This review of scientific literature on impacts of seismic sound on aquatic organisms was
initiated following a 2003 workshop to develop a decision framework for seismic survey …

ABSTRACT The Statement of Canadian Practice (SOCP)(DFO 2008) with respect to the
Mitigation of Seismic Sound in the Marine Environment specifies the minimum mitigation …

The noisiness of the oceans, particularly in the frequency range between 1 and 1000Hz, has
increased dramatically over the last 200 years as a result of human activities (Wenz in …

238 assessment by a number of federal and provincial agencies. In 2004, Canadian federal
and provincial government advisors agreed to develop a national code of conduct for …

Mitigation measures are required for seismic survey operations occurring in Canadian
waters to reduce potential negative effects on marine mammals. Since 2008, the Statement …

Mitigation measures are required for seismic survey operations occurring in Canadian
waters to reduce potential negative effects on marine mammals. Since 2008, the statement …

Potential impacts from anthropogenic sound on marine life, including from geophysical
operations, have received ever-increasing attention in recent years from regulators …

Increased anthropogenic noise in the oceans has the potential to cause detrimental effects
to marine mammals. These affects may includes the masking of their auditory systems …

The United Kingdom's statutory conservation agency, the Joint Nature Conservation
Committee (JNCC), developed guidelines in 1995 to minimise acoustic disturbance of …

Abstract The UK's Joint Nature Conservation Committee 1998 guidelines for minimising
acoustic impacts from seismic surveys on marine mammals were the first of their kind …