<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><b class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 17px;" class=""><font face="Arial" class="">**apologies for cross-postings**</font></span></i></b><br style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><div class=""><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 17px;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26);" class="">The <b class=""><i class="">Discovery of Sound in the Sea</i></b></span><b class=""><i class=""><span style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26);" class=""> (DOSITS; </span><span style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26);" class=""><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.dosits.org&d=DwMFAw&c=dWz0sRZOjEnYSN4E4J0dug&r=JOrNtytRch_z3DSjtQDao1ePXGI6VzACNW5v0UqKIUM&m=2y2tIB_gR7AQrxOLOUDwbpLwwlX0ImwMpJpdomvWNJg&s=gIMgK-lVmAD-WxtozHiM6LweXOg19Zu2ChoI2KbiLks&e=" target="_blank" class="">www.dosits.org</a></span><span style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26);" class="">)</span></i></b><span style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26);" class=""><b class=""><i class=""> </i></b>project provides accurate</span><span style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26);" class=""> </span><span style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26);" class="">scientific information related to underwater sound for all audiences, including</span><span style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26);" class=""> </span><span style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26);" class="">regulators and decision-makers. In</span><span style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26);" class=""> </span><span style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26);" class="">addition to a comprehensive website on</span><span style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26);" class=""> </span><span style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26);" class="">underwater sound, DOSITS products include interactive webinars (archived to the</span><span style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26);" class=""> </span><span style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26);" class="">DOSITS website); interactive eBooks; instructional videos; fact sheets;</span><span style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26);" class=""> </span><span style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26);" class="">and</span><span style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26);" class=""> </span><span style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26);" class="">structured, online tutorials. </span></font><font color="#1a1a1a" style="font-size: 17px; font-family: Arial;" class="">To identify high need topics and formats for future resource development, a </font><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.surveymonkey.com_r_MNFRJB8&d=DwMFAw&c=dWz0sRZOjEnYSN4E4J0dug&r=JOrNtytRch_z3DSjtQDao1ePXGI6VzACNW5v0UqKIUM&m=2y2tIB_gR7AQrxOLOUDwbpLwwlX0ImwMpJpdomvWNJg&s=wSz_MGxPJXv1jEw1p1Qkc3A7GJLfDvogSTLLGHdEQts&e=" target="_blank" style="font-size: 17px; font-family: Arial;" class="">brief (~12-minute), anonymous survey</a> <font color="#1a1a1a" style="font-size: 17px; font-family: Arial;" class="">has been created. The DOSITS Team would like to gather as many responses as possible so that<b class=""> the needs of the U.S. and international regulatory community are fully understood</b>. <b class="">Your responses will directly influence and help focus DOSITS’ continuing development efforts.</b></font></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial" class=""><b style="font-size: 17px;" class="">All members of international decision-making community (government employees, federal and state contractors, NGO employees, and industry representatives that deal with underwater sound and/or marine animals) are encouraged to complete this survey</b><span style="font-size: 17px;" class="">. Responses will be collected through</span><b style="font-size: 17px;" class=""> Monday, July 22, 2019.</b><br class=""><br class=""></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial" style="font-size: 17px;" class="">To complete the 2019 DOSITS Needs Assessment for the International Decision-Making Community, please follow this link: <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.surveymonkey.com_r_MNFRJB8&d=DwMFAw&c=dWz0sRZOjEnYSN4E4J0dug&r=JOrNtytRch_z3DSjtQDao1ePXGI6VzACNW5v0UqKIUM&m=2y2tIB_gR7AQrxOLOUDwbpLwwlX0ImwMpJpdomvWNJg&s=wSz_MGxPJXv1jEw1p1Qkc3A7GJLfDvogSTLLGHdEQts&e=" target="_blank" class="">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MNFRJB8</a> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 17px;" class=""><font face="Arial" class=""><br class=""></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 17px;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26);" class="">This survey is being conducted by the DOSITS Team at the</span><span style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26);" class=""> </span><span style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26);" class="">University of Rhode Island. If you have questions please contact Christopher</span><span style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26);" class=""> </span><span style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26);" class="">Knowlton, </span><span style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26);" class=""><a href="mailto:cknowlton@uri.edu" target="_blank" class="">cknowlton@uri.edu</a>. </span></font></p></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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