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Oceans of noise - Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society

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Annex 4.A note <strong>of</strong> the Recommendations from the 2004 meeting <strong>of</strong> the Scientific Committee <strong>of</strong> theInternational Whaling Commission.At its 2004 meeting, the Scientific Committee <strong>of</strong> the International Whaling Commission (thelargest annual gathering <strong>of</strong> cetacean scientists) made a special review <strong>of</strong> the anthropogenic effects<strong>of</strong> <strong>noise</strong> on marine mammals. Several invited experts contributed to this review <strong>and</strong> itsconclusions <strong>and</strong> recommendations were reviewed <strong>and</strong> endorsed by the full Scientific Committee(IWC, 2004).Potential impacts resulting from chronic or acute exposure to loud <strong>noise</strong> were discussed <strong>and</strong>included those resulting from the increasing use <strong>of</strong> powerful sound sources – for example seismicairgun arrays <strong>and</strong> military sonars - as well as increasing levels <strong>of</strong> ambient <strong>noise</strong> from shipping.The spatial <strong>and</strong> temporal scales over which impacts may occur can differ by several orders <strong>of</strong>magnitude. For example: low frequency (

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