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Hermannsen et al.
… sources in the ocean. The primary concern with respect to impact of pile driving noise is marine mammals, most notably small cetaceans, including the harbour porpoise ( Phocoena phocoena … trials with sound on the number of observations was too low to detect any clear patterns in distribution, except for some tracks clearly leading away from the loudspeaker. Trials were …
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HT Harvey and Associates
… improvements to the Humboldt Bay port. These improvements would include upgrades to Redwood Marine Terminal 1 and adjacent lands to support project construction and maintenance; potential … operations and maintenance, and decommissioning that would result in effects on the marine and terrestrial environments. The potential short-term effects on the marine environment … vessels; (2) seabird and bat collision/avoidance with rotating turbine blades; (3) marine mammal interactions with underwater structure (e.g., cetacean collision or entanglement with lost …
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Jarvis et al.
… government to facilitate the full exploitation of this resource but in harmony with other marine interests and environmental considerations. The Near Shore Windfarm (NSW) was commissioned … environmental assessment to address potential windfarm impacts on demersal and pelagic fish, marine mammals and birds and the benthic, or seafloor fauna. The benthic invertebrates (mainly … making it available as a food source for fish and birds. This report describes in detail the distribution of the invertebrates and the composition of the seafloor sediments in, and on which …
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Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council
… Water Properties, Currents, and Waves by David S. Ullman and Daniel L. Codiga Benthic Habitat Distribution and Subsurface Geology in Selected Sites from the Rhode Island Ocean Special Area … Island Sounds by Scott Nixon, Stephen Granger, Candace Oviatt, Lindsey Fields, Jeff Mercer Marine Mammals and Sea Turtles of Narragansett Bay, Block Island Sound, Rhode Island Sound, and … R. Grilli, Tania Lado, and Malcolm Spaulding The Nature Conservancy’s Northwest Atlantic Marine Ecoregional Assessment: Implications for the Rhode Island Ocean SAMP Region by Kevin …
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Boon et al.
… Scenarios from PBL1 , aiming for 2050, foresee the construction of 12 to 60 GW of marine offshore wind capacity in the Dutch part of the North Sea. Neighbouring countries have … The possible knock-on effects of such changes on higher trophic levels (e.g. fish, birds, marine mammals) are also likely but are not treated in this report. The following possible … in turn zooplankton densities. - The “stepping-stone” effect of the OWF (increase of spatial distribution of hard-substrate species) may be serious and lead to genetic homogenisation and to …
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Geo-Marine Inc
… offshore waters, specifically the region being considered for wind turbine development. Geo-Marine, Inc. (GMI) was contracted to conduct a scientific baseline study by the New Jersey … was to conduct baseline studies in waters off New Jersey’s coast to determine the current distribution and usage of this area by ecological resources. The goal was to provide GIS and … the collection of data on the distribution, abundance and migratory patterns of avian, marine mammal, sea turtle and other species in the study area over a 24-month period. These data, as …
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Mellor et al.
… location with each video frame, enabling subsequent statistical analysis of the spatial distribution of birds. The general findings of the trial are as follows: The system provides … subsequent re-use data for other purposes, such as monitoring of non-windfarm human impacts or marine mammal activity; indeed the video provides a complete record of all visible aspects of the …
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AECOM
… an onshore transformer substation, and buried power lines connecting to the local power distribution system (the Project). This Project is subject to a screening level Environmental … km from shore. The generators (with the possible exception of the Minas Basin Pulp and Power/ Marine Current Turbines unit) will be installed on gravity bases, rather than drilled … is rated to 1 MW and the total diameter is 10 m with a 4 m diameter open centre. The MBP&P/Marine Current Turbine unit is 1.0 - 1.2 MW and will consist of twin axial flow rotors …
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Ørsted and Eversource
… SFEC will interconnect with the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) electric transmission and distribution system in the town of East Hampton, New York. The approximate location of the entire … the Project must also comply with applicable provisions of the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammals Protection Act, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery … : Essential Fish Habitat Assessment (Updated May 2019) Appendix P1 : Assessment of Impacts to Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, and Sturgeon (Updated March 2021) Appendix P2 : Animal Exposure …
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Barrow Offshore Wind
… indicate that the underwater noise is unlikely to cause a behavioural (avoidance) response in marine fish and marine mammals in the region. Oceanography: In all cases wakes could be traced out to a distance … showed a very similar pattern, to surveys before and during construction, in the abundance and distribution of birds in the vicinity of Barrow Offshore Wind Farm. The results indicate that the …
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Degraer et al.
