The document proposes an Energy Efficient Nested Clustering (EENC) approach for underwater acoustic sensor networks to address issues like high energy consumption, propagation delay, and redundant data sensing. EENC divides the network area into virtual grids and selects cluster heads based on residual energy. It has three phases: initial grouping, cluster formation, and data transmission. Simulation results show EENC improves network lifetime and throughput ratio while reducing packet transmission ratio compared to LEACH and LEACH-L clustering protocols. Future work areas include optimizing node switching and testing EENC with different routing protocols.