Gross polluters: Could quieting the loudest vessels tame noise pollution in the Salish Sea?

• Main Authors: Veirs, Scott, Jasny, Michael, Veirs, Val, Williams, Rob
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Western CEDAR 2016
• Subjects: Fresh Water Studies; Life Sciences; Marine Biology; Natural Resources and Conservation; Haro; baleen whales
• Online Access: https://cedar.wwu.edu/ssec/2016ssec/species_food_webs/81

Commercial ships are a dominant source of noise throughout much of the world’s oceans, raising concern about the degradation of acoustic habitat for marine mammals and other species. In the Salish Sea, noise from bulk carriers, container ships, tankers, vehicle carriers, fishing boats, and other ves...