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Since the mid-1800s, marine mammals have been caught and imprisoned for entertainment. P. T. Barnum displayed dolphins and belugas, and, in the late 1800s, the Brighton Aquarium in England displayed harbor porpoises. By the 1870s, whales and dolphins were being captured and sold to parks in the United States and Europe. Major circus acts, such as Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, have phased out the use of wild animals for audience entertainment. Many marine theme parks have promised to no longer feature trainers in the tanks with orcas but have not yet done so.
The Gulf of Mexico could soon get a lot noisier.
In its final weeks, President Donald Trump s administration has eased rules that have for almost a decade limited the use of deep-penetration seismic blasts to search for oil and gas deposits at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico.
Seismic air-gun survey technology has helped locate a bonanza of overlooked oil deposits, but its use can disorient, injure or kill marine animals, from the largest including endangered whales and dolphins to the microscopic critters that serve as the foundation of the Gulf s food web. The oceans are worlds of sound, said Michael Jasny, a marine mammal protection expert with the Natural Resources Defense Council. All kinds of marine animals fish, whales, invertebrates rely on sound to feed, find mates, avoid predators, navigate in short, they use sound to do just about everything they need to do to thrive.
Bryde s whale, pronounced broodus, are members of the baleen whale family. They are considered one of the great whales, a group that also includes humpback and blue whales. Only a few dozen of Bryde s remain in the Gulf of Mexico.Â
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SILVERDALE, Wash The U.S. Navy has prepared a draft supplement to the 2011 Gulf of Alaska (GOA) Navy Training Activities Final Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement (EIS/OEIS) and the 2016 GOA Navy Training Activities Final Supplemental EIS/OEIS. In the 2020 Draft Supplemental EIS/OEIS, the Navy assesses the potential environmental effects associated with continuing periodic military readiness activities in the GOA Temporary Maritime Activities Area (TMAA). The Navy welcomes public review and comments on the 2020 Draft Supplemental EIS/OEIS.
The purpose of this Supplemental EIS/OEIS is to update the 2011 and 2016 impact analyses with new information and analytical methods. New information includes an updated acoustic effects model, updated marine species density data and hearing criteria, and other emergent best available science. The Navy is not proposing new activities or an increase in activities from current levels. Proposed training activities