RIMPAC Sonar Likely Cause of 2004 Kauai Whale Stranding
Environment News Service, May, 2006
WASHINGTON, DC (ENS) — --> More than 150 melon-headed whales that stranded on a Kauai beach on July 3, 2004 were likely disoriented by sonar emitted by U.S. Navy vessels, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said in a final report on the incident issued Thursday.
The U.S. Navy was conducting RIMPAC sonar exercises off the coast of Hawaii on July 2 and 3, 2004.
"Sound propagation models suggest that sonar transmissions were likely detectable over a large area around Kauai for many hours on the day prior to the stranding, as well as within Hanalei Bay when the animals were there," said Brandon Southall, NOAA Fisheries Service's Acoustics Program Director.
"Active sonar transmissions on the 2nd and 3rd of July are a plausible, if not...
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