{"id":717,"date":"2013-04-17T10:20:25","date_gmt":"2013-04-17T14:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/?p=717"},"modified":"2013-04-17T10:20:25","modified_gmt":"2013-04-17T14:20:25","slug":"florida-today-by-jim-wayner-oceana-sonic-blasts-planned-off-brevard-could-kill-dolphins-whales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/2013\/04\/17\/florida-today-by-jim-wayner-oceana-sonic-blasts-planned-off-brevard-could-kill-dolphins-whales\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Today by Jim Wayner: Oceana: Sonic blasts planned off Brevard could kill dolphins, whales"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ody-photo-land ody-photo\" id=\"ody-mainphoto\" style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ody-land-nonfullwith\">\n<div class=\"ody-bottomdiv\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Whale seekers sought\" src=\"http:\/\/cmsimg.floridatoday.com\/apps\/pbcsi.dll\/bilde?Site=A9&amp;Date=20130417&amp;Category=NEWS01&amp;ArtNo=304170016&amp;Ref=AR&amp;MaxW=640&amp;Border=0&amp;Group-Sonic-blasts-planned-off-Brevard-could-kill-dolphins-whales\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ody-buypic\"><a class=\"ody-purchasepic AR purchase\">Purchase Image<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h6>Whales and other marine mammals rely on hearing to navigate. \/ FLORIDA TODAY<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ody-bo-sm \">\n<div class=\"ody-byline\"><a href=\"mailto:jwaymer@floridatoday.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/cmsimg.floridatoday.com\/apps\/pbcsi.dll\/persbilde?Avis=A9&amp;ID=003&amp;maxH=34&amp;maxW=34\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"ody-byline-written-by\">\n<h6>Written by<\/h6>\n<h5><a href=\"mailto:jwaymer@floridatoday.com\">Jim Waymer<\/a><\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"ody-line2\"><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>question<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ody-asset-breakout\" id=\"ody-asset-breakout\" style=\"border-bottom: medium none;\">\n<div class=\"ody-facts-wrapper\" style=\"border-top: 1px dashed #d3d3d3; padding: 10px 0px; width: 300px; height: 340px;\">\n<div class=\"ody-bo-lg\">\n<p><a style=\"display: inline; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\" name=\"pd_a_7042746\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"PDS_Poll\" id=\"PDI_container7042746\">\n<div class=\"pds-box\">\n<div class=\"pds-box-outer\">\n<div class=\"pds-box-inner\">\n<div class=\"pds-box-top\">\n<div class=\"pds-question\">\n<div class=\"pds-question-outer\">\n<div class=\"pds-question-inner\">\n<div class=\"pds-question-top\">Thank you for voting!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pds-answer\">\n<div class=\"pds-feedback-group\"><label class=\"pds-feedback-label\"> <span class=\"pds-answer-text\"> Yes. We need the oil, regardless of the potential harm to wildlife. <\/span><span class=\"pds-feedback-result\"><span class=\"pds-feedback-per\">\u00a058.06%<\/span><span class=\"pds-feedback-votes\">\u00a0 (36 votes)<\/span><\/span> <\/label> <span class=\"pds-clear\" style=\"display: block; clear: both; height: 1px; line-height: 1px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"pds-answer-feedback\" id=\"PDI_feedback0\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"pds-clear\" style=\"display: block; clear: both; height: 1px; line-height: 1px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pds-feedback-group\"><label class=\"pds-feedback-label\"> <span class=\"pds-answer-text\"> No. Wildlife should be saved at all costs. Find another way to test. <\/span><span class=\"pds-feedback-result\"><span class=\"pds-feedback-per\">\u00a041.94%<\/span><span class=\"pds-feedback-votes\">\u00a0 (26 votes)<\/span><\/span> <\/label> <span class=\"pds-clear\" style=\"display: block; clear: both; height: 1px; line-height: 1px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"pds-answer-feedback\" id=\"PDI_feedback1\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"pds-clear\" style=\"display: block; clear: both; height: 1px; line-height: 1px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"pds-clear\" style=\"display: block; clear: both; height: 1px; line-height: 1px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"pds-total-votes\">Total Votes: <span>62<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"pds-sharing\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pds-vote\">\n<div class=\"pds-totalvotes-outer\"><span class=\"pds-links-back\"> <a class=\"pds-comments\" href=\"http:\/\/polldaddy.com\/poll\/7042746\/?view=results\" target=\"_blank\">Comments <span>(0)<\/span><\/a> <a class=\"pds-return-poll\">Return To Poll<\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"pds-clear\" style=\"display: block; clear: both; height: 1px; line-height: 1px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"PD_superContainer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ody-bo-lg\" id=\"ody-para-facts\">\n<h3>Oil off Brevard?