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Navy Estimates Limited Whale Deaths but Millions of Marine Disruptions in Hawaii
The Navy projects over 3 million disruptions to marine mammals from sonar and explosives in Hawaiian waters despite expecting only two whale deaths, officials said.
- The U.S. Navy estimates its ships will injure or kill just two whales in Hawaiian waters over the next seven years, but disrupt over 3 million instances of marine mammal behavior.
- Local conservation groups worry the Navy's report downplays impacts on endangered species like whales, dolphins and monk seals.
- The Navy says it will limit intense sonar use in designated areas during whale breeding seasons, but training could still harm marine mammals millions of times.
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New Navy report gauges training disruption of Hawaii's marine mammals
Over the next seven years, the U.S. Navy estimates its ships will injure or kill just two whales in collisions as it tests and trains in Hawaiian waters, and it concluded those exercises won’t significantly harm local marine mammal populations, many of which are endangered.
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