Acquacoltura e Pesca Pubblicazione scientifica Seismic Operations in a Beluga Whale Habitat, Cook Inlet, Alaska FILONE TECNOLOGICO TEMA economia circolare e sostenibilità RIASSUNTO SummarySince 2012 Apache Alaska Corporation (Apache) has been issued three successive Incidental Harassment Authorizations (IHA’s) for seismic exploration operations in Cook Inlet, Alaska by the United States National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).Prior to this, under the stipulations of a Letter of Concurrence (LoC) issued in 2011, Apache conducted an 18-mile 2-D seismic test program in March and April of 2011. This was followed by a regional 3-D seismic survey in 2011 and 2012 covering 406 square miles in Cook Inlet of which 245 square miles were in marine waters and thus in the habitat of the federally endangered Cook Inlet beluga whale and other protected marine mammal species. DATA Data di pubblicazione: 26/10/2014 AUTORI YATES MIKE PARKER LISA LOMAC-MACNAIR KATE ENTE DI AFFERENZA APACHE CORP APACHE ALASKA CORP SMULTEA ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES RIVISTA SEG International Exposition and Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, USA