<\/h3>\n<p>\u2022 The Bureau of Ocean Energy <a class=\"itxtnewhook itxthook\" id=\"itxthook0\" style=\"font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; border: 0px none transparent; padding: 0px; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; display: inline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.floridatoday.com\/article\/20130417\/NEWS01\/304170016\/Oil-ga?nclick_check=1#\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap\" id=\"itxthook0p\"><span class=\"itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap itxtnewhookspan\" id=\"itxthook0w\" style=\"font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; text-decoration: underline ! important; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-style: none none solid; border-color: transparent transparent #00cc00; padding: 0px 0px 1px ! important; color: #009900; background-color: transparent;\">Management<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"itxtrst itxtrstimg itxthookicon\" id=\"itxthook0icon\" style=\"padding-top: 0px!important; padding-right: 0px!important; padding-bottom: 0px!important; padding-left: 4px!important; vertical-align: baseline!important; margin: 0px!important;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.intellitxt.com\/ast\/adTypes\/icon1.png\" \/><\/span><\/a> is considering allowing seismic surveys for oil and gas in the waters of the Southeastern United States. For information, visit:<br \/>\nboem.gov\/oil-and-gas-energy-program\/GOMR\/GandG.aspx<br \/>\n\u2022 Read Oceana\u2019s report here:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ody-factbox-fade\" style=\"display: block;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.floridatoday.com\/odygci\/p5\/factboxfade.png\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"ody-image-wrapper-extra-b\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"more\" id=\"factsMore\" style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<p class=\"st_hide\" style=\"font-size: 10px;\">\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"p360_left_wrapper\" style=\"display: block; border-top: medium none;\">\n<div class=\"p360-article hasAssets\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"ad_p360\">\n<div id=\"adcontainer___gelement_adbanner_2_0\">\n<div id=\"__gelement_18\">\n<div id=\"p360_ad_unit\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"c content-wrap\" style=\"float: none;\">\n<div class=\"gel-content\" id=\"__gelement_10\">\n<div class=\"gel-pane gpagediv\" id=\"GPage1\">\n<p>Oil and gas companies want to blast sound pulses 100,000 times more intense than a jet engine to the ocean floor, in hopes of finding fossil fuels off Brevard County and other southeastern American waters.<\/p>\n<p>But <a class=\"itxtnewhook itxthook\" id=\"itxthook1\" style=\"font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; border: 0px none transparent; padding: 0px; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; display: inline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.floridatoday.com\/article\/20130417\/NEWS01\/304170016\/Oil-ga?nclick_check=1#\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap\" id=\"itxthook1p\"><span class=\"itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap itxtnewhookspan\" id=\"itxthook1w\" style=\"font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; text-decoration: underline ! important; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-style: none none solid; border-color: transparent transparent #00cc00; padding: 0px 0px 1px ! important; color: #009900; background-color: transparent;\">environmentalists<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"itxtrst itxtrstimg itxthookicon\" id=\"itxthook1icon\" style=\"padding-top: 0px!important; padding-right: 0px!important; padding-bottom: 0px!important; padding-left: 4px!important; vertical-align: baseline!important; margin: 0px!important;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.intellitxt.com\/ast\/adTypes\/icon1.png\" \/><\/span><\/a> say the sonic blasts could injure and possibly kill an estimated 138,500 dolphins and whales, and put thousands of tourism and fishing jobs at risk.