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Audio Transcript

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 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 impact 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 each year.

Data and reports from scientific research and monitoring help environmental regulators, scientists, the public, and the Navy to:

  • Build a better understanding of the abundance, distribution, foraging, reproduction, hearing, sound production, and behavior of marine species.
  • Refine methods used to detect and monitor marine species before, during, and after training and testing activities.
  • Advance the understanding of the effects of underwater sound on marine species.
  • Improve models used to estimate potential effects of underwater sound on marine species.
  • Establish guidelines to mitigate effects of training and testing on marine species.