Quiet Sound: a new program to protect Southern Resident Killer Whales from the acoustic and physical impacts of large commercial vessels
Quiet Sound is a new public-private partnership to better understand and reduce the cumulative effects of acoustic and physical disturbance from large commercial vessels on southern resident killer whales throughout their range in Washington State. Quiet Sound grew out of the Orca Recovery Task Forc...
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Western CEDAR
2022
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| Online Access: | https://cedar.wwu.edu/ssec/2022ssec/allsessions/80 https://cedar.wwu.edu/context/ssec/article/3242/viewcontent/Quiet_20Sound_20Overview_20and_202022_20look_20ahead_20SSEC_204_5_22.pdf |
| Summary: | Quiet Sound is a new public-private partnership to better understand and reduce the cumulative effects of acoustic and physical disturbance from large commercial vessels on southern resident killer whales throughout their range in Washington State. Quiet Sound grew out of the Orca Recovery Task Force, and was jointly funded by state, local, and federal partners in 2021. This presentation will introduce the partners who have joined together to form Quiet Sound, and how these partners are organizing a program that is science-based, collaborative and transparent. We will review what we know now about large commercial vessel noise and SRKWs, and how Quiet Sound will implement voluntary shipping noise-reduction initiatives and monitoring programs in the Puget Sound, in coordination with Canadian and United States authorities. The presenters will share information about early Quiet Sound initiatives already underway, and what efforts are on the horizon, and how conference attendees can engage with the Quiet Sound mission. |
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