OMI Ocean Mammal Institute

 The Ocean Mammal Institute is the sponsoring organization for HONC. Founded by Dr. Marsha Green, this site is active in scientific and legal interests concerning ocean mammal protection.

 

International Ocean Noise Coalition

 The International Ocean Noise Coalition (IONC) is a partnership of over 150 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from around the world.

 

Kahea Organization

 KAHEA is a network of activists throughout the five main Hawaiian Islands. We address critical issues within our communities and 'ahupua'a (geographic and cultural demarcation from the uppermost land to the outer reef).

 

International Whaling Commission

 The International Whaling Commission (IWC) was set up under the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling which was signed in Washington DC on 2nd December 1946 .  The purpose of the Convention is to provide for the proper conservation of whale stocks and thus make possible the orderly development of the whaling industry.

 

Animal Welfare Institute

AWI is a non-profit charitable organization founded in 1951 to reduce the sum total of pain and fear inflicted on animals by humans.

 

Natural Resources Defense Council

Mahalo Plenti to these good folks.  Thank you soo much NRDC for taking environmental issues to the courts. The current issue of their magazine concerns whales and sonar.  Read it here!

 

 

UN Division for Ocean Affairs and Law of the Sea

The oceans are the very foundation of human life.

  

Earth Justice

 

 

Founded as the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund in 1971, Earthjustice is the nonprofit law firm for the environment.

 

Recent Fonsi and Final Statement for Navel Exercises in Hawai'i

 Document Download Site: Hawai’I

UNDERSEA WARFARE EXERCISE (USWEX)PROGRAMMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT/OVERSEAS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT (EA/EA)

FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT (FONSI) FORTHE PROGRAMMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT/OVERSEAS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT

 

The American Navy Web Page on Sonar and Whales

 To be fair, but without endorsement, here is the Navy’s special web page concerning the impact of sonar on ocean mammals.