Fifth International Conference on the Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life - Den Haag, Netherlands, July 7-12, 2019

该奖项为将于2019年7月7日至12日在荷兰海牙举行的第五届噪音对水生生物影响国际会议提供部分支持。本次会议是继在丹麦尼堡（2007年）、爱尔兰科克（2010年）、匈牙利布达佩斯（2013年）和爱尔兰都柏林（2016年）举行的关于同一主题的非常成功的会议之后召开的。会议的主要目标将是确定关于水下噪声影响的知识现状，特别是，探讨自上次会议以来三年中在这一领域取得的进展。将可再生能源和石油项目扩展到近海沃茨，对以前原始的沃茨进行工业开发的前景（例如，极地地区），以及最近提出的开辟新的石油租赁区的建议（例如，美国大西洋海岸）的水下噪音对水生生物的影响引起了监管机构，工业界和科学家的更大兴趣。这次会议应该有助于塑造未来的研究和理解噪音对水生生物的影响。根据以前会议的经验，所进行的互动和联网促成了调查人员之间的新合作，对监管机构可用于其工作的科学有了更广泛的理解，科学家和行业对监管问题有了更好的理解，和大量的交叉-该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的学术价值和更广泛的影响评审标准。

This award provides partial support for The Fifth International Conference on the Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life will take place in Den Haag, Netherlands, July 7-12, 2019. This meeting follows the very successful meetings on the same general topic held in Nyborg, Denmark (2007), Cork, Ireland (2010), Budapest, Hungary (2013), and Dublin, Ireland (2016) The major goal of the conference will be to define the current state of knowledge on the impact of underwater noise and, in particular, explore the progress made in this field in the three years since the previous Conference. The extension of renewable energy and petroleum projects to offshore waters, the prospect of industrial development of previously pristine waters (e.g., polar regions), and recent proposals to open new areas for petroleum lease (e.g., US Atlantic coast) has resulted in greater interest in the effects of underwater noise on aquatic life on the part of regulators, industry, and scientists. The meeting should help shape future research and understanding of effects of noise on aquatic life. Based on experience from the earlier meetings, the interactions and networking that took place has resulted in new collaborations between investigators, a broader understanding of the science that can be used in their work by regulators, a better understanding of regulatory issues by scientists and industry, and substantial cross-fertilization of experimental design and approaches by investigators.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.