Mass Fish Deaths: Millions Have Been Found Dead All Over The World In The Past Month

[spiritguide]

Mass Fish Deaths: Millions Have Been Found Dead All Over The World In The Past Month

The Mind Unleashedon - 4 June, 2014 at 13:21

Millions of fish are suddenly dying all over the planet. In fact, there have been dozens of mass fish death events reported in the past month alone. So why is this happening? Why are fish dying in unprecedented numbers all over the world? When more than six tons of fish died in Marina Del Ray over the weekend, it made headlines all over the United States. But the truth is that what just happened off the southern California coast is just the tip of the iceberg. In 2014, mass fish die-offs have pretty much become a daily event globally. Individually, each event could perhaps be dismissed as an anomaly, but as you will see below when they are all put together into one list it truly is rather stunning. So is there a reason why so many fish are dying? Is there something that connects these mass fish death events? Has something about our environment changed? The following are just a few examples of the mass fish death reports that have been coming in day after day from all over the globe…

*In April, 500,000 carp were found “floating belly-up in Kentucky’s Cumberland River“.

*Over the weekend, thousands upon thousands of fish died just off the southern California coastline…

California Fish and Wildlife workers are still scooping dead sea life from the surface of the harbor Monday after thousands of dead anchovies, stingrays and even an octopus died and floated up over the weekend.

So far officials have cleaned up 6 tons of dead fish, and they still have a long way to go.

*The death of approximately 35,000 fish up in Minnesota is being blamed on a “lack of oxygen“.

*The recent die off of thousands of fish in the Shark River near Belmar, New Jersey is also being blamed on “oxygen depletion“.

*Officials in Menifee, California are still trying to figure out what caused the death of thousands of fish in Menifee Lake a few weeks ago…

Authorities continued testing the water in Menifee Lake Friday after thousands of dead fish have been seen floating since last weekend.

Menifee city officials first heard reports Saturday of floating fish at the lake, which is located on private property about a half-mile east of the 215 Freeway.

*In the Gulf of Mexico, dolphins and sea turtles are dying “in record numbers“.

*Maryland officials are still puzzled by the death of 7,000 Atlantic menhaden last month…

State environmental scientists are investigating the cause of a fish kill that left about 7,000 dead Atlantic menhaden in waters that include the Inner Harbor and Fells Point.

Jay Apperson, spokesman for the Maryland Department of the Environment, said that biologists went by boat on Tuesday to the area of Monday’s fish kill. He says the area extended from the mouth of the Patapsco River, up the Baltimore Harbor to Fells Point and Fort McHenry.

*Mass fish die-offs in Lake Champlain up in Vermont are being called “the new normal” by government officials.

*Along the coast of northern California, seals and young sea lions are dying “in record numbers“.

*Three months ago, farmers in Singapore lost 160 tons of fish to a mass die-off event.

*Back in September, approximately 40 kilometers of the Fuhe River in China “was covered with dead fish“.

*Also during last September, close to ten tons of dead fish were found floating on a lake near the town of Komotini, Greece.

The following are some more examples of mass fish death events from just the past several weeks that come from a list compiled on another website…

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17th May 2014 – Masses of fish turn up dead in a marina in Pultneyville, New York, America. Link

16th May 2014 – Mass die off of fish in a river in Aragatsotn, Armenia. Link

15th May 2014 – Hundreds of fish dying off ‘due to pollution’ in the wetlands of Rewalsar, India. Link

14th May 2014 – Thousands of dead fish washing ashore in Cootes Paradise, Hamilton, Canada. Link

13th May 2014 – Tens of thousands of dead fish wash up along coast of Tasmania, Australia. Link

12th May 2014 – Mass death of fish in the river Eden ‘is a mystery’ in Cumbria,England. Link

11th May 2014 – Thousands of dead Puffer Fish, also dead turtles washing up on various beaches in Colombia and Costa Rica. Link and here

