NMFS West Coast Offshore Wind Energy Strategic Science Plan
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
October 2024
Report
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind , Floating Offshore Wind
EMF , Entanglement , Habitat Change , Noise
Birds , Seabirds , Ecosystem Processes , Fish , Marine Mammals , Reptiles , Sea Turtles , Human Dimensions , Fisheries , Legal & Policy , Marine Spatial Planning
2024 Update to: Technical Guidance for Assessing the Effects of Anthropogenic Sound on Marine Mammal Hearing (Version 3.0): Underwater and In Air Criteria for Onset of Auditory Injury and Temporary Threshold Shifts
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
October 2024
Guidance
Noise
Marine Mammals
Perspectives on using Protected Species Observer (PSO) data to fill knowledge gaps about marine species distributions and habitat use
Ganley, L. , Sisson, N. , McKenna, K.
June 2024
Journal Article
Wind Energy
Marine Mammals
Sea turtle density surface models along the United States Atlantic coast
DiMatteo, A. , Roberts, J. , Jones, D.
February 2024
Journal Article
Marine Energy , Wind Energy
Entanglement
Reptiles , Sea Turtles , Human Dimensions , Fisheries
Ongoing Study Plan: ADRIFT: Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Cetaceans in the California Current Ecosystem Using Drifting Archival Passive Acoustic Monitoring (NSL #PC-20-04)
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)
June 2023
Report
Marine Mammals , Cetaceans
Science Priorities for Offshore Wind and Fisheries Research in the Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf Ecosystem: Perspectives from Scientists at the National Marine Fisheries Service
Methratta, E. , Silva, A. , Lipsky, A.
June 2023
Journal Article
Wind Energy
Human Dimensions , Fisheries
Economic Impacts of Offshore Wind Farms on Fishing Industries: Perspectives, Methods, and Knowledge Gaps
Chaji, M. , Werner, S.
June 2023
Journal Article
Wind Energy
Human Dimensions , Fisheries , Social & Economic Data
Assessing individual movement, habitat use, and behavior of non-breeding marine birds in relation to prey availability in the US Atlantic
Gulka, J. , Berlin, A. , Friedland, K.
May 2023
Journal Article
Birds , Fish , Pelagic Fish
Comparing Atlantic Cod Temporal Spawning Dynamics across a Biogeographic Boundary: Insights from Passive Acoustic Monitoring
Van Hoeck, R. , Rowell, T. , Dean, M.
April 2023
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Displacement , Noise
Fish , Demersal Fish
Forage Fish Species Prefer Habitat within Designated Offshore Wind Energy Areas in the U.S. Northeast Shelf Ecosystem
Friedland, K. , Adams, E. , Goetsch, C.
April 2023
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Fish , Pelagic Fish , Human Dimensions , Fisheries
A biologist's guide to the galaxy: Leveraging artificial intelligence and very high-resolution satellite imagery to monitor marine mammals from space
Khan, C. , Goetz. K. , Cubaynes, H.
March 2023
Journal Article
Marine Mammals
Joint spatiotemporal models to predict seabird densities at sea
Arimitsu, M. , Piatt, J. , Thorson, J.
January 2023
Journal Article
Birds , Seabirds
Offshore Wind Lease Issuance, Site Characterization, and Site Assessment: Central and Northern California
Reeb, D. , Schroeder, D.
July 2022
Report
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Entanglement , Habitat Change , Noise , Vessel Strike
Fish , Marine Mammals , Cetaceans , Pinnipeds , Reptiles , Sea Turtles
Residency, demographics, and movement patterns of North Atlantic right whales Eubalaena glacialis in an offshore wind energy development area in southern New England, USA
Quintana-Rizzo, E. , Leiter, S. , Cole, T.
July 2021
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Marine Mammals , Cetaceans
Resource Occurrence and Productivity in Existing and Proposed Wind Energy Lease Areas on the Northeast US Shelf
Friedland, K. , Methratta, E. , Gill, A.
April 2021
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Fish , Invertebrates
ROSA Offshore Wind Project Monitoring Framework and Guidelines
ROSA
March 2021
Report
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Habitat Change
Human Dimensions , Environmental Impact Assessment , Fisheries , Marine Spatial Planning
Final Report of the California Current Ecosystem Survey (CCES) 2018: A PacMAPPS Study
Moore, J.
February 2021
Report
Birds , Seabirds , Fish , Pelagic Fish , Marine Mammals , Cetaceans
Ongoing Study Plan: Pacific Marine Assessment Partnership for Protected Species (PacMAPPS) (NSL #PC-17-04)
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)
January 2021
Report
Estimating effectiveness of speed reduction measures for decreasing whale-strike mortality in a high-risk region
Rockwood, R. , Adams, J. , Silber, G.
