Congressional Digest

Supreme Court Debates November 2008 No. 9 Vol. 11
Navy Sonar Exercises

Navy Sonar Exercises

The Potential Impact on Marine Mammals

Excerpt

The waters off the coast of Southern California are home to a rich abundance of ocean life, including a wide variety of marine mammals. Some are common, such as dolphins and gray whales; blue, fin, humpback, and various other species of beaked whales are more rare.
Southern California is also the site of the largest Navy base on the West Coast, home to the U.S. Pacific fleet, which routinely conducts training exercises in the coastal areas. One such program — a series of anti-submarine warfare (ASW) exercises — has pitted the U.S. government against a consortium of environmental groups, sparking a leg…

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