Sounding Aquatic Genocide

After the public commencement of the Tora Or Project at the turn of May 2002, the founding 40 members were promptly approached by astral projections of the Aquatic Legions of the Earth's Dolphin and Whale Species wishing to co-join in our work of Planetary Regenesis according to their pre-existing efforts of sonar rectification of the Planetary Light Matrix and their affinity with our celestial co-operatives as aquatic mammilian incarnations of Sirian, Pleiadian and Archurian souls. Thereupon, the complete known species list of Dolphins and Whales inhabiting the Planet Earth's waters was included within the TOP File for optimal communion and co-operation therewith. The authority of this fraternity of Archangels, Celestial Light Beings, Humans, Dolphins and Whales through the Unity of Reiki (Ling Qi - Zero Point Energy - Wuji, the Holy Spirit Shekinah) according to the Will of the Eternal Mother-Father God YHVH was shortly thereafter confirmed during the Birthday Celebration of the Founder of the Reiki System, Mikao Usui, in mid August 2002 with the photon-surge imprinting of wheat fields in the United Kingdom (correlating with the Essene Scripture verse of the inner teachings of Jesus the Christ titled "The POT {ed. POT=TOP} and the WHEAT {ed. WHEAT=YHWH ET - http://toraor.net/download/essenescriptures.html#_Pot} commonly referred to as the ET Disk and the Dolphin Crop Circles (see http://toraor.net/download/JoinTOP.doc). Our aquatic brethren were soon beseiged with LFSA (Low Frequency Sonar Array) noise pollution by the US Navy, resulting in mass strandings and brain haemorraging. Through the combined efforts of the Members of the Tora Or Project, the US-Based National Resource Defence Council, Green Peace, the Wilderness Society and the general public at large, the US Naval Office was overwhelmed with petitions and legal contentions that ultimately forced the cessation of implementatin of the LFSA System. Nonetheless, they have proceeded with mid-frequency, high amplitude sonar pollution under the pretense of undersea military defence with equally devastating ramifications to all aquatic life and most especially towards our brethren Dolphins and Whales. Four years after the public opening and formation of the Tora Or Project, I am calling upon you all now to launch a petitionary campaign of educated protest to defend our most generous, loyal and dedicated commrades in an urgent time of need. Please submit your petitionary protest to the National Resource Defence Council and forward this news to all your nature-loving friends: http://www.nrdcaction.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=52189 Furthermore, due to the direct inclusion and specification of the complete known list of Dolphin and Whales Species of Earth as highlighted recipients of the Light-Body Empowerment encoded within the TOP Disk, regular performance of TOP Emissions according to the Instructions for Performing TOP Emissions will greatly empower the defence of our aquatic brethren and your collaborative communion therewith. Through the legal body of the NRDC, we have once before defeated the US Navy and further studies and legal councils are now waging a powerful campaign to thwart this calamity of species genocide and bombardment of the Waters of the Planetary Subconscious. Please inform yourself with the following related news items. Peace Ross

Hundreds of Dolphins Die in Zanzibar Source Article

Hundreds of dead dolphins washed up Friday along the shore of a popular tourist destination on Zanzibar's northern coast, and scientists ruled out poisoning.

It was not immediately clear what killed the 400 dolphins, whose carcasses were strewn along a 4-kilometer (2.5-mile) stretch of Nungwi, said Narriman Jidawi, a marine biologist at the Institute of Marine Science in Zanzibar. But the bottleneck dolphins, which live in deep offshore waters, had empty stomachs, meaning that they could have been disoriented and were swimming for some time to reorient themselves. They did not starve to death and were not poisoned, Jidawi said. In the United States, experts were investigating the possibility that sonar from U.S. submarines could have been responsible for a similar incident in Marathon, Florida, where 68 deep-water dolphins stranded themselves in March 2005. A U.S. Navy task force patrols the East Africa coast as part of counterterrorism operations. A Navy official was not immediately available for comment, but the service rarely comments on the location of submarines at sea. The deaths are a blow to the tourism industry in Zanzibar, where thousands of visitors go to watch and swim with wild dolphins, said Abdulsamad Melhi, owner of Sunset Bungalows, perched atop a small cliff overlooking the beach. Villagers, fishermen and hotel residents found the carcasses and alerted officials. Mussa Aboud Jumbe, Zanzibar's director of fisheries, went on state radio to warn the public against eating the dolphins' meat, saying the cause of death had not been determined. But residents who did eat the dolphins' meat early Friday were all doing fine, Jidawi said. The Indo-Pacific bottlenose, humpback and spinner porpoises, commonly known as dolphins, are the most common species in Zanzibar's coastal waters, with bottlenose and humpback dolphins often found in mixed-species groups.

Sonar May Be Linked to Stranding of Whales Source Article

The Navy's use of sonar during maritime exercises may have contributed to the mass stranding of more than 150 whales in Hawaii's Hanalei Bay two years ago, government scientists said. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the finding—along with information from other studies—has led it to ask the Navy to reduce its sonar's power during exercises planned this summer in Hawaiian waters. It also asked the Navy to turn off its active sonar when the whales come within a set distance. The Navy says it will comply with the agency's requests, but said the report released Thursday did not conclusively show sonar triggered the stranding. Officials were unable to find other reasons that may have caused the melon-headed whales to swim into the bay on July 3, 2004. One whale beached itself and died a few days later, said Brandon Southall, director of NOAA's acoustics program. Nearby predators or other factors may have also contributed to the incident, NOAA said in the report. The Navy uses sonar technology to detect threats and to navigate. Some wildlife advocates believe the sound waves hurt whales, possibly by damaging their hearing or causing them to rise to the surface too quickly and get decompression sickness. The day before the whales entered Hanalei Bay, six U.S. and Japanese vessels steamed north from the island of Oahu toward Kauai, intermittently using active sonar signals. NOAA's study concluded the whales—which usually inhabit only deep water—may have heard thee signals and headed into the shallow water. Lt. William Marks, Navy spokesman at the Pentagon, said the six-hour gap between the last use of sonar and the whales' arrival made it unlikely sonar triggered the stranding. But environmentalists said the report clearly blamed sonar. "It adds to a long and growing use of strandings that have been associated with the Navy's use of sonar,'' said Michael Jasny, senior consultant with the Natural Resources Defense Council in Los Angeles, citing other mass strandings in the Canary Islands, Alaska and Japan.