<\/p>\n<p>A report released Tuesday by the nonprofit group Oceana highlighted federal estimates of wildlife and economic impacts from oil and gas exploration along the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, the seismic airguns would put at risk more than $15 billion in economic activity and 400,000 tourism, recreation and fishing jobs in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImagine a rocket being launched out of your living room every 10 seconds, 24 hours a day, for days to weeks at a time,\u201d said Matthew Huelsenbeck, report author and marine scientist at Oceana. \u201cYou could go deaf or be forced to move. That\u2019s what it\u2019s like for sea life that is subjected to seismic testing, but unlike in people, a deaf whale is a dead whale.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is considering allowing seismic surveys from Cape Canaveral to Delaware in federal waters, from three to 350 nautical miles out to sea. But the geological surveys and impacts could cross into state waters closer to shore as well. A decision on the tests is expected in October.<\/p>\n<p>Survey ships would <a class=\"itxtnewhook itxthook\" id=\"itxthook2\" style=\"font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; border: 0px none transparent; padding: 0px; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; display: inline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.floridatoday.com\/article\/20130417\/NEWS01\/304170016\/Oil-ga?nclick_check=1#\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap\" id=\"itxthook2p\"><span class=\"itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap itxtnewhookspan\" id=\"itxthook2w\" style=\"font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; text-decoration: underline ! important; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-style: none none solid; border-color: transparent transparent #00cc00; padding: 0px 0px 1px ! important; color: #009900; background-color: transparent;\">tow<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"itxtrst itxtrstimg itxthookicon\" id=\"itxthook2icon\" style=\"padding-top: 0px!important; padding-right: 0px!important; padding-bottom: 0px!important; padding-left: 4px!important; vertical-align: baseline!important; margin: 0px!important;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.intellitxt.com\/ast\/adTypes\/icon1.png\" \/><\/span><\/a> arrays of the seismic airguns<b>,<\/b> which produce compressed air bubbles under extreme pressure to create sound.<\/p>\n<p>Hydrophones towed near the surface record the sound that bounces back from the ocean bottom to reveal a 3-D image of bottom formations that may hint at oil or gas deposits.<\/p>\n<p>But any resulting hearing loss in whales and dolphins could harm the mammals\u2019 ability to navigate, feed and care for their young. The sounds also can disturb breeding and feeding and inhibit marine mammals\u2019 ability to communicate with one another.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAirgun blasts threaten marine life of all sizes from tiny fish eggs to large whales, and people too,\u201d Huelsenbeck said. \u201c730,000 East Coast jobs <a class=\"itxtnewhook itxthook\" id=\"itxthook3\" style=\"font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; border: 0px none transparent; padding: 0px; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; display: inline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.floridatoday.com\/article\/20130417\/NEWS01\/304170016\/Oil-ga?nclick_check=1#\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap\" id=\"itxthook3p\"><span class=\"itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap itxtnewhookspan\" id=\"itxthook3w\" style=\"font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; text-decoration: underline ! important; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-style: none none solid; border-color: transparent transparent #00cc00; padding: 0px 0px 1px ! important; color: #009900; background-color: transparent;\">depend on<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"itxtrst itxtrstimg itxthookicon\" id=\"itxthook3icon\" style=\"padding-top: 0px!important; padding-right: 0px!important; padding-bottom: 0px!important; padding-left: 4px!important; vertical-align: baseline!important; margin: 0px!important;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.intellitxt.com\/ast\/adTypes\/icon1.png\" \/><\/span><\/a> a healthy ocean in the region that could be harmed by airguns or drilling. But we don\u2019t have to turn the Atlantic into a blast zone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A draft federal <a class=\"itxtnewhook itxthook\" id=\"itxthook4\" style=\"font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; border: 0px none transparent; padding: 0px; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; display: inline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.floridatoday.com\/article\/20130417\/NEWS01\/304170016\/Oil-ga?nclick_check=1#\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap\" id=\"itxthook4p\"><span