until at least 2014, the Navy has chosen to use the interim period to conduct a multi-year study of marine mammals. The study will use aerial, shipboard and passive acoustic surveys to assess the presence of right whales both within and outside the range area. The Navy will use the results to further inform the way it ultimately uses the range. If this and similar scientific studies reveal a need to modify our protective measures in the future, the Navy will do so. Anyone wanting additional information on this topic, including more information on the Navy's world-class marine mammal research program, may contact me at tracey.moriarty@navy.mil." “This article has many incorrect statements, of which I’ll try to address a few. The Navy’s decision to construct an undersea warfare training range off the Florida coast was made only after long-term consultations with the National Marine Fisheries Service. The range will be constructed over 30 miles away from the right whale critical habitat area. On July 28 NMFS issued a biological opinion stating that this range is not likely to adversely affect critical habitat for endangered whales or jeopardize the continued existence of these species. NMFS considered not just construction of the range, but operations on that range as well.

Since training on the range is not expected to begin until at least 2014, the Navy has chosen to use the interim period to conduct a multi-year study of marine mammals. The study will use aerial, shipboard and passive acoustic surveys to assess the presence of right whales both within and outside the range area. The Navy will use the results to further inform the way it ultimately uses the range. If this and similar scientific studies reveal a need to modify our protective measures in the future, the Navy will do so.

Anyone wanting additional information on this topic, including more information on the Navy’s world-class marine mammal research program, may contact me at tracey.moriarty@navy.mil.”

]]> By: Tom Wright http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/08/05/right-whale-protections-ignored-by-navy-warfare-training-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-62469 Tom Wright Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:35:32 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=3529#comment-62469 Perhaps those two Russian nuclear submarines that are currently submerged off the east coast could take a look and see what they think...... Perhaps those two Russian nuclear submarines that are currently submerged off the east coast could take a look and see what they think……

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