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Best Management Practices Workshop For Atlantic Offshore Wind Facilities And Marine Protected Species Objectives And Daily Schedule

March 7-9, 2017
NOAA Fisheries
Building 4 (Science Center)
1301 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910

Workshop Objectives:

Increase understanding around the science and regulations for protecting marine species from the effects of offshore wind development on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).
Identify and discuss possible best management practices (BMPs) for preventing, reducing, and monitoring offshore wind effects to marine protected species on the Atlantic OCS.

Day 1: Agenda and Presentations

Day 2: Agenda and Presentations

Day 3: Agenda and Presentations

Final Report on Best Management Practices Workshop for Atlantic Offshore Wind Facilities and Protected Species

Best Management Practices Workshop For Atlantic Offshore Wind Facilities And Marine Protected Species Objectives And Daily Schedule

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