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Navy, Whale Advocates Settle in Sonar Suit
The Navy can use high-intensity sonar for Pacific warfare exercises, but must stay away from some sensitive marine habitat and increase monitoring for whales, under an agreement reached Friday with environmental groups.
Four days earlier, a judge banned the sonar over concerns it could harm marine mammals.
The settlement prevents the Navy from using the sonar within 25 miles of the newly established Northwestern Marine National Monument during its Rim of the Pacific 2006 exercises, and also imposes a variety of methods to watch for and report the presence of marine mammals.
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Contributed by Bill Faith on July 8, 2006 at 12:54 AM in , , , |