Navy changes claim on sonar use

[The Sushi Bandit]

http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2004/Sep/01/ln/ln02a.html

LIHU'E, Kaua'i — The Navy now concedes that warships used active sonar off Kaua'i July 3, just before a pod of some 200 deepwater melon-headed whales appeared in Hanalei Bay shallows.

Marine mammal experts on the scene said the whales were behaving strangely and ultimately left a dead infant behind as they were coaxed out of the bay by beachgoers on canoes and kayaks.

Navy officials insist that the sonar was used too far away from Kaua'i — one ship about 30 miles and one 37 miles northwest of Hanalei Bay — to have affected the whales. But investigators say they're not ready to accept that conclusion as debate continues over the effect of sonar on marine mammals.

<F*CKING LIERS>

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1. low frequency, high decibel active sonar can travel across the pacific

and back. the echo can then be analyzed.

37 miles is nothing.

[StClone]

2. Shipping noise is one thing

But to shoot high intensity sonar within a hundred of miles animals that are basically sound dependent for food location, navigation and comunication is another.