Modeling the distributions of marine birds at sea to inform planning of energy development on the US Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf

Winship, Arliss J.; Leirness, Jeffery B.; Coyne, Michael; Howell, Jacob; Saba, Vincent S.; Christensen, John

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Modeling the distributions of marine birds at sea to inform planning of energy development on the US Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf

2023
By Winship, Arliss J. ; Leirness, Jeffery B. ; Coyne, Michael
Series: OCS Study ; BOEM 2023-060

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Winship, Arliss J. ; Leirness, Jeffery B. ; Coyne, Michael ; Howell, Jacob ; Saba, Vincent S. ; Christensen, John
Corporate Authors:

United States. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. Office of Renewable Energy Programs. ; CSS Inc. ; National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (U.S.) ; Northeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.) ; Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (U.S.)
NOAA Program & Office:

NOS (National Ocean Service) ; NCCOS (National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science) ; NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; NEFSC (Northeast Fisheries Science Center) ; OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) ; GFDL (Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory)
Description:

The development of offshore wind energy production in US waters is accelerating. In 2021 the president issued an executive order that outlined a goal of doubling production by 2030 (United States 2021). The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is responsible for managing renewable energy resources on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) from the limit of state waters out to the boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone. In order to minimize the impacts of offshore wind development on wildlife, BOEM requires information about the spatial distributions of marine species to inform their planning, leasing, and environmental assessments.
Series:

OCS Study ; BOEM 2023-060
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25923/1efv-wt21
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PDF
Document Type:

Miscellaneous
Funding:

Contract no. EA-133C-14-NC-1384
Place as Subject:

Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
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https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
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CC0 Public Domain
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Submitted
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[PDF - 171.04 MB]
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Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) ; National Ocean Service (NOS) ; National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
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