NAVAL SONAR WAS "PLAUSIBLE, IF NOT LIKELY" CAUSE OF MASS WHALE STRANDING IN HAWAII, ACCORDING TO GOVERNMENT REPORT Report Notes "Absence of Any Other Compelling" Explanation, Contradicts Navy Denials Source Article

Active naval sonar was a "plausible, if not likely" factor in the 2004 mass stranding of more than 150 melon-headed whales in Hanalei Bay, Kaua'i, according to a report released today by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). It was the largest mass stranding of such whales ever recorded in Hawaiian waters. The findings contradict earlier statements by the Navy about when it used sonar and whether sonar played a role in the stranding. "This was by far the largest stranding of melon-headed whales ever recorded in Hawaii," said Michael Jasny, a senior consultant with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). "Once again the Navy's denial has been contradicted by the official government investigation. It's time for the Navy to stop this needless infliction of harm." The mass stranding occurred during the Navy's most recent biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise in which multiple naval vessels were operating high-intensity, mid-frequency active sonar. The Navy has applied for a permit to conduct another such exercise in June. The report notes the stranding's "close spatiotemporal correlation with wide-scale, sustained use of sonar systems previously associated with stranding of deep-diving marine mammals," and "the absence of any other compelling causative explanation." The report concludes that sonar was used around the island the night before and the morning of the strandings, and that the noise at the mouth of Hanalei Bay was well above levels that can affect whale behavior (over 140 decibels). NOAA also found that sonar may have caused the whales to remain in the bay by turning back several attempts to escape, and that there was no weather or oceanographic event that would explain the offshore animals' appearance in the Bay or their inability to leave. The findings contrast sharply with statements by the Navy. For a month after the event, the Navy categorically denied even using sonar before the whales appeared in the Bay. And as recently as this month, in its environmental review for an upcoming major exercise, the Navy claimed that the involvement of sonar was "improbable." The report comes as NOAA considers authorizing the 2006 RIMPAC exercise, which the Navy has again scheduled for Hawaii this June. Despite some additional requirements, however, the draft authorization would permit the use of sonar around the islands and between exercise areas -- the same set of conditions associated with the 2004 stranding. According to the Navy's modeling, over 30,000 marine mammals around Hawaii could be significantly affected.

NOAA DISPUTES NAVY ON IMPACTS OF SONAR RANGE TO FISHERIES Agency Says North Carolina Range Could Endanger Spawning, Habitat for Multiple Species

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North Carolina's fisheries could face far greater risk from a controversial sonar testing range than the U.S. Navy is letting on, according to government documents uncovered this week through a Freedom of Information Act request. The newly released comments by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are squarely at odds with official claims by the Navy, which has dismissed the potentially serious impacts of its controversial Undersea Warfare Training Range on state fisheries. The letter, which was released after a FOIA request by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), says that the high-intensity sonar range "could adversely impact spawning activity" of a variety of fish, including mackerels and tunas, and could "continuously and cumulatively adversely impact" habitat for commercial fish such as summer flounder and black seabass. "NOAA has now confirmed that the sonar range could harm not just whales but entire fisheries, which are the lifeblood of North Carolina's coastal economy," said Michael Jasny, a senior consultant with NRDC. "Clearly the Navy has not told the whole story." The sonar range's potential to harm marine life is the subject of widespread scientific and public concern. In a Draft Environmental Impact Statement, the Navy concluded that the range's 161 annual exercises would have only minimal effects on fish populations and habitat, but fishing associations, biologists, state agencies, and now NOAA have taken issue with that claim. According to NOAA, the Navy has failed to account for expected impacts to fish and fisheries that would occur from the proposed range. NOAA is particularly concerned by the impacts of year-round exercises on the spawning activity of a variety of fish, including drums and croakers, jacks, mackerels, and tunas. Research suggests that some fish, like the silver perch, a common forage species, will cease their spawning choruses when exposed to mid-frequency sonar. NOAA also disputes the Navy's analysis of impacts on the region's bottom habitats. According to the agency, the miles of underwater cables that would be installed on the Navy range could "scour relatively large areas" of the ocean floor, "continuously and cumulatively" damaging habitat that supports a variety of commercial fish, including snapper, grouper, summer flounder, black sea bass, and scup. The NOAA comments join others submitted by state agencies, including the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries and the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. All take issue with the Navy's conclusion, expressed in its Draft Environmental Impact Statement, that impacts on fish and fisheries would be minimal. NOAA's letter adds to the "significant concerns" that NOAA has already expressed about the range's impacts on marine mammals. The NOAA letter can be downloaded here: (http://www.nrdc.org/media/docs/060501_2.pdf). Comment letters submitted by the state agencies mentioned above can be found here: (http://www.nrdc.org/media/docs/060501.pdf).