N.J. DEP's request to halt ocean seismic testing off LBI is denied

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Snip> "The U.S. District Court in Trenton has denied the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection’s application to temporarily stop a seismic survey 15 miles off Barnegat Light, as Clean Ocean Action reported Tuesday."

Snip> “The seismic activities, which will send loud blasts of noise into the marine environmental every five seconds for 24 hours a day for 30 consecutive days, can proceed for the time being,” COA’s Lauren Townsend explained. “These blasts have been demonstrated to cause serious harm to a variety of marine life, including whales, dolphins, turtles and fish.”

Snip> Robert Schoelkopf, founding director of the Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine, explained that last year New Jersey faced the largest mortality rate of bottlenose dolphins ever, and “now we’re looking at a man-made cause to add to the decline.”

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