Comments on: Humans being loud under water, Cuttlefish

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 13:38:23 +0000

Steven, there is a huge difference between being bothered and being extinct.

My own experience is that motor noise makes fish stop biting, often. Lot of other people say the same. That could be folklore. But when people started having excellent fishing and fishing guides started bringing people to spots that had never yielded fish before (near heavy motor use areas) that seriously made me wonder what it would be like to have a lake that size with only canoes.

Also, I want a quiet electric boat. That would be way cooler than a loud smelly boy toy boat.

By: Steve Root

Steve Root — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 02:14:18 +0000

Oh bosh…..that lake is a tremendous fishery. People catch a lot of big fish on that lake. If the fish were all that bothered by propeller noise or other human activity, they would have gone extinct decades ago.

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By: Orla Coffey

Orla Coffey — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 08:47:19 +0000

This is amazing.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 11:54:30 +0000

All that noise is energy that could have been used to catch more fish.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 08:55:57 +0000

Make sure to copy the propeller design from the people who build military subs. Cavitation causes a lot of noise otherwise even with the best of engines. And don’t forget to include ocean going ships in the silent revolution.