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NROC Ocean Planning CommitteeApril 2, 2020
Agenda10:00 Welcome, introductions, and agenda overview; Co-
chair update – Mel Coté and Ted Diers
10:15 Review of NROC’s ocean planning activities since June 2019 meeting – Mel Coté, Ted Diers, Nick Napoli, and Emily Shumchenia
10:25 Update on Federal Interagency Ocean Policy Committee activities – Deerin Babb-Brott
10:45 Update on Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Management Plan Revision – Ben Haskell
10:50 Offshore Wind in the Northeast• Jim Bennett (Bureau of Ocean Energy Management)• Michele DesAutels (US Coast Guard)• Fara Courtney (Outer Harbor Consulting)
12:00 Adjourn
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Welcome, introductions, and agenda overview;Co-chair update
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Logistics
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Review of NROC’s ocean planning activities since June 2019 meeting
June 2019 meeting (focus on offshore wind)
• During the meeting, participants identified issues that generally fell within three categories: regulatory process and timeline, cumulative impacts, and data. Those issues are identified on pages 4-7 of the meeting summary.
• Many issues were important takeaways from the meeting or directly relevant for a particular agency or group of agencies
• Specific issues where NROC has taken action:
• Updates to commercial fisheries data on the Northeast Ocean Data Portal with industry input
• Additional resources added to the Northeast Ocean Data Portal to support a better understanding of offshore wind energy projects
• Participation in initial GOM task force meeting and discussions within NROC about opportunities to support the task force process
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Data Work Groups
• Commercial fishing• Recreation• Marine life, habitat, oceanography• Energy and infrastructure• Marine transportation• Aquaculture• Cultural resources• Offshore sand resources• Blue economy• Climate change• Data analyses and tools
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Data Work GroupsCommercial fishing• FY19 ROP/Data Sharing Initiative• NROC/MARCO Work Group Members:
State coastal programs and fishery agencies, NMFS, BOEM,USCG, NEFMC, and MAFMC
• RODA: Industry outreach lead• Kickoff webinar February 3 with over
50 participants from NROC, MARCO, and RODA
• Industry outreach through September• NEFMC/MAFMC meetings• NEFMC/MAFMC Advisory Panels• Additional outreach/focus groups to
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Data Work GroupsRecreation• NROC Work Group Members:
States, NOAA, USCG
• Reviewed work plans
• Reviewed draft maps
• Whale watching industry webinar February 28
• SCUBA stakeholder webinar March 6
• Continued outreach and discussion
Whale watching vessel tracks by operator
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Data Work GroupsMarine life, habitat, oceanography• NROC Work Group Members: States,
NMFS, USFWS, NEFMC, BOEM, researchers from academia & NGOs
• Review and input on movement/tracking data (birds, turtles, USFWS, NEFSC)
• Movement information data products webinar January 10
• Review and input on new sediment/habitat data (NEFMC)
• Review and input on new layer representing Integrated Sentinel Monitoring Network activities (NERACOOS)
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Data Work GroupsEnergy and infrastructure• NROC Work Group Members:
States, Tribes, BOEM, DOE• Review and input on:• Appropriate project phase to
post data on the Portal and what data are posted
• Specific pages for each offshore wind project
• Hosting high-resolution project data provided by or submitted by developers
• (Reflects input and suggestions from BOEM and previous NROC OPC discussions)
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Review of NROC’s ocean planning activities since June 2019 meeting
Northeast Ocean Data Portal highlights
• Updated 2020 Work Plan
• Quarterly newsletters for complete digest
• New and updated data
• New data and map galleries to support
• Proposed Isles of Shoals North Disposal Site
• NEFMC Deep Sea Coral Amendment
• Offshore wind planning
• Consistent and high Portal use
• >1000 visitors per month
• ~20-30% of all layer hits are 3rd party sites
NEW DATA & UPDATES
§ Proposed Isles of Shoals North Disposal Site (with EPA)
§ Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan regulated and exempted areas; Fisheries Statistical Reporting Areas (with NOAA GARFO)
§ Updates and new visualizations for navigation data (with NOAA OCM)
§ Submarine canyons
§ High-resolution bathymetry for the Gulf of Maine (with University of New Hampshire)
§ Monthly densities of tagged Loggerhead sea turtles (with NOAA NEFSC)
§ Migratory routes and winter habitats for diving birds (with USFWS)
§ Updates to annual offshore wind speed maps (with NREL)
§ USCG Sectors (with USCG)§ Navigation channels (with Army Corps)
§ Updates to electric lines and substations (with MARCO Portal)
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@NEOceanData
Northeast Ocean Data Portal
Jul 31 2019: Marine life data updates public webinar
Sep 17 2019: National Association of State Energy Officials
Oct 22-23 2019: AWEA Offshore Wind Power Conference
Nov 4-8 2019: Gulf of Maine 2050
Nov 4-8 2019: Coastal States Organization Fall Meeting
Nov 21-22 2019: NOAA Office for Coastal Management Regional Ocean Data Sharing Workshop
Dec 10 2019: Maine Department of Marine Resources Demo/Training
Dec 12 2019: Gulf of Maine Task Force
Jan 10 2020: Movement information data products webinar
Jan 31 2020: Regional Wildlife Science Entity
Feb 3 2020: Commercial Fisheries Data Project Kickoff
Feb 21 2020: NOAA GARFO GIS staff
Mar 7 2020: Maine Fishermen’s Forum
Mar 7 2020: Boston Sea Rovers (thanks Ted Maney!)
