Killing whales in Southern CA: U.S. Navy uses lethal sonar

Last week in Long Beach the CA Coastal Commission, by a vote of 8 to 1,
agreed to approve two years of proposed U.S. Naval exercises off of
Southern California only if the U.S. Navy implements mitigation
measures to protect marine mammals from the potentially lethal effects
of mid-frequency sonar. Gray whales, humpbacks, blue whales, dolphins,
porpoises and other sensitive species off the coast of California are
at risk. According to the NRDC, “In 2004, the world’s leading whale
biologists examined the link between navy sonar and whale strandings
and concluded that the evidence of sonar causation is ‘very convincing’
and ‘overwhelming.’” Whales from all over the world have been found
dead or dying following exposure to mid-frequency sonar.