{"id":149957,"date":"2023-11-20T08:15:26","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T13:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=149957"},"modified":"2023-11-18T13:40:26","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T18:40:26","slug":"the-u-s-navy-is-requesting-to-increase-its-accidental-whale-collision-limit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=149957","title":{"rendered":"The U.S. Navy is requesting to increase its accidental whale collision limit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Whale-floating-over-a-city-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-149958 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Whale-floating-over-a-city-01-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Whale-floating-over-a-city-01-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Whale-floating-over-a-city-01-333x333.jpg 333w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Whale-floating-over-a-city-01-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Whale-floating-over-a-city-01.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Navy currently has a limit of three accidental whale collisions until December 2025. However, the Navy collided with three whales from 2021 to 2023. The Navy wants to increase that number given the probability of strike analysis it has conducted. Not counting against the U.S. Navy&#8217;s quota were the two whales that an Australian Navy ship hit in May 2021.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">From the Navy Times:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Navy has requested an increase on the capped number of marine mammals it is allowed to unintentionally harm during Pacific training after the service&#8217;s vessels struck a number of whales in recent years off the coast of Southern California.<\/p>\n<p>The sea service&#8217;s proposal seeks to raise the limit of approved whale-related incidents, set in a government agreement, before an authorization period ends in December 2025, according to a public notice posted to the Federal Register last month.<\/p>\n<p>With the public comment period on the proposal closing Friday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration told Military Times it anticipates making a decision on whether to finalize the suggested update in the spring of next year.<\/p>\n<p>And while the Navy sees its request as justified, environmental groups are not happy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Navy&#8217;s main response to hitting and killing whales is to ask for permission to harm more whales. It&#8217;s nonsensical and extremely disappointing,&#8221; Kristen Monsell, an attorney with the nonprofit Center for Biological Diversity, told Military Times via email.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Navy Times has additional information <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2023\/11\/16\/us-navy-seeks-to-raise-allowed-number-of-accidental-whale-collisions\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Navy currently has a limit of three accidental whale collisions until December 2025. 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