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INCIDENTAL HARASSMENT AUTHORIZATION

 

...to take marine mammals, by harassment, incidental to a marine geophysical survey conducted by the RIV Marcus . G. Langseth (Langseth) marine geophysical survey in the Atlantic Ocean offshore New Jersey, June through August, 2015.

 

http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/incidental/research/ldeo_nj_iha_signed_5.7.15.pdf

 

https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2015/04/01/2015-07429/takes-of-marine-mammals-incidental-to-specified-activities-taking-marine-mammals-incidental-to-the

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i see the fed are testing some kind of weapons, but what the **** is rutgers doing?

Hello Rocco,

Yours a fair question, and until NJDIVER get's to  your query, I'd like to post for you the Rutgers web page that describes what they are doing.  The headline is "Scientists to Study Sea-Level Rise and Shoreline Resilience" and the web page fairly presents an outline of an ongoing research project that makes sense in terms of the broader IODP research into the history of Earth. When reading this, it becomes clear that this project is neither military nor oil & gas, but is instead an aspect of basic scientific research coordinated by Greg Mountain at Rutgers. Do let me know if this web reference answers your question?

http://eps.rutgers.edu/slin3d-home

 

 

RD

 

 

 

http://eps.rutgers.edu/slin3d-home

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Ain't buying it. I think they are looking for oil as well. It's done the same way with seismic surveys. Wait until the dolphins start washing ashore dead in the name of this silly study.

"Where is my mind?  Waaaaay out in the water see it swimming?"
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Ain't buying it. I think they are looking for oil as well. It's done the same way with seismic surveys. Wait until the dolphins start washing ashore dead in the name of this silly study.

 

the FAQ at the link raiderdrake posted addresses that. i'm not that deep into this story (yet) and might never be, but the NSF is funding the project and it is a peer-reviewed process, which puts me a bit at ease. not saying that its not possible, but that would suggest a fairly extensive and corrupt network to make this a conspiracy for me. definitely worth digging a little deeper when i get the chance.

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Ain't buying it. I think they are looking for oil as well. It's done the same way with seismic surveys. Wait until the dolphins start washing ashore dead in the name of this silly study.

 

Some Oil Co.(s) will use that data for their advantage. If oil is found they will find a way to get it. 

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Some Oil Co.(s) will use that data for their advantage. If oil is found they will find a way to get it. 

The concern that some oil companies will use the data has often been restated in fora opposing the Rutgers project. It should be understood that the scientists involved already know that there is no oil or gas in the area. The website Q & A explains how the scientists know. It also explains what happens with the data supported by the NSF. There might be legitimate concerns about sound in the water column affecting marine life, but the issue of oil & gas is really irrelevant.

http://eps.rutgers.edu/slin3d-home

 

 

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Unless I'm mistaken, wouldn't 180dB kill every living thing in the area? :b:

 

TimS

It's a good question. 200 dB is the loudness of a large boat at source. I am sure that any (or some kinds of) fish near the source would have serious problems, particularly if they were constantly near that source. I am not coming to stripersonline to assert that sound in the sea is harmless. The actual sound of the Langseth is, as I understand it, in the same league as that of a supertanker--at source. What happens to the sound in the water column? What is the sound when it reaches sub-sea sand? How long is that transient sound in one place?

People who have worked with seismic technology within the non-oil/gas field describe uniformely that some fish do flee, but they return. Similarly, the total mass of catch is not significantly reduced in proximity to research of the scale of the R/V Langseth.

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Lamont-Doherty and NSF Seismic Survey in the NW Atlantic Ocean offshore NJ, Summer 2015

 

Status

ACTIVE

 

Public Comment Period

closed

 

Issued Date

05/07/15

 

Effective Dates

06/01/2015 - 08/31/2015

 

SUMMARY: We have issued an IHA to Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, in collaboration with the National Science Foundation, and Rutgers University to take, by Level B harassment only, marine mammals, incidental to conducting a marine seismic survey in the northwest Atlantic Ocean off the New Jersey coast in summer 2015.

 

Incidental Take Authorization Documents:

Environmental Analyses:

http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/incidental/research.htm#nj2015

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