Federal judge blocks Navy's use of mid-frequency sonar
The lawsuit filed against the U.S. Navy to block the use of mid-frequency sonar during training exercises has met some success. Today, a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking a six-month national defense exemption from the Department of Defense that would have permitted use of mid-frequency sonar. Environmental and animal rights groups object to the use of mid-frequency sonar because, it kills and injures whales, dolphins and other marine animals.
The Navy had planned to use mid-frequency sonar during exercises scheduled to begin this Thursday off the coast of Hawaii.
The Navy had planned to use mid-frequency sonar during exercises scheduled to begin this Thursday off the coast of Hawaii.
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I went to high school in Hawai'i (north shore of Kauai), and from my social studies classroom window, I could sometimes see whales jumping.
It was an amazing thing, and I shudder to imagine a generation of Hawai'i's kids rarely being able to see something like this (much less seeing it so often that they could be blasé about it, as many of my classmates were, or at least pretended to be). I mean, I had friends who grew up literally swimming with dolphins. You really can't overstate the impact this sort of ecological nightmare can/does have on delicate ecologies like Hawai'i's. And it's not just the ecology, it's the entire culture - the connectedness of everyone and everything surviving within that system.
I'm so glad for this news - thank you for posting it. I haven't been back there in years (and for various reasons, may not ever go back), but this matters to me, deeply.
By Anonymous, at 2:18 AM
I think, unfortunately, that the Navy will prevail, but I remain hopeful.
Thanks for dropping by, Victoria. Your description concretely underlines the importance of protecting the coast and the marine life.
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