September 2020
Journal Article
Vessel Strike
Marine Mammals , Cetaceans
Biological Opinion for Vineyard Wind's Offshore Wind Energy Project
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
September 2020
Report
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Fish , Marine Mammals , Physical Environment , Reptiles
Economic Analysis of the North Atlantic Right Whale Vessel Speed Restriction Rule
Industrial Economics Inc
March 2020
Report
Vessel Strike
Marine Mammals , Cetaceans
2018 Revision to: Technical Guidance for Assessing the Effects of Anthropogenic Sound on Marine Mammal Hearing (Version 2.0): Underwater Thresholds for Onset of Permanent and Temporary Threshold Shifts
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
April 2018
Guidance
Noise
Marine Mammals
Modeling Baseline Conditions of Ecological Indicators: Marine Renewable Energy Environmental Monitoring
Linder, H. , Horne, J. , Ward, E.
December 2017
Journal Article
Marine Energy
Ecosystem Processes
Lost listening area assessment of anthropogenic sounds in the Chukchi Sea
Hannay, D. , Hatch, L. , Harrison, J.
November 2016
Journal Article
Noise
Technical Guidance for Assessing the Effects of Anthropogenic Sound on Marine Mammal Hearing: Underwater Acoustic Thresholds for Onset of Permanent and Temporary Threshold Shifts
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
July 2016
Report
Noise
Marine Mammals
Management of Acoustic Metadata for Bioacoustics
Roch, M. , Batchelor, H. , Baumann-Pickering, S.
January 2016
Journal Article
Marine Mammals , Fish
Where the Decibels Hit the Water: Perspectives on the Application of Science to Real-World Underwater Noise and Marine Protected Species Issues
Scholik-Schlomer, A.
June 2015
Magazine Article
Noise
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Construction of the Block Island Wind Farm
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
September 2014
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind , Floating Offshore Wind
Changes in Flow , Habitat Change
Marine Mammals , Physical Environment
Issuance of Incidental Harassment Authorizations to Deepwater Wind for the Take of Marine Mammals Incidental to Construction of the Block Island Wind Farm and Block Island Transmission System
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
August 2014
Report
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind
Marine Mammals
Marine Mammals Trace Anthropogenic Structures at Sea
Russell, D. , Brasseur, S. , Thompson, D.
July 2014
Journal Article
Wind Energy , Fixed Offshore Wind , Marine Energy
Habitat Change
Pinnipeds , Marine Mammals , Ecosystem Processes
Integration of passive acoustic monitoring data into OBIS-SEAMAP, a global biogeographic database, to advance spatially-explicit ecological assessments
Fujioka, E. , Soldevilla, M. , Read, A.
May 2014
Journal Article
Seabirds , Reptiles , Marine Mammals , Birds
U.S. West Coast Large Whale Entanglement Information Sharing Workshop Report
NOAA Fisheries
March 2014
Report
Marine Mammals , Cetaceans
Enhancing the Visibility of Fishing Ropes to Reduce Right Whale Entanglements
Kraus, S. , Fasick, J. , Werner, T.
January 2014
Report
Marine Mammals , Cetaceans , Human Dimensions , Fisheries
Draft Guidance for Assessing the Effects of Anthropogenic Sound on Marine Mammals: Acoustic Threshold Levels for Onset of Permanent and Temporary Threshold Shifts
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
December 2013
Report
Noise
Marine Mammals
Estimating Effects of Tidal Power Projects and Climate Change on Threatened and Endangered Marine Species and Their Food Web
Busch, S. , Greene, C. , Good, T.
December 2013
Journal Article
Marine Energy , Tidal
Ecosystem Processes , Human Dimensions
Responsible Practices for Minimizing and Monitoring Environmental Impacts of Marine Seismic Surveys with an Emphasis on Marine Mammals
Nowacek, D. , Bröker, K. , Donovan, G.
November 2013
Journal Article
Noise
Marine Mammals
Draft Recovery Plan for the North Pacific Right Whale (Eubalaena japonica)
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
January 2013
Report
Marine Mammals , Cetaceans
A Vessel Noise Budget for Admiralty Inlet, Puget Sound, Washington (USA)
Bassett, C. , Polagye, B. , Holt, M.
September 2012
Journal Article
Marine Energy
Noise
Vessel Operator Response to a Voluntary Measure for Reducing Collisions with Whales
Silber, G. , Adams, J. , Bettridge, S.
June 2012
Journal Article
Vessel Strike
Marine Mammals , Cetaceans , Human Dimensions , Legal & Policy
Haul-Out Behavior of Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina) in Hood Canal, Washington
London, J. , Ver Hoef, J. , Jefferies, S.
June 2012
Journal Article
Pinnipeds , Marine Mammals