… wind farm project. This imposes a monitoring programme to assess the potential impacts on the marine environment. These assessments enable the authorities to impose mitigation measures or even halt the activities in case of extreme damage to the marine ecosystem. The monitoring programme equally allows understanding and evaluating the … will aid a future accurate bird mortality assessment. Future monitoring of the local seabird distribution will further increase the likelihood of displacement effect detection and will allow …
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Leopold et al.
… This report presents the final results of a four-year study of seabird distribution patterns in and around the first offshore wind farm in Dutch North Sea waters. This … birds within the wind farm and in the surrounding area, while taking into account the general distribution patterns in the general area. The latter were modelled as a function of distance to … strata OWEZ, PAWP, Anchorage, and the remaining Reference area. Total numbers of all birds and marine mammals observed per survey are given in Appendix 2. … 2011-01-01 …
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Arso Civil et al.
… collaborative project between the University of Aberdeen Lighthouse Field Station and the Sea Mammal Research Unit at the University of St Andrews. The main distributional range of this … 2017, and a summary of the photo-identification survey trips in that area conducted by the Sea Mammal Research Unit in 2018 . The total number of bottlenose dolphins using the Firth of Tay and …
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Pikesley et al.
… This report was compiled as part of the Marine Energy in Far Peripheral and Island Communities (MERiFIC) project. The MERiFIC project seeks to advance the adoption of marine energy across two regions of Cornwall and Finistère by developing 'toolkits' of … effects are minimised and positive effects are promoted, it is necessary to quantify species distribution and relative abundance, both spatially and temporally, over seasonal and annual time …
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National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
… size and monitor trends in abundance; 3) determine North Pacific right whale occurrence, distribution, and range; 4) identify, characterize, protect, and monitor habitat essential to … a general framework for the development of recovery criteria that would be applicable to most marine mammal species, large whale species in particular, and (b) specific criteria that can be used to …
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Mackenzie et al.
… CREEM were commissioned to review statistical modelling methods currently used in the marine renewables industry. We also compared the performance of these methods and appropriate … out using simulated scenarios based on off-shore and near-shore data collected from existing marine renewable developments. In particular, off-shore and near-shore data were each generated … showed fidelity to the simulated animal distributions. Uncertainty in the predicted spatial distribution of animals was close to its nominal (95% coverage) level. This document contains a …
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Jacobson et al.
… to a variety of anthropogenic impacts including pollution, noise, and fishery interactions. Marine renewable energy projects currently in development in California have the potential to … monitoring strategies are necessary to establish baseline data prior to the installation of marine renewable energy structures, to determine the impacts of construction activities, and to … be required to characterize this relationship accurately. The data suggest that the spatial distribution of harbor porpoises shifts over periods of weeks and can be highly variable between …
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Menza et al.
… This report supports Washington-led marine spatial planning and responsible stewardship of natural and cultural resources by the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary. Washington state agencies and the sanctuary continually seek the best available science to improve management of marine uses and stewardship of resources (Etheridge et al., 2010; Washington Department of Fish …
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Donovan and Caneco
… In order to understand how marine planning impacts seabirds at sea, it is important to collect key pieces of information …
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Evans et al.
… context of providing appropriate advice to regulators on potential interactions between these marine animals and renewable devices. Main Findings Nineteen cetacean species have been recorded … patterns. Although areas can be identified where sightings have been concentrated, the uneven distribution of effort limits clear interpretation of distribution patterns. Notwithstanding potential effort biases, some areas (e.g. Scapa Flow and …
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