Judge Orders Navy Sonar Restrictions to Protect Whales
U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper ordered the Navy to refrain from using the powerful submarine-hunting sonar within 12 miles of the California coast, thus protecting migrating gray whales, dolphins and other marine mammals. The Navy must spend an hour before any sonar training missions searching for marine mammals, and use shipboard observers and aircraft to monitor for whales and dolphins while the sonar is in use. If any marine mammals are spotted within 2,200 yards of a ship, the Navy will have to cease using sonars immediately.
Source: LA Times
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You know this looks nice, but the Navy wont listen. I used to be in there and we had special whale rules to follow when we saw a whale. What happened when we saw a whale? We said we didn’t see anything and went on anyways. This military of ours is getting too large, too big for us to control. I suppose the terrorists have submarines now too and thats why we have to invest so much money here.