Background Documents

The following are background documents for the workshop:

• AEI Special Report: Ocean Noise 2008: Science, Policy, Legal Developments
• Addressing the Effects of Human-Generated Sound on Marine Life: An Integrated Research Plan for U.S. Federal Agencies
• Report of the Standing Working Group on Environmental Concerns
• NOAA Guidelines for Use of Passive Acoustic Listening Systems for Monitoring in Mitigation Programs
  October 10, 2008 - Memo
• Evaluation of fisheries sonar for whale detection in relation to seismic survey operations
• Report of a Workshop to Identify and Assess Technologies to Reduce Ship Strikes of Large Whales
  July 8-10, 2008 -- Providence, Rhode Island
• Management, mitigation and research applications of near real time and archival passive acoustic sensors over variable temporal and spatial scales

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