Mar 10 2020: Stellwagen Bank NMS
Mar 11 2020: Demo/Training
Mar 12 2020: COIN Atlantic (Atlantic Canada MSP)
Completed outreach, trainings & demos
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Other progress
• Work group activity and data updates for other data themes (see Portal Work Plan)
• Best Practices Work Group – communication regarding Tribal engagement
• Monitoring and supporting proposed management actions and projects other than offshore wind
• Ocean Health Index final results – April 22, 12pm webinar
• Integrated Sentinel Monitoring Network – coordinating indicator development with Portal data updates, new layer showing monitoring activities in the region
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Funding - Regional Data Sharing Initiative
“Regional ocean partnerships, or their equivalent, to enhance their capacity for sharing and integration of Federal and non-Federal data to support regional coastal, ocean, and Great Lakes management priorities as outlined in Executive Order 13840.”
• Federal FY19 Funding: Partnering with MARCO and RODA to update and improve commercial fisheries data on the NE and MidA Portals
• Federal FY20 Funding: Currently scoping the use of these funds given priorities in work plan and budget needs
• Continued federal support for regional work
New Data Products & Updates
Events, Trainings, Uses
Behind the Scenes
▶ Communities at Sea data products▶ Updated fisheries management areas▶ NEFMC Clam Dredge Framework Alternatives▶ Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan
Regulated and Exempted Areas▶ NOAA Fisheries Statistical Areas
▶ New York Draft Wind Energy Areas▶ Massachusetts Final Sale Notice Areas▶ Proposed Vineyard Wind project footprint and
cable route▶ Proposed South Fork Wind Farm project
footprint and cable route▶ December 2018 Competitive lease sale results
▶ 2017 AIS commercial traffic data products for eight vessel categories
▶ Updated navigation layers▶ Proposed Isles of Shoals North Disposal Site
▶ Updated MDAT federal bottom trawl Fish biomass products
▶ Updated MDAT Marine Mammals data products▶ USFWS/BOEM Diving Bird movement informa-
tion products▶ NEFSC Loggerhead sea turtle movement infor-
mation products
▶ US Army Corps of Engineers Regulatory Boundary▶ US Coast Guard Districts▶ US Coast Guard Sectors▶ Amended RI Geographic Location Description▶ Updated Aquaculture data for ME, NH, RI▶ Atlantic OCS Aliquots with Sand Resources▶ Submarine canyons▶ Updated deep-sea coral habitat suitability layers▶ High resolution Gulf of Maine bathymetry▶ Updated offshore wind speed layer
▶ Map Galleries for current ocean management issues▶ Communities at Sea (+ tutorial)▶ Time slider for viewing monthly commercial traffic (AIS)
and other layers (+ tutorial)▶ Distance measuring tool (+ tutorial)▶ Webpages and interactive maps to support Vineyard
Wind DEIS, NEFMC deep sea coral amendment, EPA Proposed Isles of Shoals North Disposal Site
▶ Inspiring K-12 Students to Investigate the Ocean Ecosystem and Ocean Uses
▶ Coast Guard Uses Data Portal for Waterways Manage-ment in the Northeast
▶ US Navy Uses Data Portal to Select Test Site for Unmanned Underwater Vehicle
▶ What is the Northeast Ocean Data Portal and how can the public use it to make comments on proposed projects? (Surfrider Foundation)
▶ Northeast Ocean Data: Maps and Data for New England’s Ocean (Metcalf Institute for Environmental Reporting)
▶ Marine Life data products updates public webinar
▶ Northeast Aquaculture Conference and Expo (1/11)▶ Coastal GeoTools Conference (2/11-2/14)▶ Release of draft Long Island Sound Blue Plan includind
data from Northeast Ocean Data Portal (3/11)▶ Environmental Business Council Portal Workshop (3/22)▶ Maine Sustainability and Water Conference (3/28)▶ NROC spring meeting (4/18)▶ Special Session on Offshore Wind in the Northeast -
New England Fishery Management Council (4/18)▶ NERACOOS Northeast Biological Observations Work-
shop (5/6-5/7)▶ Northeastern Massachusetts Aquaculture Center
(NEMAC) Workshop on Shellfish Aquaculture in Federal Waters (5/15-5/16)
▶ NROC Ocean Planning Committee spring meeting (6/4)▶ National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO)
Annual Meeting (9/17)▶ “Ocean Observations for Everyone” - EOS (9/12)▶ AWEA Offshore Wind Power 2019 Conference
(10/22-10/23)▶ Gulf of Maine 2050 Symposium (11/4-11/8)▶ Coastal States Organization Fall Meeting (11/4-11/8)▶ NOAA Office for Coastal Management Regional Ocean
Data Sharing Workshop (11/21-11/22)▶ Maine Department of Marine Resources (12/10)▶ Gulf of Maine Task Force (12/12)
WEBINARS
OTHER: ADMIN, AQUACULTURE, HABITAT, PHYSICAL OCENAOGRAPHY, BATHYMETRY
CASE STUDIES
NORTHEAST OCEAN DATA
▶ Optimized overall site performance▶ Developed more robust web service monitoring▶ Improved server redundancy and resilience
2019 IN REVIEW
MARINE LIFE
MARINE TRANSPORTATION
ENERGY & INFRASTRUCTURE
COMMERCIAL FISHING
NEW TOOLS
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