At the recent Society for Marine Mammalogy Meeting in Tampa, FL, a number of us co-authored a presentation given by Amy Scholik-Schlomer of NOAA’s Office of Protected Resources. The presentation was entitled:
Reducing Underwater Noise from Large Commercial Ships
Amy R. Scholik-Schlomer (NOAA), Trisha Bergmann (NOAA), Leila Hatch (NOAA), Michael Jasny (NRDC), Kathy Metcalf (Chamber of Shipping of America), Brandon Southall (Southall Environmental Associates/NOAA), Lindy Weilgart (Dalhousie University/ Okeanos Foundation), Andrew Wright (Aarhus University).
.pdf copies of the slides are available on request and additionally, a number of related sites and issues mentioned therein are given here.
* NOAA symposia: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/acoustics/shipnoise.htm
* IFAW report on vessel quieting: http://www.ifaw.in/Publications/Program_Publications/Whales/asset_upload_file262_53989.pdf
* Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment (AMSA): http://www.pame.is/amsa/amsa-2009-report
* EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/water/marine/ges.htm
* American National Standard Quantities and
Procedures for Description and Measurement of Underwater Sound from Ships (ANSI S12.64): http://asastore.aip.org/shop.do?cID=10&pID=580
* IMO MEPC reports: These reports have to be
requested directly from your country representative (e.g., In U.S.: US Coast
Guard). Nevertheless, some of these reports have been posted on the web by
other groups. You can try searching “MEPC 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, or 62” and “Noise
from Commercial Shipping and its Adverse Impacts on Marine Life.”