TY - GEN
T1 - Aquo project - Research on solutions for the mitigation of shipping noise and its impact on marine fauna - Synthesis of guidelines
AU - Audoly, Christian
AU - Rousset, Céline
AU - Baudin, Eric
AU - Folegot, Thomas
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was developed in the frame of the collaborative project AQUO (Achieve QUieter Oceans by shipping noise footprint reduction), funded by the European Commission within the Call FP7 SST.2012.1.1-1: Assessment and mitigation of noise impacts of the maritime transport on the marine environment, Grant agreement no 314227, coordinated topic "The Ocean of Tomorrow". The content of this paper does not reflect the official opinion of the European Union. Responsibility for the information and views expressed in the paper lies entirely with the authors.
PY - 2016/1/1
Y1 - 2016/1/1
N2 - AQUO is a Collaborative European Research Project of the 7th Framework Program, in the scope of theme "Sustainable Surface Transport", topic coordinated with the "Oceans of Tomor-row". The project started in October 2012 for three years duration (see the website www.aquo.eu). The final goal is to provide policy makers with practical guidelines and solutions, in order to mitigate shipping underwater noise that can have negative consequences on marine fauna. The AQUO project addressed it by adopting a multi-disciplinary approach bringing together experts of naval industry, underwater acoustics and bioacoustics. After a general presentation of the project, the goal here is to synthesize the guidelines produced by AQUO project. Different types of solutions (ship design, ship operational parameters settings, ship traffic control) are assessed using three criteria: underwater radiated noise reduction, fuel efficiency and impact on marine fauna. For this last topic, an underwater noise footprint predictive model has been developed by Quiet-Oceans. This methodology allows identifying the most promising strategies for the mitigation of the impact of shipping noise on the marine fauna, and also the subjacent technical solutions. The results show that imposing a limit of underwater radiated noise to the noisiest ships seems to be the most effective solution, which is consistent with the recent Bureau Veritas notation NR614. After a presentation of some examples of concrete results, some conclusions on the main guidelines will be given with a proposal of actions plan.
AB - AQUO is a Collaborative European Research Project of the 7th Framework Program, in the scope of theme "Sustainable Surface Transport", topic coordinated with the "Oceans of Tomor-row". The project started in October 2012 for three years duration (see the website www.aquo.eu). The final goal is to provide policy makers with practical guidelines and solutions, in order to mitigate shipping underwater noise that can have negative consequences on marine fauna. The AQUO project addressed it by adopting a multi-disciplinary approach bringing together experts of naval industry, underwater acoustics and bioacoustics. After a general presentation of the project, the goal here is to synthesize the guidelines produced by AQUO project. Different types of solutions (ship design, ship operational parameters settings, ship traffic control) are assessed using three criteria: underwater radiated noise reduction, fuel efficiency and impact on marine fauna. For this last topic, an underwater noise footprint predictive model has been developed by Quiet-Oceans. This methodology allows identifying the most promising strategies for the mitigation of the impact of shipping noise on the marine fauna, and also the subjacent technical solutions. The results show that imposing a limit of underwater radiated noise to the noisiest ships seems to be the most effective solution, which is consistent with the recent Bureau Veritas notation NR614. After a presentation of some examples of concrete results, some conclusions on the main guidelines will be given with a proposal of actions plan.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84987879665
T3 - ICSV 2016 - 23rd International Congress on Sound and Vibration: From Ancient to Modern Acoustics
BT - ICSV 2016 - 23rd International Congress on Sound and Vibration
PB - International Institute of Acoustics and Vibrations
T2 - 23rd International Congress on Sound and Vibration, ICSV 2016
Y2 - 10 July 2016 through 14 July 2016
ER -