Title

Rejoinder to: M.B. Kaplan, S. Solomon, A coming boom in commercial shipping? The potential for rapid growth of noise from commercial ships by 2030 [Mar. Policy 73 (Suppl. C) (2016) S119–S121]

Authors

Peter F. Worcester, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
James H. Miller, University of Rhode Island
Kathleen J. Vigness-Raposa, Marine Acoustics, Inc.

Document Type

Article

Date of Original Version

12-1-2018

Abstract

The paper by Kaplan and Solomon [Marine Policy 73 (Supplement C) (2016) 119–121] examines the current and future maximum noise capacity of the global commercial shipping fleet. While we do not dispute that the number of ships and the total ton-miles of cargo carried will continue to increase, we find that the metrics computed in the paper are flawed and do not help assess the potential impact on marine life.

Publication Title, e.g., Journal

Marine Policy

Volume

98

Citation/Publisher Attribution

Worcester, Peter F., James H. Miller, and Kathleen J. Vigness-Raposa. "Rejoinder to: M.B. Kaplan, S. Solomon, A coming boom in commercial shipping? The potential for rapid growth of noise from commercial ships by 2030 [Mar. Policy 73 (Suppl. C) (2016) S119–S121]." Marine Policy 98, (2018): 174-175. doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2018.03.009.