OCEANOISE issues a call to action on World Ocean Day
/Several scientists from JASCO Applied Sciences participated in late May in the third edition of the OCEANOISE conference series, an event which brings together international stakeholders from the worlds of research, regulation and industry to address critical issues of assessment and mitigation of underwater noise impacts on ocean life. Members of the JASCO group were among the presenters of original studies and the conveners and chairs of technical sessions and round table discussions.
On the closing day of the conference, sessions chairs engaged with the audience in a plenary panel discussion of the key points that had emerged from the prior four days of talks and presentations. The outcome was a consensus on the need to issue an urgent call to action for the global implementation of effective technologies and regulations aimed at reducing human produced noise in the oceans. The following statement was subsequently agreed upon and scheduled to be published on 8 June, World Ocean Day.