…drilling. But seismic alone is a serious assault on our coast and ocean,” Jasny said. Gail Adams-Jackson, vice-president, communications and external affairs with the International Association of Geophysical Contractors, the seismic industry’s trade organization, described the process differently, emphasizing in an email response to CRO that seismic surveys are not…
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Study: Seismic Testing Disrupts Fish Behavior
…different from what has been reported elsewhere where fisheries and seismic have coexisted for decades: the Gulf of Mexico, the North Sea, West Africa and throughout the world,” she said. “Marine seismic surveys have been conducted since the 1950s and experience shows that fisheries and seismic activities can and do…
What’s All the Noise Over Seismic Survey?
Seismic surveying will begin as early as next spring off the N.C. Coast. Seismic airgun testing is used to locate oil and gas deposits deep below the ocean floor. A vessel tows a seismic airgun, which shoots extremely loud blasts of compressed air through the ocean and miles under the…
Q&A: The Skinny on Seismic Surveys
…to those emitted during seismic surveys are adversely affected and there is a considerable body of evidence pointing to injured and dead marine life occurring during seismic surveying. A 1996 study in Norway showed a marked decrease in fish catch over a 2,000 square-mile area following seismic surveying. There are…
Seismic Tests Continue to Make Waves
…President Obama to suspend seismic activity in the Atlantic Ocean because of “profound concern” about the effects the tests could have on the endangered North Atlantic right whale. Meanwhile, the Carteret County Chamber of Commerce recently re-affirmed its opposition to seismic testing first stated in 2015 and is now calling…
Extent of Seismic Tests Makes Feds Pause
…decision on whether to issue the permits could come by the end of the year. To Learn More Seismic survey applications for North Carolina Environmental impact statement for Atlantic surveys Related Content The Skinny on Seismic Surveys What’s All the Noise Over Seismic Surveys? Opinions Split on Offshore Seismic Testing…
Seismic Testing Needs World’s Attention
…recently published paper, that the sounds from seismic guns can “mask” the sounds that whales and other creatures in the water rely upon to navigate, find food and avoid predators. And research increasingly indicates that’s not just a short-term problem; long-term exposure – and seismic testing can go on for…
Seismic Testing Q&A: The Pros and Cons
…by the Navy has been associated in the past with causing strandings of marine mammals. How is 2-D seismic different? It’s a completely different technology. Do you how much seismic is acquired off the coast every year, every summer? There’s seismic acquired every summer off the East Coast – there…
With Feds’ Reversal on Seismic, What Next?
Seismic surveying is underway off the coast of Namibia in this file photo. Photo: offshoreenergytoday.com JACKSONVILLE – The prospect of seismic testing in search of oil and gas resources off the North Carolina coast is once again on the table. The Department of Interior earlier this month rescinded the January…
Groups Move to Block Start of Seismic Tests
CHARLESTON, S.C. – A group of conservation organizations this week asked a federal judge to block the start of any seismic exploration for oil and natural gas off the East Coast until after a pending legal challenge is heard in court. A ship trails an array of seismic air guns….
Guide Offers Ways to Reduce Seismic Risks
BEAUFORT — A new guide, co-written by a Duke University professor, has been released in an effort to help energy companies and governments reduce the potential harmful effects of underwater seismic surveys on marine life. Doug Nowacek Doug Nowacek, a professor at the Duke Marine Lab whose research focuses on…
Congressmen Urge Halt to Seismic Permitting
…the Duke University Marine Laboratory on Pivers Island in Beaufort. Randy Sturgill “Seismic air gun exploration is an enormously disruptive activity in the ocean,” the letter states. “A significant body of peer-reviewed science demonstrates that seismic air gun testing results in massive displacement of fish, causes catch rates of some…