Dear MARMAM members

 

The NOAA/NMFS DEIS on acoustic guidelines is still out for public comment until March 13. (http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/acoustics/guidelines.htm)

 

For those of you interested, we submitted our comments last week: http://ocr.org/pdfs/letters/NOAA_Draft_Acoustic_Guidance_2013_OCR_Comments.pdf

 

We also sent out a brief critique of the guidelines to our largely lay constituents: http://ocean-noise.com/blog/2014/02/noaanmfs-acoustic-guidelines-reviewed/

 

These guidelines are for regulatory thresholds for marine mammal “Level A Takes” and would benefit from the input of the interested professionals on this list-serve.

 

Regards,

 

Michael

 

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Michael Stocker, Director

Ocean Conservation Research

P.O. Box 559

Lagunitas, CA 94938

V. 415-488-0553

www.OCR.org