11th May 2014 – Hundreds of dead fish found in a pond is ‘a mystery’ in Southborough, England. Link

10th May 2014 – Thousands of fish dead due to pollution in spring in Sikkim,India. Link

9th May 2014 – Die off of Fish ’causes panic’ in the Luda Yana River in Bulgaria.Link

8th May 2014 – Thousands of dead fish appear in a lake ‘shock residents’ in Mangalore, India. Link

8th May 2014 – 12 TONS of dead fish removed from lakes in Chisago County, Minnesota, America. Link

7th May 2014 – Massive die off of fish in reservoirs in Quanzhou, China. Link

7th May 2014 – Thousands of fish found dead on the shores of Roatan,Honduras. Link

5th May 2014 – Hundreds of dead fish wash up on a beach ‘a mystery’ in San Antonio Oeste, Argentina. Link

5th May 2014 – Mass death of fish found in lakes in Almindingen, Denmark.Link

4th May 2014 – Mass die off of fish in a river in Fujian, China. Link

3rd May 2014 – 1,000+ dead fish wash ashore along a lake in Ontario, Canada.Link

2nd May 2014 – 40,000 fish die suddenly in a dam in Piaui, Brazil. Link

30th April 2014 – Mass fish kill ‘worst I’ve seen in 26 years of working here’ in Iowa, America. Link

30th April 2014 – Large amount of dead fish found floating along a river in Xiasha District, China. Link

29th April 2014 – Dozens of sea turtles are washing up dead in South Mississippi,America. Link

29th April 2014 – Thousands of dead fish washing up along the shores of Lakes in Wisconsin, America. Link

28th April 2014 – Turtles and other marine life continue to wash up dead in Bari,Italy. Link

28th April 2014 – Large fish kill found in the Mogi River in Brazil. Link

25th April 2014 – Large fish kill found in a reservoir in Nanchong, China. Link

24th April 2014 – Large amount of fish wash up dead along a river in La Chorrera, Panama. Link

23rd April 2014 – 2 Million fish found dead in a dam in Tehran, Iran. Link

23rd April 2014 – Mass die off of fish in Island lake in Ontario, Canada. Link

23rd April 2014 – Thousands of dead fish appear in a lake in Mudanjiang, China.Link

22nd April 2014 – 1,000 fish found dead in Oona River, County Tyrone,Northern Ireland. Link

21st April 2014 – Large amounts of fish washing up dead along the Panchganga River in India. Link

19th April 2014 – MILLIONS of dead fish found floating in Thondamanaru Lagoon, Sri Lanka. Link

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And remember, this list represents events that have happened in just a little over the past month.

So what is causing all of these mass fish death events?

Please feel free to share your opinion by posting a comment below…

Link to article and web site to review comments....

http://themindunleashed.org/2014/06/mass-fish-deaths-millions-found-dead-world-past-month.html

Peace!

[Zaya]

This really broke my heart. I am so sad right now.

Sadly, I think this could be a result of Fukishima... I know there are lakes mentioned in there as well, but our water is cycled by evaporating and then raining it back onto the land/waters. I do not think nuclear waste can simply just disappear once evaporated, so it's just cycling back into the waters and even to new territories...

[avid]

Pollution and geo-engineering messing with their magnetic fields...?

[mpod001]

Didnt Credo Mutwa predict this and then mass deaths after from starving people eating the fish?

[spiritguide]

Why do you think the MSM is not broadcasting this item? Have we tipped the contamination scale with all the various toxins in the environment? It gets worse each year as futures on fish go up on the commodities market!

Peace!

[Frederick Jackson]

Very, very disturbing. Does one need anything more as a sign that something is seriously wrong with the planet. And that is most likely has to do with us, our polluting of our environment? This portent, this sign is truly Biblical in its dimension. We are skittering along the road to apocalypse.

[yelik]

As I understand the governments believed from the 1960's that man would not reach the year 2000 because of climate change, pollution, an asteroid strike or a mass solar flare, hence the colonisation of Mars and DUMBS.

