The White House announced today that it held a virtual convening meeting of the White House Coastal Resilience Interagency Working Group that was led by Council on Environmental Quality Chair Brenda Mallory, NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad, and Special Assistant to the President for Climate Policy David Hayes. Mallory addressed the role of coastal communities in mitigating climate change and [...]
Archive | July, 2021
NMFS Highlights Whale Presence in New England Wind Energy Areas
NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service today highlighted a recent study finding an increased presence of North Atlantic rights whales in wind energy areas off Southern New England and noted the importance of engaging stakeholders to minimize potential impacts on right whales and other protected species. Northeast Fisheries Science Center whale aerial survey team lead and study co-author [...]
Coast Guard Seeks Comments on Pacific Coast Port Access Route Study
The Coast Guard today announced that it is seeking comments by Tuesday, Jan. 25 on its Port Access Route Study to evaluate safe access routes for vessel traffic movements to and from West Coast ports and places and whether a Shipping Safety Fairway and/or routing measures should be established, adjusted, or modified. The announcement noted that study recommendations [...]
NOAA Seeks Proposals for Ocean & Coastal Mapping Partnership Projects
NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey today announced that it is seeking proposals by Friday, Oct. 29 from non-federal entities interested in partnering with NOAA ocean and coastal mapping programs on jointly funded FY 2023 ocean and coastal surveys and related activities of mutual interest, including for safe navigation, integrated mapping, coastal zone management, coastal and ocean science, climate [...]
NOPC Comments on Gulf of Mexico Renewable Energy RFI
NOPC today submitted comments in response to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s Request for Interest in commercial leasing for wind power development on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf.
New Regional Wildlife Science Entity Announced
The Northeast Regional Ocean Council, Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean, and Coastal States Stewardship Foundation today announced a new collaboration that they will administer and direct that will focus on research and monitoring for wildlife and offshore wind energy in areas along the U.S. East Coast where offshore wind energy is being developed or proposed. The Regional Wildlife [...]
NMFS Announces Availability of Stock Assessment Reports
NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service today announced its release of 80 final 2020 marine mammal stock assessment reports that were updated and finalized and a revised final 2019 North Atlantic right whale stock assessment report that includes a typographical correction. The Marine Mammal Protection Act requires NMFS and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to prepare stock [...]
Comments Sought on Pacific OCS Decommissioning PEIS
The Interior Department’s Bureau of Safety & Environmental Enforcement today announced that it is seeking comments by Tuesday, Sept. 7 on its intent to prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement to inform future decisions on applications for the decommissioning of oil and gas pipelines, platforms, and other facilities in federal waters off Southern California. The [...]
BOEM to Hold Offshore Wind Energy Workshops
The Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management today announced that it will co-host virtual workshops with the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development on Wednesday, Aug. 4 and Wednesday, Aug. 11 to share data from the Oregon Offshore Wind Mapping Tool and other data collected during a statewide data gathering effort that started in Fall 2020. BOEM [...]
Hydrographic Services Review Panel to Hold Public Meeting
NOAA today announced that the Hydrographic Services Review Panel will hold a virtual public meeting on Sept. 1-2. Agenda items include offshore wind energy and data sharing for ocean mapping and technology in waters 40 meters and shallower, an update on plans to address and implement the Alaska Coastal Mapping Strategy and National Strategy for Mapping, Exploring, and [...]
