For the record - Jan. 4, 2009

Whales and sonar: In the Dec. 28 Section A, an article about the Dec. 26 settlement of a lawsuit involving the Navy’s use of sonar said the Navy had agreed to pay $1.1 million in legal fees for a sonar case that had been decided in November by the U.S. Supreme Court. The fees are for the case settled Dec. 26 and a third sonar case. The article also said the Navy had agreed to mitigation measures to protect whales. The settlement did not include any new measures, but the Navy has pledged to abide by previously announced measures.