[Michael Moewes]

Just yesterday, in Germany / Bavaria. a river droped 40 cm and due to the heat, all fish died.
It's really concerning. Live Vegetarian.;)

[Lifebringer]

Then the second angel blew his trumpet and "a third of the of the creatures living in the sea died." Revelation ch 8 verse 9.

I don't know how many signs the psychos need to wake up and realize their time of "owning everything and everybody and creating lifetimes of misery and enslavement, is over.
Meditate people, our souls are not yet worthy until we connect with God from within, for He knows our hearts as well as He knows their deeds of destruction.

[ghostrider]

At Fukushima they poured sea water on the fires and it went right into the ocean, then all four reactors were complete meltdowns ... Something is in our oceans that does not belong there ... Radiation ...did all the mass fish deaths begin. In 2011 after the month of March ???

[ghostrider]

This really broke my heart. I am so sad right now.

Sadly, I think this could be a result of Fukishima... I know there are lakes mentioned in there as well, but our water is cycled by evaporating and then raining it back onto the land/waters. I do not think nuclear waste can simply just disappear once evaporated, so it's just cycling back into the waters and even to new territories...

The half life of some elements that are radioactive, is over 20,000 years ... Mars bears this out, Death Valley, the Tunguska event, the gobi desert, all are the result of atomic war by et, in the very distant past...we repeat their mistakes...this is why et buzzed our nuclear sites in the 70s... They have been trying to warn us ...

[yelik]

A concerning environmental warning if true. According to UN figures 7m people die each year from the effects of pollution alone

[Realeyes]

For me this is a very important subject -I love this planet and all the variety of life that lives upon it; thank you for posting.

Unfortuneately mass animal die offs began (as I am aware) back in 2009 and have contined to our present day - it is heartbreaking. There seems to be very little explanation coming from any authorities around the world -so 'whatever' is really going on is being silenced imo. Something obviously is happening and I would put a bet on geoengeneering playing a part of on, electromagnetic polution, as well as some secret experiment with technology testing out the fine tuning on specific species. A frightening thought - anyone remember the TV series 'Flash Forward' that was suddenly axed? Where secret technology pressed a button and all humans around the world 'blacked out'...... Mmmmmm.

Here is just a glimpse from a huge list of some of the early mass dies offs.


Nov 06 2009 - 50,000 starfish found on Irish beach

http://www.webcastr.com/videos/news/drought-kills-tonnes-of-amazon-fish.html

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/50000-dead-starfish-found-on-irish-beach-14554962.html

Mar 29 2010 – Mysterious Whale Die-Off Is Largest on Record

http://www.livescience.com/8180-mysterious-whale-die-largest-record.html



May 2 2010 – Dead Sea Turtles, Fish Wash Ashore In Gulf

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/02/dead-fish-sea-turtle-wash_n_560237.html

May 28 2010 - 12,000 Saiga Antelope in Kazakhstan

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10179345

July 15 2010 – Millions of Shellfish, Dolphins beaching daily on Pakistan beaches.

http://www.qatarliving.com/node/1286074

Aug 29 2010 – DEAD SEA LIFE ALL ALONG SEALINE SHORE http://www.qatarliving.com/node/1286074

