The early registration deadline for the American Fisheries Society (AFS) 155th Annual Meeting has been extended until July 8, 2025. The American Fisheries Society’s Annual Meeting brings together a global community of fisheries professionals to share knowledge, foster innovation, and … Continued
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is hosting a Learning from the Experts webinar, “Offshore Wind Vessels – Constraints and Opportunities”, on 11 June 2025 from 1:00-2:00pm EST (5:00-6:00pm UTC). In this webinar, Tyler Boje and … Continued
The Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland (MASTS) is hosting an Open Forum Session, “Anthropogenic Energy in the Marine Environment”, on 18 June 2025 from 10:00-11:00am BST (9:00-10:00am UTC). The session will include presentations on energy pollution from … Continued
Abstract submission is now open for the 155th meeting of the American Fisheries Society in San Antonio, Texas, August 10-14, 2025. The theme for 2025 is Headwaters to Saltwater: Understanding the Past, Protecting the Future, 155 Years of AFS. The 2025 … Continued
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has finalized guidance aimed at mitigating the impacts of offshore wind energy projects on commercial and for-hire recreational fisheries. BOEM’s final guidance, informed by extensive public input, provides a national framework for addressing … Continued
The Responsible Offshore Science Alliance (ROSA) is seeking proposals to advance understanding of regional and cumulative effects of offshore wind on fish and fisheries and support meaningful solutions to the challenges surrounding responsible ocean co-use through regional research and publicly-available … Continued
The NEAMAP Operations Committee has recently generated a paper on The Northeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program (NEAMAP) principles. This paper defines a “NEAMAP survey” for any survey that declares itself as “following NEAMAP protocols”. NEAMAP surveys are conducted by … Continued
For those who are interested, NYSERDA is extending the deadline for comment on the Draft ORECRFP22-1 until Friday, April 8, 2022 at 3:00 pm. ET and has made the following two changes to the Draft ORECRFP22-1 documents available on the … Continued
BOEM has announced that it will hold a wind auction on February 23rd for six lease areas in the New York Bight, totaling more than 480,000 acres, the largest single-event auction thus far. This will be the first auction under … Continued
A group of regional state partners has submitted a letter to BOEM with regard to fisheries compensation efforts to encourage the development and advancement of a fair, equitable, and transparent process. These states include Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, … Continued