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Boat noise impact on Nobbies' seal colony study

Loud marine watercraft noise leads to behaviour changes in nearby seals.

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Boat noise impact on Nobbies' seal colony study
Seal Rocks population surveys since 2007 show pup numbers have decreased 30 per cent over a decade. While there are blanket regulations for boats near wildlife, at Seal Rocks it is 20 metres for a permitted tour vessel, 60 metres for all other boats and 260 metres for jet skis - to the boundary of the colony.
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