Nov 27 2010 – Drought Kills Tons of Amazon Fish

http://www.webcastr.com/videos/news/drought-kills-tonnes-of-amazon-fish.html

Dec 13 2010 – Thousands of dead barramundi fish wash up in Australia
Dec 15 2010 - Thousands of dead fish wash ashore on Florida beach
Dec 17 2010 – Dead fish wash ashore at lake beach in Indiana, blamed on winter storms
Dec 18 2010 – Thousands of dead fish turn up in bay in Philippines, unknown causes
Dec 19 2010 – 1000′s of dead fish found floating
Dec 22 2010 – More than a hundred dead pelicans turn up in North Carolina
Dec 23 2010 - Hundreds of dead sea creatures wash ashore in South Carolina
Dec 23 2010 – Ten tons of mostly dead fish found in fishing net in New Zealand
Dec 25 2010 – 2 miles of beach full of fish, clams, and crabs
Dec 27 2010 – Scores of dead fish wash ashore in a lake in Haiti
Dec 28 2010 – 70 bats found dead in Tucson, Ariz.
Dec 29 2010 – Dozens of fish found dead in San Antonio, Texas
Dec 31 2010 - 150 tons of tilapias died in fish farms in Vietnam
Dec 31 2010 – 5,000+ birds found dead in Arkansas
Dec 31 2010 – Unusual fish kill found in Annapolis, Maryland
Jan 02 2010 – Hundreds of dead fish found in canal
Jan 02 2010 – Discovery of several dead migratory birds in Japan

Jan 02 2010 – 1000′s of Redwing Blackbirds fall from the sky in Bebee, Arkansas
Jan 03 2011 – 100,000+ dead drum fish found in Arkansas river
Jan 03 2011 - Dead birds of prey at the roadside in Germany
Jan 03 2011 – Dozens of dead birds show up in a woman’s backyard in Kentucky
Jan 03 2011 – Tens of thousands of dead fish wash ashore in Chesapeake Bay, Md.
Jan 03 2011 - 100 tons of dead fish wash ashore in Brazil,

Jan 03 2011 – 1000′s of dead octopuses wash up on Portugal beaches.
Jan 04 2011 - Several dead manatees found on Florida coast
Jan 04 2011 – Thousands of dead fish wash up on creek in Florida
Jan 04 2011 – 100′s of fish found dead in a brook
Jan 04 2011 – Hundreds of dead fish was ashore on St. Clair River in Ontario
Jan 04 2011 - Hundreds of dead black birds found on highway in Louisiana
Jan 04 2011 – 10,000′s of dead birds in Manitoba, Canada
Jan 05 2011 – Hundreds of dead birds found on highway in Texas
Jan 05 2011 – Large amount of dead fish wash up on New Zealand beaches
Jan 05 2011 – Up to 100 jackdaw birds found dead on road in Sweden

Jan 6, 2011 - Maryland’s 2 million dead fish



Jan 06 2011 – 40,000+ dead Devil crabs,U.K
Jan 07 2011 – More than 1,000 dead turtle doves Italy
Jan 07 2011 – 80 pigeons die at a farm
Jan 10 2011 – Countless fish found dead in U.K. brook
Jan 10 2011 – Dead birds along roads in Holland
Jan 11 2011 – Thousands of gizzard shad fish float to the top of Lake Michigan
Jan 11 2011 – Thousands of dead fish
Jan 11 2011 – Hundreds of European Starlings found dead
Jan 12 2011 – Millions of crickets being raised for pets wiped out
Jan 13 2011 – 300 “grackles” birds found dead on highway in Alabama
Jan 14 2011 – 200 cows found dead in Wisconsin
Jan 14 2011 – 100 dead carp found in U.K. pond
Jan 14 2011 - 730 African grey parrots die during flight
Jan 14 2011 – Mass fish die-off in the Iran
Jan 15 2011 – 1000′s of dead Menhaden Fish die-off
Jan 17 2011 – 300 starlings found dead in downtown Yankton, SD
Jan 17 2011 – Hundreds of dead seals wash ashore in Labrador
Jan 17 2011 – Hundreds of crows are once again dying off
Jan 17 2011 – Hundreds of pelicans, missing wings and frostbite dead
Jan 17 2011 – Hundreds of dead seals
Jan 18 2011 – 200 Cows found dead on a farm in Portage County

