In June, BOEM will be holding four meetings in consultation with NMFS and affected coastal states to discuss draft guidance for ways to mitigate impacts from offshore wind projects on commercial and recreational fisheries and fishing. Meeting information and registration … Continued
On March 29, 2022 and March 30, 2022 NOAA Fisheries and BOEM will co-host two informational webinars to discuss the Draft Federal Mitigation Implementation Strategy. For more information on the webinar, event info and registration, click here.
NOAA Fisheries and BOEM have developed a Draft Federal Survey Mitigation Strategy to address anticipated impacts of offshore wind energy development on NOAA Fisheries’ scientific surveys. See full announcement here.
BOEM announces provisional winners of the New York Bight lease sale finalized on February 25th 2022. This is the largest single-event auction held thus far, and is the first auction under the Biden-Harris administration and collectively New York and New … Continued
This meeting summary describes key discussion points and action items from the Fisheries Technical Working Group (F-TWG) virtual meeting, which was held on Thursday, November 4th, 2021 through a virtual meeting platform.
The South Fork Wind Farm broke ground and became the second commercial-scale wind farm in the United States to begin construction. The Project is estimated to bring 130 MW of energy to the State of New York at the end … Continued
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker announced that the first offshore wind manufacturing facility in the state will be built in Somerset at the Brayton Point facility. The Prysmian Group has finalized an agreement to acquire a 47 acre parcel of land … Continued
On January 4th, Governor Kathy Hochul delivered her State of the State Address where she announced that New York will make a nation-leading $500 million investment in offshore wind ports, manufacturing, and supply chain to be integrated within NYSERDA’s 2022 … 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
The United States Coast Guard has published the Northern New York Bight Port Access Route Study (NNYBPARS). The study was conducted to evaluate the adequacy of existing vessel routing measures and determine whether additional vessel routing measures are necessary for … Continued