Boertmann, D., Tougaard, J., Johansen, K. & Mosbech, A. 2009. Guidelines to environmental impact assessment of seismic activities in <ST1:PLACE w:st="on">Greenland</ST1:PLACE> waters. National Environmental Research Institute, <ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><ST1:CITY w:st="on">Aarhus University</ST1:CITY>, <ST1:COUNTRY-REGION w:st="on">Denmark</ST1:COUNTRY-REGION></ST1:PLACE>. 38 pp. – NERI Technical Report No. 723.
This report is meant as a guideline for companies preparing environmental impact assessments of seismic surveys in ice free <st1:place w:st="on">Greenland</st1:place> waters.
The current knowledge on impacts on marine mammals, fish and invertebrates of seismic surveys is reviewed and a set of ‘best practice’ actions for conducting these surveys in relation to marine mammals is given.
A number of protection zones for sensitive marine mammals (walrus and narwhal) are designated and maps indicating the most important offshore fishing grounds are provided.
Full report in PDF-format (8.6 MB)
