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A critical examination of worldwide guidelines for minimising the disturbance to marine mammals during seismic surveys

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  • Compton, Ross
  • Goodwin, Lissa
  • Handy, Richard
  • Abbott, Victor

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Marine seismic exploration has potentially detrimental effects upon marine life and marine mammals in particular. Potential effects range from disturbance that may lead to displacement from feeding or breeding areas, to auditory damage and potential mortality. Nations including the USA, Canada and Brazil have followed the example set by the United Kingdom by introducing guidelines to minimise acoustic disturbance to marine mammals. This paper describes the mitigation measures central to the guidelines currently in place, and identifies the similarities, differences and deficiencies within them. A need for further review by some nations is identified, with a recommendation that an international standard should be produced, benefiting both the geophysical exploration industry and the conservation community.

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  • Compton, Ross & Goodwin, Lissa & Handy, Richard & Abbott, Victor, 2008. "A critical examination of worldwide guidelines for minimising the disturbance to marine mammals during seismic surveys," Marine Policy, Elsevier, vol. 32(3), pages 255-262, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:marpol:v:32:y:2008:i:3:p:255-262
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    1. Maarten J. Punt & Brooks A. Kaiser, 2021. "Seismic Shifts from Regulations: Spatial Trade-offs in Marine Mammals and the Value of Information from Hydrocarbon Seismic Surveying," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 80(3), pages 553-585, November.
    2. Apostolos Tsouvalas, 2020. "Underwater Noise Emission Due to Offshore Pile Installation: A Review," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(12), pages 1-41, June.

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