Sentences with phrase «airguns used»
While military sonar systems and seismic airguns used in oil / gas exploration and scientific research have received considerable attention in the overall issue of noise impacts on marine life, less intense but far more widespread and chronically - present noise sources, particularly large commercial ships, have only recently begun to be specifically considered.
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«The airguns used for seismic oil and gas surveys produce intense explosions every 9 to 11 seconds for many weeks or months at a time.
The seismic airguns used to look for undersea oil don't just disrupt marine mammals, their shock waves also kill and disperse the plankton population
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The vast majority of people who use airguns do so lawfully and there are already sufficient powers available to deal with the small minority who break the law.
Airguns are a vital part of target shooting and pest control in Scotland and the overwhelming majority are used sensibly, lawfully and responsibly.»
It works like this: a ship sails along a straight line for 100 kilometres or more, and uses airguns to send an acoustic signal every 50 metres while the ship sails along.
The proposed seismic surveys will use arrays of airguns towed behind ships as they explore for oil and gas deposits beneath the ocean floor.
Despite this, Prime Minister Dean Barrow and the government of Belize have decided to move forward with a plan that, according to the World Wildlife Fund, «involves using airguns to blast shock waves through the water that are powerful enough to penetrate the seafloor» less than one mile from the UNESCO Heritage site of the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System.
Oil India Ltd has proposed an oil exploration plan that would involve seismic surveying using explosives and airguns along the bed of the Brahmaputra.
Companies searching for oil also use seismic airguns, which typically produce blasts of underwater sound comparable to a jet engine every ten seconds.
The airgun was fully functional and loaded with a partly used CO2 cartridge.