class=\"itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap itxtnewhookspan\" id=\"itxthook4w\" style=\"font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; text-decoration: underline ! important; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-style: none none solid; border-color: transparent transparent #00cc00; padding: 0px 0px 1px ! important; color: #009900; background-color: transparent;\">environmental<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"itxtrst itxtrstimg itxthookicon\" id=\"itxthook4icon\" style=\"padding-top: 0px!important; padding-right: 0px!important; padding-bottom: 0px!important; padding-left: 4px!important; vertical-align: baseline!important; margin: 0px!important;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.intellitxt.com\/ast\/adTypes\/icon1.png\" \/><\/span><\/a> study released last year includes several alternatives for ways to avoid harming whales, sea turtles and other wildlife. Proposals include closing areas up to about six nautical miles offshore to seismic surveying during the main sea turtle nesting season \u2014 May 1 to Oct. 31. An additional area 20 nautical miles out could be off-limits for the sound surveying during right whale migration \u2014 Nov. 15 to April 15.<\/p>\n<p>Most research revolves around sound impacts on marine mammals. The impacts on sea turtles are less clear. Sea turtles don\u2019t have ear drums or external ears, but their auditory sense is adapted to vibrations in the water.<\/p>\n<p>Oceana wants the government to phase out the use of airguns in federal waters and to do more to promote <a class=\"itxtnewhook itxthook\" id=\"itxthook5\" style=\"font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; border: 0px none transparent; padding: 0px; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; display: inline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.floridatoday.com\/article\/20130417\/NEWS01\/304170016\/Oil-ga?nclick_check=1#\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap\" id=\"itxthook5p\"><span class=\"itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap itxtnewhookspan\" id=\"itxthook5w\" style=\"font-weight: normal; font-size: 100%; text-decoration: underline ! important; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-style: none none solid; border-color: transparent transparent #00cc00; padding: 0px 0px 1px ! important; color: #009900; background-color: transparent;\">renewable energy<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"itxtrst itxtrstimg itxthookicon\" id=\"itxthook5icon\" style=\"padding-top: 0px!important; padding-right: 0px!important; padding-bottom: 0px!important; padding-left: 4px!important; vertical-align: baseline!important; margin: 0px!important;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.intellitxt.com\/ast\/adTypes\/icon1.png\" \/><\/span><\/a> such as wind instead of oil.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the long-run, it\u2019s only going to keep us more addicted to fossil fuels,\u201d Huelsenbeck said of more oil exploration in the Atlantic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact Waymer at 321-242-3663 or <a href=\"mailto:jwaymer@floridatoday.com\">jwaymer@floridatoday.com<\/a>. Follow him on Twitter @JWayEnviro<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Special thanks to\u00a0 Richard Charter<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"p360_left_wrapper\" style=\"display: block; border-top: medium none;\">\n<div class=\"p360-article hasAssets\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"ad_p360\">\n<div id=\"adcontainer___gelement_adbanner_2_0\">\n<div id=\"__gelement_18\">\n<div id=\"p360_ad_unit\">\n<div id=\"p360_header\">\n<div class=\"p360_aligner_left\"><span id=\"p360_title\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Purchase Image Whales and other marine mammals rely on hearing to navigate. \/ FLORIDA TODAY &nbsp; Written by Jim Waymer question Thank you for voting! Yes. We need the oil, regardless of the potential harm to wildlife. \u00a058.06%\u00a0 (36 votes) \u00a0 \u00a0 No. Wildlife should be saved at all costs. Find another way to test. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/2013\/04\/17\/florida-today-by-jim-wayner-oceana-sonic-blasts-planned-off-brevard-could-kill-dolphins-whales\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Florida Today by Jim Wayner: Oceana: Sonic blasts planned off Brevard could kill dolphins, whales<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=717"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":718,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717\/revisions\/718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}