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NOAA Fisheries
… whales due to entanglement in fishing gear is a national priority for the NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). However, along the U.S. west coast, much is unknown about why, … The three primary goals for this workshop were to: Bring together experts in the fields of marine mammals, fisheries, modeling, bycatch, lost gear/marine debris, and management, to share … Presentations spanned several topics including: risk assessment models; large whale abundance, distribution and behavior; fishery characterizations and management regimes; and, gear …
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Normandeau Associates Inc
… species known to be sensitive to displacement. Two factors with the potential to influence the distribution and densities of displacement-sensitive species were also identified: the U.S. Coast …
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Zucco et al.
… levels of offshore wind farm related noise are available. Studies linking both noise and marine wildlife observations are scarce. Response to noise could be observed under experimental … in the physico-chemical conditions of sedimentary substrates, which could cause changes in the distribution of species. In the scientific literature, the change of benthic community … placed on the acoustic effects of wind turbine related sound emissions on the three marine mammal species abundant in the German waters, harbour porpoises, harbour seals and grey seals. …
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Lonergan and Thompson
… The rate at which collisions can be expected to occur between marine mammals and tidal energy generation devices is potentially important to both the … a better estimate could be made by averaging the risks over an estimate of the likely joint distribution of animal speeds, directions and orientations throughout the tidal cycle. In …
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Degraer et al.
… turbine-scale and microhabitat-scale) and across different ecosystem components (i.e., marine mammals, (sea)birds, fish and benthic invertebrates), and demonstrate the benefits of such … undesired impacts. Attraction to and avoidance of offshore wind farms (OWFs) reshuffle species distribution patterns, altering the local expression of ecological functions, and probably are … like red-throated divers Gavia stellata avoid OWFs up to more than ten kilometers, while marine mammals such as harbor porpoises Phocoena phocoena avoid areas with excessive sound levels …
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Geo-Marine Inc
… offshore waters, specifically the region being considered for wind turbine development. Geo-Marine, Inc. (GMI) was contracted to conduct a scientific baseline study by the New Jersey … was to conduct baseline studies in waters off New Jersey’s coast to determine the current distribution and usage of this area by ecological resources. The goal was to provide GIS and … the collection of data on the distribution, abundance and migratory patterns of avian, marine mammal, sea turtle and other species in the study area over a 24-month period. These data, as …
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HiDef Aerial Surveying Ltd
… contracted to undertake a monthly series of high resolution digital video aerial surveys of marine mammals and birds around the Kincardine project and an 8km buffer between April 2013 and … present were detected. The detected objects were assessed by expert ornithologists and marine mammal scientists to identify them to species level, following the same quality control process. Robust statistical analysis of the data was used to estimate the abundance and distribution of birds and mammals during the surveys. In addition, assessments were made of the …
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Hermannsen et al.
… sources in the ocean. The primary concern with respect to impact of pile driving noise is marine mammals, most notably small cetaceans, including the harbour porpoise ( Phocoena phocoena … trials with sound on the number of observations was too low to detect any clear patterns in distribution, except for some tracks clearly leading away from the loudspeaker. Trials were …
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HT Harvey and Associates
… improvements to the Humboldt Bay port. These improvements would include upgrades to Redwood Marine Terminal 1 and adjacent lands to support project construction and maintenance; potential … operations and maintenance, and decommissioning that would result in effects on the marine and terrestrial environments. The potential short-term effects on the marine environment … vessels; (2) seabird and bat collision/avoidance with rotating turbine blades; (3) marine mammal interactions with underwater structure (e.g., cetacean collision or entanglement with lost …
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Jarvis et al.
