The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is seeking suggestions for experts to participate in a new study to understand potential impacts of offshore renewable energy development on maritime traffic and fisheries (commercial, recreational, and Tribal) on the west coast in federal and state waters.
The Office of Navigation Systems (CG-NAV), in partnership with BSEE, BOEM, and NMFS, is sponsoring a study by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) to examine the impacts of offshore renewable energy activities on the West Coast. This study will specifically assess the effects on U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) missions, shipping routes (both current and future), as well as on commercial and tribal fisheries.
To conduct this study, NASEM will assemble a committee of subject matter experts to carry out the research and produce a report that will be useful to the USCG and the Department of the Interior in informing their decision-making processes.
Nominees should be subject matter experts in one or more of the below categories:
· Coast Guard operations: specifically, navigation, shipping, safety at sea, search and rescue (including HF radar);
· Fisheries science: stock distribution, Pacific Fishery Management Council ecosystem plan, and response to climate and other environmental change;
· Fisheries management: Tribal, state, and federal commercial and recreational fisheries regulations and policy, including Pacific groundfish, coastal pelagics, Pacific salmon, and highly migratory species;
· Marine geotechnical, engineering, and logistics: offshore energy facility siting (including assessment of geohazards), installation, and operation (including consideration of onshore requirements for installation and operation related to energy distribution systems);
· Marine navigation: shipping lanes, aids to navigation including radar; and
· Marine and maritime policy: Tribal concerns, spatial planning, stakeholder engagement.
Nomination Form: Impacts on Shipping and Commercial, Tribal, and Recreational Fisheries from Development of Renewable Energy on the West Coast: Call for Experts (alchemer.com)
Project Page: Impacts on Shipping and Commercial, Tribal, and Recreational Fisheries from Development of Renewable Energy on the West Coast | National Academies
Sponsor Agencies Contacts
U.S. Coast Guard: Mr. Brian Mottel, david.b.mottel2@uscg.mil
NMFS: Ms. Lilah Isé, jennifer.ise@noaa.gov
BOEM: Mr. Rick Yarde, rick.yarde@boem.gov
BSEE: Ms. Sara Guiltinan, sara.guiltinan@bsee.gov
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