Underwater acoustic monitoring desktop study : A collaborative initiative between Port of Seattle (PoS) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Holt, Marla M.; Emmons, Candice K.; Dziak, Robert P.; Mellinger, David K.; Haver, Samara M.

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Underwater acoustic monitoring desktop study : A collaborative initiative between Port of Seattle (PoS) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

2026
By Holt, Marla M. ; Emmons, Candice K. ; Dziak, Robert P. ; ...
Series: NOAA technical memorandum NMFS-NWFSC 207

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Personal Author:

Holt, Marla M. ; Emmons, Candice K. ; Dziak, Robert P. ; Mellinger, David K. ; Haver, Samara M.
Corporate Authors:

Northwest Fisheries Science Center (U.S.) ; Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (U.S.) ; Oregon State University. Cooperative Institute for Marine Ecosystem and Resources Studies. ; Oregon State University. Marine Mammal Institute.
NOAA Program & Office:

NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; NWFSC (Northwest Fisheries Science Center) ; OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) ; PMEL (Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory) ; CIMERS (Cooperative Institute for Marine Ecosystem and Resources Studies)
Description:

This report provides an evaluation of underwater passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) efforts within the geographic scope of the Quiet Sound program in Washington State (Figure 1) and considers those of the Enhancing Cetacean and Habitat Observation (ECHO) program of the Port of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Both programs have overlapping aims, which are to understand and reduce the acoustic and physical impacts of large commercial vessels on endangered Southern Resident killer whales (SRKW) through initiatives such as voluntary seasonal vessel slowdowns. One of the main objectives of the study was to review past and present underwater PAM efforts to identify gaps in monitoring within the identified geographic area.
Keywords:

Effect Of Sound On Endangered Species Killer Whale Monitoring Underwater Acoustics Effect Of Sound On Endangered Species Killer Whale Underwater Acoustics
Series:

NOAA technical memorandum NMFS-NWFSC 207
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25923/g589-6539
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pdf
Document Type:

Technical Memorandum
Place as Subject:

Seattle (Wash.)
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https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
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CC0 Public Domain
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Submitted
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