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The Navy continues to be a world leader in marine species research and monitoring, having funded marine research programs, surveys, and data collection efforts since 1992. The Navy has committed approximately $250 million over the past decade to marine mammal and in-water acoustic research. 

The Navy’s research objective is to increase understanding of marine mammal reactions to sound and provide a more robust scientific basis for estimating the effects on marine mammals from Navy activities. 

Marine Species Monitoring and Research

The Navy is a world leader in marine species research, investing over $20 million in research and monitoring each year.

 

Navy research and monitoring of marine species helps to:

  • Build a better understanding of the abundance, distribution, foraging, reproduction, hearing, sound production, and behavior.
  • Refine methods used to detect and monitor species.
  • Advance the understanding of the effects of underwater sound.
  • Improve models used to estimate potential effects of underwater sound.
  • Use adaptive management strategies to establish mitigation guidelines to better protect marine species.
     

Photo Credit: Mark Deakos, HDR, NMFS permit No.14451