Jan 20 2011 – Hundreds of dead birds found dead under trees in Dacono, Colorado.
Jan 20 2011 - Hundreds of birds found dead in Yankton, South Dakota
Jan 20 2011 – 55 buffalo die mysteriously on southern Cayuga County farm, NY
Jan 21 2011 – Dozens of dead blackbirds, mallards and magpies have been found
Jan 21 2011 – 10,000 cattle and and buffalo die in Vietnam.
Jan 22 2011 – Hundreds of Eider Ducks found dead in Norway.
Jan 22 2011 – Hundreds of penguins dying near Wellington at Banks Peninsula
Jan 23 2011 – 75 dead starlings found in a 12-foot square in Croxley, UK
Jan 25 2011 – Dead herrings Cedar, Canada.
Feb 20 2011 – 5 million aquatic animals die at Mara river in Kenya

Feb 26 2011 - Death of Thousands of Squid

Mar 08 2011 – Millions of dead fish, LA

Mar 28 2011 – More Dead Sealife Continues to Plague U.S. Beaches (hundreds)

Mar 29 2011 – Hundreds of dead fish wash up all over beaches in Alabama

April 05 2011 – 100 TONNES OF DEAD FISH IN UKRAINE!

April 08 2011 – PENGUINS LOSING THEIR FEATHERS TO UNKNOWN ILLNESS!

April 10 2011 – DEAD TURTLES FOUND ON AUSTRALIAN BEACH!

April 11 2011 – Hundreds of fish found dead in Meadow River

April 12 2011 – Melting Lakes reveal hundreds of dead fish

April 15 2011 – Dead Fish at Bay State Ponds

April 15 2011 – Thousands of dead fish float on Vapi sea coast

April 15 2011 – MASSIVE FISH MOR IN THE LIPETSK REGION!

April 15 2011 - Red Sand lake die off

April 20 2011 – Dead Fish in California

April 27 2011 – Lakeside NY town hauls away thousands of dead fish

May 02 2011 – Mass Death of Fish in 2 Russian Districts!

May 03 2011 – Record wildlife die-offs reported in Northern Rockies

May 11 2011 – Dozens of dolphins found dead in Ukraine

May 19 2011 – Dead leopard sharks turning up in Richardson Bay

May 19 2011 – Mystery surrounds bird deaths

May 21 2011 – Dead fish spotted at Mississauga’s Jack Darling Park

May 23 2011 – Lake Erie walleye died of natural causes

May 24 2011 – Mysterious Fish Kill on the Ogeechee River

May 25 2011 – Dead fish in Manasi Ganga Lake in India!

May 26 2011 - Signs point to bacteria for Ogeechee River fish kill

May 27 2011 – Dam floodwaters are killing hundreds of thousands of fish EVERY DAY

May 27 2011 – Tons of bangus dead in Taal Lake

May 27 2011 – Thousands of fish die in lake

May 27 2011 - Gulf spill killed 153 dolphins in 2011

May 27 2011 – Thousands Of Dead Snails

May 28 2011 - Spanish resort in jellyfish alert

May 28 2011 – Tons of fish die in Batangas

May 28 2011 – Mystery disease kills 300 sheep within an hour

June 02 2011 – Thousands of dead starfish wash up

June 02 2011 – Another 200 Tons of Fish near Taal Volcano?

June 03 2011 - Thousands of Dead Fish in Aydın, Turkey!

June 05 2011 – More Taal Volcano Incidents of fish kill reported in Bulaca

June 06 2011 – The Lake Taal Fishkill Is Now Affecting Other Marine Species – Shrimps, Crabs & Eel

June 08 2011 - 600 dead penguins wash up in Uruguay

June 08 2011 – 400 Metres of Dead Fish in Saudi Arabia!

