WASHINGTON – Environmental group Oceana released today maps that show what the organization calls the threat of seismic airgun blasting to marine life off the East Coast. The maps depict the overlap of current seismic airgun permit application areas in the Atlantic and known habitats for at-risk turtles, whales and…
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DCM Objects to Company’s Seismic Plan
…the environmental and economic importance of protecting North Carolina’s coastline and marine species from devastating seismic blasting,” said Erin Carey, the N.C. Sierra Club’s coastal conservation program coordinator. “We hope federal authorities will show the same wisdom when they consider WesternGeco’s proposal and any other seismic permit application. Seismic blasting…
Guest Column: Seismic Tests Won’t Harm Fish
…the 1950s, and experience shows that fisheries and seismic activities can and do successfully coexist. There has been no observation of direct physical injury or death to free-ranging fish caused by seismic survey activity, and there is no conclusive evidence showing long-term or permanent displacement of fish. It is important…
Guest Column: Seismic Tests Critical
…with appropriate environmental protections and revenue sharing, will maintain affordability and provide North Carolinians with clean, reliable energy. The lack of current and reliable seismic data is the most pressing obstacle to making informed decisions about how to proceed. Most seismic data for the Atlantic is more than three decades…
Agency Seeks Comments on Seismic Permits
…looc for oil and natural. Anyone who has ever gotten a diagnostic ultrasound test, is familiar with the concept. Seismic tests are now a standard tool in the search for oil and gas and have greatly reduced the chances of drilling dry holes. The map shows the seismic surveys that…
Opinions Split on Offshore Seismic Testing
…warns that damage to marine life from seismic air guns probing for pockets of oil and gas would mean bigger losses for commercial and recreational fisheries, tourism and coastal recreation. “Seismic air gun testing isn’t simply a method of surveying a coastal area for its energy potential,” Oceana said in…
Jones, NC Aquariums Weigh In On Seismic
…they not allow seismic testing in the Atlantic to move forward. Rutherford said he was worried about the effects seismic testing would have on vulnerable marine mammal populations and other marine life and how it would affect naval operations and training missions off the East Coast. “We have very little…
Knapp to Lead Effort To Stop Seismic Testing
…stop seismic testing if political currents outweigh research and data. “It’s time for the career scientists at the National Marine Fisheries Service and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to make the right decision on seismic testing,” said Keyserling. “They know the evidence of the damage caused by this old…
Group Urges Denial of Seismic Permits
…Waters from North Carolina to Florida were not included in the action. The Obama Administration has as many as six seismic testing permits awaiting approval at the Department of Interior. Opponents, including the alliance, say seismic testing, which is still possible in offshore waters from Virginia to Florida, would damage…
Seismic Testing Will Continue in Atlantic
Though the federal government removed the Atlantic Ocean from its proposed five-year plan for oil and natural gas leasing, offshore seismic testing for fossil fuels will continue as planned. “We still have permit requests for seismic testing and will continue to process them,” Connie Gillette, a spokeswoman for the Bureau…
What’s This Seismic Survey Stuff?
…glean as much information as they could about seismic testing during a public meeting hosted by the U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, or BOEM. “We were hoping to find out something on where the wind turbine process stood,” Paul Kelly said. “I think what we learned…
Seismic Tests Not Imminent
…instead of using seismic guns, which are towed by ships and blast sound waves into the sea bottom. The ARKeX method may be less effective in identifying oil and gas reserves, but it’s believed to not be harmful to marine mammals, a concern with seismic guns. Other Stories Today Oil:…