Join us on June 16 at 2 p.m. for the latest installment of our “How Tuesday” webinar series dedicated to U.S. Coast Guard data recently published on the Portal. Two new maps show a Port Access Route Study (PARS) area extending offshore from Long Branch, New Jersey, to the Ocean City, Maryland, area, and a proposed anchorage area near the approach to the Cape Fear River in North Carolina. In this webinar, Jerry Barnes and Matt Creelman of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Fifth District will provide additional information on the study and anchorage area, demonstrate the new maps, and discuss how the Portal can be used to analyze the sites and inform public comments submitted via the Federal Register.
The webinar is free and open to the public. For planning purposes, please register in advance to Karl Vilacoba at kvilacob@monmouth.edu.
To provide another opportunity to those who were not able to join the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Forum webinar on May 19th, MACO will convene a second abbreviated Mid-Atlantic Ocean Forum webinar on Tuesday June 23 from 10 – 11:30 am.
This webinar is structured like the first webinar to provide engaging opportunities for you to provide your input on MACO activities, and “brainstorm” issues for further collaboration. The information from this webinar will be combined with the information from the May 19 webinar to help inform our regional collaboration efforts.
This is the draft agenda for the webinar.
To prepare to participate, please review the May 19 Webinar Recording and Background Materials, and the Work Group Priorities. Please register so that we can be in touch if there are additional materials to be distributed before or after this webinar.
Please mark your calendars and plan to join us on June 23rd!
Questions: contact Judy Tucker (info@legacy.midatlanticocean.org).
This Forum is supported by funding from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.
Introduction by Kisha Santiago-Martinez, Chair, MARCO Management Board, and Deputy Secretary of State for Development, Planning, and Community Infrastructure at N.Y. State Department of State.
Tim Shank, Associate Scientist and Deep-sea Biologist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, will share images, videos, and insights from seafloor canyons off the U. S. East Coast that contain dramatic topography, diverse ecosystems, and abundant life, much of which is hidden from view beneath the ocean surface.
Research partly funded by MARCO and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
REGISTER: http://Go.whoi.edu/marco
For guests who can’t access Zoom, email: jtucker@legacy.midatlanticocean.org
Join us for a three part series exploring life in the deep sea. Pre-eminent scientists from around the Mid-Atlantic region will guide us on a tour of unique and exciting species living in extreme conditions far below the surface. We will explore the animals that live there and how they use both natural and man-made habitats to aid in their survival. From crustaceans and corals to sharks and whales, this is one webinar series you won’t want to miss!
Featured Speakers:
Canyon Landscapes and Species Interactions
- Dr. Peter Auster, Research Professor Emeritus of Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut and Senior Research Scientist, Mystic Aquarium
Canyons, Chondrichthyans and Conservation
- Merry Camhi, Director, New York Seascape, Wildlife Conservation Society, New York Aquarium
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Are you a newcomer interested in a Portal 101 session or a returning user who could use a refresher course? Then this webinar is for you!
Join us Tuesday, Sept. 15, from 11 a.m. to noon for a #HowTu lesson on our data, tools and features. Come with your list of questions and learn how to map the Mid-Atlantic in this interactive session.
This webinar is free and open to the public. To register, please email Karl Vilacoba at kvilacob@monmouth.edu.
You can find this event on the Portal event calendar.
Join us for a three part series exploring life in the deep sea. Pre-eminent scientists from around the Mid-Atlantic region will guide us on a tour of unique and exciting species living in extreme conditions far below the surface. We will explore the animals that live there and how they use both natural and man-made habitats to aid in their survival. From crustaceans and corals to sharks and whales, this is one webinar series you won’t want to miss!
Featured Speaker: Steve Ross, Research Professor, Center for Marine Science, University of North Carolina – Wilmington
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Join us for the third in a three part series exploring life in the deep-sea. A collection of scientists from the Mid-Atlantic will cover unique and exciting species living in both natural and man made habitats such as submarine canyons, methane seeps and shipwrecks. We will explore the animals that live there and how they use their habitats. From crustaceans and corals to sharks and whales this is one webinar series you won’t want to miss.
Learn about the physical dimensions of marine cable installation, the environmental and marine use implications, best practices, and stakeholder considerations. Joel Whitman, Executive Vice President, Global Marine Group will provide an overview of the cable installation process. David Slee of Burns & McDonnell will highlight lessons learned from the EU experience. Speakers and panelists from the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic will then discuss issues and potential impacts to protected species, habitat, and fisheries in the region.
Johannes Pfeifenberger of The Brattle Group will share results from a recent analysis of the anticipated scale of offshore wind development needed to meet state public policy goals and the benefits of taking a systems approach to offshore wind transmission planning. Ben D’Antonio, Senior Counsel & Analyst, New England States Committee on Electricity (NESCOE) will highlight New England’s vision for a clean, affordable and reliable 21st century regional electric grid. Speakers and panelists from the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic will then discuss issues and potential impacts related to protected species, habitat, and fisheries in the region.
Learn about regulatory, operational and management characteristics of electricity transmission from offshore wind projects, and the challenges of shifting to a new planning paradigm offshore. Rob Gramlich of Grid Strategies, LLC will provide an overview of how the grid works. Mark Kalpin of Holland & Knight will address regulatory considerations for offshore wind transmission planning.
Other experts have been invited to speak about New Jersey’s recent announcement to align state offshore transmission policy with the grid operator’s planning process. Presentations will be followed by discussion and Q&A.