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The SOUNDS project: towards effective mitigation of underwater noise from shipping in Europe

2022
Open Access Peer Reviewed Research Article

Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics

Cruz, E., Lloyd, T., Lafeber, F.H., Bosschers, J., Vaz, G. and Djavidnia, S.

EU maritime safety agency commissioned study to consolidate info about continuous underwater noise in order to derive recommendations for a future multi-stakeholder strategy within Europe. Interaction...
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Keywords: Continuous underwater noise, Policy, Shipping

Response and Responsibility: Regulating Noise Pollution in the Marine Environment

2007
Pay-walled Journal Article

Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy

Firestone, J. and Jarvis, C.

The ocean is becoming an increasingly noisy environment. With a rise in com-mercial shipping, resource extraction activities, and military-related activities,the underwater ocean environment is a virtual...
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Keywords: Policy, Underwater noise

Impacts of anthropogenic noise on marine life: Publication patterns, new discoveries, and future directions in research and management

2015
Open Access Journal Article

Ocean & Coastal Management

Williams, R., Wright A.J., Ashe E., Blight L.K., Bruintjes R., Canessa R., Clark C.W., Cullis-Suzuki S., Dakin D.T., Erbe C., Hammond P.S., Merchant N.D., O'Hara P.D., Purser J., Radford A.N., Simpson S.D., Thomas L., and Wale M.A.

Anthropogenic underwater noise is now recognized as a world-wide problem, and recent studies have shown a broad range of negative effects in a variety of taxa....
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Keywords: Anthropogenic, Conservation, Ecology, Marine, Ocean noise, Policy, Shipping