June 08 2011 – Thousands of River Thames fish killed

June 08 2011 – Fish found dead in Pavana, India

June 08 2011 – Dead fish found floating in lagoon, Solomon Islands

June 17, 2011-”Hundreds of fish were found dead Thursday in the River Des Peres, the victim of stagnant water flow and low oxygen levels, the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District and the Missouri Department of Conservation said. Missouri Department of Conservation spokesman Dan Zarlenga said Friday the fish were identified as Asian carp and no other species were affected. Zarlenga said about 750 fish died.” Stltoday.com

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/article_b16c8e94-9876-11e0-a30c-001a4bcf6878.html

June 18, 2011 June 18, 2011- Dead fish clog lake at airport Australia
THOUSANDS of dead fish have been found floating on the surface of a small lake inside Sydney Airport. Authorities were still trying to determine the cause of the fish kill in North Pond yesterday.
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/animals/dead-fish-clog-lake-at-airport-20101218-191ba.html

To see the extended list go to this website (among the many others sites on the internet tracking these sad events) http://endtimesresearchministry.com/complete-list-of-birds-fish-and-animals-dying-off-from-2009-to-2013/

[Ahnung-quay]

We should have seen this coming. Here in Wisconsin, U.S., we used to have a nice summer tourist industry based upon fishing in the clear northern lakes. And, the fish was excellent; my personal favorite-walleye. We've been told by our DNR for at least the last fifteen years not to eat the fish out of this lake or that lake. Now it seems like we're not supposed to eat the fish out of any of the lakes. Catch and release is the fisherman's way now. This all happened in less than one human lifetime. This is so sad!

[WhiteFeather]

IMO Those Underground high pitched sonar frequencies utilized by black ops comes to play here causing a path of destruction to our marine life. As Whales and Dolphins bring to the table an intelligent anchoring frequency to Gaia I have read prior. If I find this info I will post it. Just my thought. Who knows. Sad indeed Lou. So Sad.

We are all 1 Tribe.....

W.f.

Here is One of many sites on the internet involving sonor testing in our oceans.

Klling With Sound: What Happens When the Whales Stop Singing?

Brenda Peterson 02/22/13 06:26 PM ET

Close your eyes. Your world isnow only sound --the rain, thetraffic, that far-off siren. In this acousticworld, how younavigate, find food, your children, or mate, all dependsuponhow well you hear. Imagine that asyou search inthe darkness for a crying child, a horrifying drone, loud asa rocket, suddenly blasts sound pulseslike shockwavesthroughyour home.

There are no noise-cancellingheadphonesto stop the U.S. Navy's235-decibel pressure wavesof unbearablepinging and metallic shrieking. At 200 Db, the vibrationscan rupture your lungs, and above210 Db, the lethal noise can bore straight through your brainuntil it hemorrhagesthat delicatetissue. If you're not deaf after this devastating sonar blast, you're dead.

This is thereal life of marine mammalsdestroyed by theU.S. Navy's all-out acoustic war on the world'soceans. The collateral damage of this high-intensity military sonar is shocking. But because all these millionsof dyingwhalesor dolphinsare too often out of human sight, they'realso out of mind. Only whencetaceans strand on land do we witnesswhat orca researcher, Ken Balcomb, calls, this "acousticholocaust." Military sonar so panics cetaceans that as they try to escape the sonic violence, they rise too quickly to thesurface and die of "the bends."

Ken Balcomb has researched multi-generationsof the resident orca podsin the PacificNorthwest. In March, 2000, Balcomb documented a mass stranding of predominantly deep-diving beaked whalesoff the Bahamasthat the Navy later finally admitted wasa result of their LFA (Low-frequency Active sonar) tests. Balcomb told theLos Angeles Times, "sonar wavesat certain frequenciesmight have resonated around thewhale's ears, causing tissuesto tear much asa wineglasswill shatter at a particular pitch."

Scientific Americancallsmilitary sonar, "rolling wallsof noise." For the dolphins, whom researchershavedocumented as "self-aware," noting that they "call eachother by name," this is a brutal and inhumane death sentence. For whales, suchasthe great blue, who can communicate over thousands of miles, suchsonic stressaffects reproduction and communication so much that somewhalessimply stop vocalizing. What happens to our oceanswhen thewhalesstop singing?

In theNavy's latest environmental impact statement draft, they admit that thesonar exercises planned for 2014-2018 may unintentionally "harm marinemammals2.8 million times over five years." Thisestimate is up about 150,000 instancesa year from their EIS statement of 2009-2013. Included inthisestimate are two million incidents of "temporary hearing loss," and 2,000 are targeted for permanent hearing loss.

