Sentences with phrase «new ocean management»
This month, the Barbuda Council signed into law a sweeping set of new ocean management regulations that zone the coastal waters, strengthen fisheries management, and establish a network of marine sanctuaries.
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Atlantic Sand Assessment Project — To help coastal communities recover from Hurricane Sandy, promote resilient coastal systems, and help build a national offshore sand inventory, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) sponsored offshore surveys to identify new sources of sand in federal waters from Miami, Florida to Massachusetts in 2015 and several site specific surveys in 2016 and 2017.
In support of the Administration's priorities to advance domestic energy production, generate revenue, and increase job opportunities nationwide, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is moving forward with wind energy planning efforts on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) in the New York Bight region, which represents an area of shallow waters between Long Island (to the north and east) and the New Jersey coast (to the south and west).
The Northeast Regional Ocean Council (NROC), a state and federal partnership, is also working to develop an ocean management plan for New EngOcean Council (NROC), a state and federal partnership, is also working to develop an ocean management plan for New Engocean management plan for New England.
«Our proposals will raise protection and management of our seas to a new level, halting the decline in biodiversity to create clean, healthy, safe, productive and biologically diverse oceans and seas.»
New York officials are seeking to expand offshore wind generation in the Atlantic Ocean, and has proposed four new sites for wind energy projects to the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy ManagemeNew York officials are seeking to expand offshore wind generation in the Atlantic Ocean, and has proposed four new sites for wind energy projects to the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Managemenew sites for wind energy projects to the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
Meantime, as a result of groundwork laid by NYSERDA, the state announced it has asked the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to consider identifying and leasing at least four new Wind Energy Areas off the coast.
The new proposed model could allow a better quantification of the impacts that will likely occur under changing climate and could be considered in future ocean resources and land use management.
The public widely believes that the marine environment is under threat from human activities, and supports actions to protect the marine environment in their region, according to a new study to be published in the February issue of the journal Ocean and Coastal Management.
But «this new and unanticipated pathway for the storage and release of radionuclides to the ocean should be taken into account in the management of coastal areas where nuclear power plants are situated.»
The predictable retreat of Arctic sea ice under global warming presents one last opportunity to adopt effective marine management practices before, rather than after, an ocean is opened up to development, says Lisa Speer of NRDC in New York City, who co-authored the workshop report.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today directed the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEM) to issue new suspensions of deepwater drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), saying a pause is needed to ensure that oil and gas companies first implement adequate safety measures to reduce the risks associated with deepwater drilling operations and are prepared for blowouts and oil spills.
Lake County News covers a new report exploring seagrass and kelp as an ocean acidification management tool in California, produced in partnership with the Ocean Protection Couocean acidification management tool in California, produced in partnership with the Ocean Protection CouOcean Protection Council.
The new U.S. Directive highlights the possibility of several areas where initiatives may be warranted, such as international agreements or arrangements on issues such as Arctic tourism, fisheries management, and shipping in an ice - diminished Arctic Ocean.
The discovery comes with the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) nearing completion of its new five - year offshore leasing program, which will blueprint federal lease sales from 2017 - 2022.
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Michael R. Bromwich, the director of the Interior Department's new Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement, said, «There's no chance that we'll lift it sooner because of political pressure of any sort.»
Giving the OK for safe seismic surveying in waters from the southern tip of New Jersey to roughly the midpoint of Florida, off Cape Canaveral, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is clearing the way for data collection that would inform the OCS leasing and development that's critical to America's energy needs.
By opening up the mid-Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and north coast of Alaska to new offshore oil drilling and exploration, the Minerals Management Service not only places our environment at risk, it threatens the livelihoods of millions of Americans who rely on clean, healthy, oil - free oceans and beaches to support fishing, tourism and other industries.»
For example, reductions in seasonal sea ice cover and higher surface temperatures may open up new habitat in polar regions for some important fish species, such as cod, herring, and pollock.128 However, continued presence of cold bottom - water temperatures on the Alaskan continental shelf could limit northward migration into the northern Bering Sea and Chukchi Sea off northwestern Alaska.129, 130 In addition, warming may cause reductions in the abundance of some species, such as pollock, in their current ranges in the Bering Sea131and reduce the health of juvenile sockeye salmon, potentially resulting in decreased overwinter survival.132 If ocean warming continues, it is unlikely that current fishing pressure on pollock can be sustained.133 Higher temperatures are also likely to increase the frequency of early Chinook salmon migrations, making management of the fishery by multiple user groups more challenging.134
The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) recently initiated the area identification process by issuing a Call for Information and Nominations for identifying and leasing additional wind energy areas in the New York Bight.
It is an element of New York's ongoing offshore wind strategy, which also includes the New York State Offshore Wind Blueprint released in September, and the State's participation in the U.S. Department of Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) auction on December 15.
The Interior Department's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is looking to sell more offshore wind development zones facing Massachusetts later this year, and zones facing New York by the end of 2019 — two of the most enticing areas in the whole of the Americas for offshore wind given their proximity to major cities like New York and Boston, and their relatively shallow water depths.
Despite the Koch influence in North Carolina and elsewhere along the Atlantic seaboard (New Jersey is another notorious example), DOI has been forging ahead with a program of lease sales in designated Wind Energy Areas, in waters managed by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
A Bureau of Ocean Energy Management report shows ceasing new Arctic and Gulf of Mexico drilling could decrease global CO2 by over 2 billion tonnes cumulatively.
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo released the following statement after the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued a call for information and nominations to identify additional wind energy areas in the New York Bight off New York's Atlantic Coast, supporting Governor Cuomo's Offshore Wind Master Plan to obtain 2,400 megawatts of offshore wind energy by 2030
Interest in integrated ocean observing systems, ecosystem approaches to management, and assessment of regional environmental change have sparked renewed interest in existing long - term datasets and spurred new partnerships to collect and integrate marine data.
The many mounds and depressions came into clearer relief this spring with the release of a new seafloor bathymetry map compiled from oil and gas industry surveys and assembled by the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
In addition, we have worked with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), as well as with government agencies and local officials in California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, Texas and Virginia.
January 2014 to Present Hotel by the Ocean — New Cityland, CA Hotel General Manager • Supervised all hotel functions, including staff management and guest relations.
The group has developed an expertise in the development and management of office, high - tech and industrial properties in Monmouth and Ocean Counties in New Jersey.