… government to facilitate the full exploitation of this resource but in harmony with other marine interests and environmental considerations. The Near Shore Windfarm (NSW) was commissioned … environmental assessment to address potential windfarm impacts on demersal and pelagic fish, marine mammals and birds and the benthic, or seafloor fauna. The benthic invertebrates (mainly … making it available as a food source for fish and birds. This report describes in detail the distribution of the invertebrates and the composition of the seafloor sediments in, and on which …
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Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council
… Water Properties, Currents, and Waves by David S. Ullman and Daniel L. Codiga Benthic Habitat Distribution and Subsurface Geology in Selected Sites from the Rhode Island Ocean Special Area … Island Sounds by Scott Nixon, Stephen Granger, Candace Oviatt, Lindsey Fields, Jeff Mercer Marine Mammals and Sea Turtles of Narragansett Bay, Block Island Sound, Rhode Island Sound, and … R. Grilli, Tania Lado, and Malcolm Spaulding The Nature Conservancy’s Northwest Atlantic Marine Ecoregional Assessment: Implications for the Rhode Island Ocean SAMP Region by Kevin …
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Boon et al.
… Scenarios from PBL1 , aiming for 2050, foresee the construction of 12 to 60 GW of marine offshore wind capacity in the Dutch part of the North Sea. Neighbouring countries have … The possible knock-on effects of such changes on higher trophic levels (e.g. fish, birds, marine mammals) are also likely but are not treated in this report. The following possible … in turn zooplankton densities. - The “stepping-stone” effect of the OWF (increase of spatial distribution of hard-substrate species) may be serious and lead to genetic homogenisation and to …
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Mellor et al.
… location with each video frame, enabling subsequent statistical analysis of the spatial distribution of birds. The general findings of the trial are as follows: The system provides … subsequent re-use data for other purposes, such as monitoring of non-windfarm human impacts or marine mammal activity; indeed the video provides a complete record of all visible aspects of the …
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National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
… size and monitor trends in abundance; 3) determine North Pacific right whale occurrence, distribution, and range; 4) identify, characterize, protect, and monitor habitat essential to … a general framework for the development of recovery criteria that would be applicable to most marine mammal species, large whale species in particular, and (b) specific criteria that can be used to …
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AECOM
… an onshore transformer substation, and buried power lines connecting to the local power distribution system (the Project). This Project is subject to a screening level Environmental … km from shore. The generators (with the possible exception of the Minas Basin Pulp and Power/ Marine Current Turbines unit) will be installed on gravity bases, rather than drilled … is rated to 1 MW and the total diameter is 10 m with a 4 m diameter open centre. The MBP&P/Marine Current Turbine unit is 1.0 - 1.2 MW and will consist of twin axial flow rotors …
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Ørsted and Eversource
… SFEC will interconnect with the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) electric transmission and distribution system in the town of East Hampton, New York. The approximate location of the entire … the Project must also comply with applicable provisions of the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammals Protection Act, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery … : Essential Fish Habitat Assessment (Updated May 2019) Appendix P1 : Assessment of Impacts to Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, and Sturgeon (Updated March 2021) Appendix P2 : Animal Exposure …
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Barrow Offshore Wind
… indicate that the underwater noise is unlikely to cause a behavioural (avoidance) response in marine fish and marine mammals in the region. Oceanography: In all cases wakes could be traced out to a distance … showed a very similar pattern, to surveys before and during construction, in the abundance and distribution of birds in the vicinity of Barrow Offshore Wind Farm. The results indicate that the …
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Degraer et al.
… wind farm project. This imposes a monitoring programme to assess the potential impacts on the marine environment. These assessments enable the authorities to impose mitigation measures or even halt the activities in case of extreme damage to the marine ecosystem. The monitoring programme equally allows understanding and evaluating the … will aid a future accurate bird mortality assessment. Future monitoring of the local seabird distribution will further increase the likelihood of displacement effect detection and will allow …
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Leopold et al.
… This report presents the final results of a four-year study of seabird distribution patterns in and around the first offshore wind farm in Dutch North Sea waters. This … birds within the wind farm and in the surrounding area, while taking into account the general distribution patterns in the general area. The latter were modelled as a function of distance to … strata OWEZ, PAWP, Anchorage, and the remaining Reference area. Total numbers of all birds and marine mammals observed per survey are given in Appendix 2. … 2011-01-01 …
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Arso Civil et al.
… collaborative project between the University of Aberdeen Lighthouse Field Station and the Sea Mammal Research Unit at the University of St Andrews. The main distributional range of this … 2017, and a summary of the photo-identification survey trips in that area conducted by the Sea Mammal Research Unit in 2018 . The total number of bottlenose dolphins using the Firth of Tay and …
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