2023-2024 Voluntary Vessel Slowdown Has Ended
Quiet Sound Mission
Quiet Sound will implement voluntary shipping noise-reduction initiatives and monitoring programs in the Puget Sound, in coordination with Canadian and United States authorities.
Partners & Advisors
Partners & Advisors provide specific specialist advice and subject matter expertise in the development and execution of research, mitigation and management projects, and initiatives aimed at reducing threats to Southern Resident killer whales from large commercial vessels. Quiet Sound and the leadership committee will seek advice and perspectives from a diversity of subject matter experts to solve complex problems with practical solutions.
Southern Resident Killer Whales Remain
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Quiet Sound aims to expand efforts to protect endangered orcas from marine traffic
Underwater noise from vessel traffic is one of the key threats to Puget Sound’s endangered orca population. It interferes with the killer whales’ ability to find increasingly scarce salmon.
Industry News
Shhh … A Quiet Sound Protects Orcas
The Orcas are back! The Southern Resident Killer Whales returned to Puget Sound with new babies in the pod. We all need to do our part to protect the Orcas while they are here.
Quiet Sound News
Quiet Sound Officially Launches Underwater Noise-Reduction Initiatives to Save Southern Resident Killer Whales
Bringing together Washington’s maritime community to diminish noise impacts on endangered Southern
Resident killer whales, Quiet Sound kicks off its first year of projects.
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Quiet Sound’s goal is to better understand and reduce the cumulative effects of acoustic and physical disturbance from large commercial vessels on southern resident orcas throughout their range in Washington state.