2024 State of the Science Workshop on Offshore Wind Energy, Wildlife, and Fisheries ​ ​

The 2024 State of the Science Workshop will be held on Long Island, New York, July 16th-19th, 2024. This biennial workshop is hosted by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) on behalf of the Environmental Technical Working Group (E-TWG). 

The 2024 Workshop theme is Taking an Ecosystem Approach: Integrating Offshore Wind, Wildlife, and Fisheries. The 2024 meeting is the first State of the Science Workshop that will include a focus on fisheries as well as environmental and wildlife topics. Sessions will focus on: 

• Understanding wildlife and wildlife habitat: populations and distributions

• Offshore wind development effects and species/ecosystem responses

• Offshore wind development effects and fisheries: social/economic responses

• Monitoring, minimization, and mitigation approaches

• Cumulative impacts of offshore wind energy development

• Collaborative processes to improve development and conservation outcomes (including guidance, data sharing, and other collaborative efforts)

• Integration of fisheries data, marine protected species, and wildlife data to identify wind energy areas and planning areas

• Ecosystem interactions: physical and biological interactions and changes in ecosystems across trophic levels ​in response to offshore wind and other stressors

Session recordings are publicly available on YouTube here.