Sonar Injunction in SOCAL Naval Exercises

This January 3, 2008 injunction by a federal district court acting on remand from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, orders the Navy to implement a series of mitigation measures to protect marine mammals from harm caused by mid-frequency sonar, which the Nanvy plans to use during nearly a dozen exercises scheduled off of Southern California in the coming months.

• wat_08010301a.pdf