The Northeast Regional Habitat Assessment Data Explorer was launched by New England and Mid-Atlantic Councils and Partners that allows users to explore information on fish distribution and survey abundance, species life history, essential fish habitat (EFH), fish vulnerability to climate … Continued
The release of New York’s third competitive offshore wind solicitation was announced on July 27, 2022 by Governor Hochul. This would allow for renewable, clean energy to power at least 1.5 million New York homes. This third offshore wind solicitation … Continued
The Wildlife Conservation Society submitted a nomination for the designation of the Hudson Canyon National Marine Sanctuary off the coast of New York and New Jersey. The public is invited to participate in the initial process of this designation through … Continued
BOEM has announced that it will conduct a regional environmental review of six lease areas in the New York Bight – this will be the first regional analysis for offshore wind that will contain multiple lease areas. BOEM will publish … Continued
In June, BOEM will be holding four meetings in consultation with NMFS and affected coastal states to discuss draft guidance for ways to mitigate impacts from offshore wind projects on commercial and recreational fisheries and fishing. Meeting information and registration … Continued
The Northeast Sea Grant Consortium—in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Wind Energy Technologies Office and Water Power Technologies Office, and NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center—today announced six projects to advance social science and technology research on offshore renewable energy in the … Continued
On March 29, 2022 and March 30, 2022 NOAA Fisheries and BOEM will co-host two informational webinars to discuss the Draft Federal Mitigation Implementation Strategy. For more information on the webinar, event info and registration, click here.
NOAA Fisheries and BOEM have developed a Draft Federal Survey Mitigation Strategy to address anticipated impacts of offshore wind energy development on NOAA Fisheries’ scientific surveys. See full announcement here.
BOEM announces provisional winners of the New York Bight lease sale finalized on February 25th 2022. This is the largest single-event auction held thus far, and is the first auction under the Biden-Harris administration and collectively New York and New … Continued
This meeting summary describes key discussion points and action items from the Fisheries Technical Working Group (F-TWG) virtual meeting, which was held on Thursday, November 4th, 2021 through a virtual meeting platform.