NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service today announced the availability of a peer-reviewed report synthesizing the current state of science on interactions between fisheries and offshore wind.
Developed through a partnership involving the Responsible Offshore Development Alliance, NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center, and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the report was part of a broader project that included a symposium and series of workshops.
Northeast Fisheries Science Center Offshore Wind Science Lead and report co-author Andy Lipsky called the collaboration “a great success” that “truly helped us as we developed a joint survey mitigation strategy with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management,” adding that it also “helps us define and begin developing the new kinds of monitoring required to continue our long-term data streams on ocean life as well as needed research on how offshore wind energy changes marine habitats and fisheries.”
The partnership’s next project will focus on fisheries and floating offshore wind energy, including a summary of current knowledge, research, and monitoring associated with floating wind technology, floating wind-focused workshops, and a fishing industry review of existing efforts to map fishermen’s data.
