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The Council on Environmental Quality today published a summary of the new interagency Ocean Policy Committee’s meeting on June 12. During the meeting, the Committee received updates from the Ocean Resource Management and Ocean Science & Technology Subcommittees.  The ORM Subcommittee continues to work with agencies to compile federal data to meet regional data needs and will develop a [...]

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management today announced that it is seeking indications of competitive interest by Friday, July 19 in providing commercial renewable energy transmission in federal waters off New York and New Jersey, as well as public input regarding the New York and New Jersey Ocean Grid proposal submitted by Anbaric Development Partners, LLC. The Ocean Grid [...]

Acting BOEM Director Walter Cruickshank today released a message regarding his agency’s overall offshore wind leasing strategy and announcing the path forward. Noting that Atlantic and Pacific federal waters provide “a world-class wind resource” and that the ocean is “already a very busy place,” Cruickshank called stakeholder engagement “an essential part” of BOEM’s renewable energy program [...]

NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service today highlighted the agency’s development of 6 region-specific plans to connect and collaborate with the recreational fishing community “where they live and fish” (Alaska, Atlantic Highly Migratory Species, Greater Atlantic, Pacific Islands, Southeast, West Coast).  Release of the plans, which the agency calls “the latest step in NOAA Fisheries’ continued commitment to strengthening our relationship with saltwater recreational [...]