Passive Acoustic Monitoring and Marine Mammals

On June 2 and 3, 2021, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) convened the first of two workshops entitled Improving Monitoring, Data Consistency, Archiving, and Access for Improved Regional Integration of Renewable Energy Science: Passive Acoustic Monitoring and Marine Mammals.  Approximately 45 people attended the workshop with participants including state and federal agencies, academics, and offshore wind developers.  Attendees’ expertise included offshore wind development, federal permitting, study design and statistics, marine biology and ecology, marine mammal biology and behavior, and marine species advocacy. The workshop was facilitated by Patrick Field, Senior Mediator at the Consensus Building Institute (CBI).