A deaf whale isa dead whale.Dr. Lindy Weilgart, sperm whale researcher at DalhousieUniversity in Halifax, Nova Scotia warns us"Thereare some technologiesthat simply should never be used. As a scientist -- and asa mother and fellow inhabitant of thisfragileplanet -- I amalarmed at thisnew threat to our oceans. The oceangives us our air, our water, our food, and regulatesour climate. The ocean literally enableshumanlife."

Criticismof the Navy'ssonar hasintensified, even as the military hasintensified their sonar tests.The main concern of scientistsand environmentalists is that the Navy has not done enough environmental impact research and knows much too littleabout the devastation they'reunleashing on our marineenvironment to proceed with such expanded target ranges.

TheNavy haspaid little heed to thescientists, the lawsuits, thepublic outcry, and the manymedia storms all protesting this risky technology. Even whilesometimes admitting sonar'srole in mass strandings-- like those in the Bahamas, Canary Islands, Pacific Northwest, Greece, and North Carolina -- the Navy hasproceeded to garner federal permits to expand their sonar tests.

NMFS (National MarineFisheriesService) just gave the Navy the go-ahead for their proposed 2014-2018 sonar exercises, targeting those two million whalesand dolphins. In response, the NRDC (Natural resourcesDefense Council) and Earth Justice, along withseveral tribes have brought a lawsuit claiming that NMFS was"wrong to approve the Navy'sexpanded trainingplan," whichwould affect Washington, Oregon and California coasts.

TheNavy hasagreed only to post look-outs onboard ships to spot whales. "Visual detection can missanywherefrom 25 to 95 percent of the marine mammals in an area," says Heather Trim, Director of Policy for People for Puget Sound. The Navy should at least use common-sense precautions: declarewhale sanctuaries, birthing nurseries, and whale migration paths off-limits to sonar testing. TheNavy could employ their sophisticated listening devices to makesureno cetaceans are in the path of their lethal sonar. Finally, the Navy could engage in a serious and thoughtful dialogue with scientistsand environmentalistsabout how to assure our military readinesswhile not destroying the very ocean they supposedly serve.

Our seasare not just a backdrop or stage upon which to practiceour war games. Asa recent New Yorker blogger wryly pointsout, "The cat-and-mousegamesplayed by submarinesmay have madea certain kind of sense during theCold War, but what isthe point of them now? Russia is annoying, but it isno longer our mortal enemy. TheChinesehaveno desireto bury us, except under pilesof sneakers and kitchen appliances... Theterrorists have no submarines."

Aswe now ponder cutsto thedefense budget, why not stop thismilitary sonar's expansionuntil we have enough sound science and environmental research to use it judiciously and withmuch greater concern for all life? In thistime of collapsing fisheriesand disastrous marine pollution, when our oceans are more fragile and endangered thanever before, why let the Navy blast itsexpensiveand fatal sonar through our seas?

We must not let our fear of some supposed enemy destroy our foresight. The tragedy is that in our zeal to protect ourselves, we aredestroyingthe same life support system that we need for our own survival -- our oceans. Becausewhen you savethe whales, youalso save the humans.

Get involved:

Watcha video and listen to underwater recordings of the 2003 sonar tests off the Pacific Northwest.

Watchthe NRDC video, "Lethal Sound " on sonar's effectson marinelife.

Watch PBS, "Ocean Giants" for in-depth look at military sonar.

Sign a petitionto ake your voice heard in the public comment, ending March11th on theNavy's expanded sonar testing for 2014-2018.

Brenda Peterson is a National Geographic author. Her 17 books includeAnimal Heart, a Sierra Club book exploring military sonar, and Sightings: the Gray Whale's MysteriousJourney. Her new novel is TheDrowning WorldFor more: BrendaPetersonBooks.com

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