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Creator:: Lagerquist, Barbara A. and Mate, Bruce R.
Abstract:: The Oregon coast has been identified as an area with great potential for production of electricity from wave and wind energy, and development of marine renewable energy facilities are being discussed for several locations along the Oregon coast. The potential impact of this development on eastern gray whales is largely...
Resource Type:: Presentation
Full Text:: : Potential risk and mitigation. Barbara Lagerquist and Bruce Mate Oregon State University Marine Mammal

Creator:: Haynie, Alan and Layton, David
Abstract:: Economists and biologists have recognized that spatial and temporal area-closures may provide an effective means of managing the impact that fisheries have on one another and upon threatened species. To date, however, little work has been done to estimate the economic impact of protected areas on commercial fishing. One significant...
Resource Type:: Research Paper
Full Text:: , Department of Economics and National Marine Fisheries Service, AFSC, Alan.Haynie@noaa.gov David Layton

Creator:: Adams, Josh, Felis, Jonathan J., Mason, John W., Davis, Jeff N., Gustafson, K. Ben, Pereksta, David M., and Takekawa, John Y.
Abstract:: Interest has increased in developing renewable energy sources to reduce U. S. dependence on oil. Policy makers and resource managers now are considering power generation technologies proposed for development along the Continental Shelf of the U. S. Pacific coast beyond state waters. This region supports abundant populations of seabirds and...
Resource Type:: Presentation
Full Text:: , fine-scale surveys) §  50 marine bird species, 15 marine mammal species (does not include

Creator:: Pereksta, David M.
Abstract:: The offshore waters and the coastline of Oregon provide year-round habitat for a number of birds, marine mammals, sea turtles, and possibly bats, at least fifteen of which are federally listed as threatened or endangered. Previous workshops on offshore renewable energy have provided baseline information on the distribution and abundance...
Resource Type:: Presentation

Creator:: Henkel, Sarah K., Haxel, Joseph H., Schultz, Adam, and Hofford, Anna
Abstract:: The first wave energy test at the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center’s (NNMREC) North Energy Test Site (NETS) off the coast of Newport, OR took place in 2012 with the deployment of the WET-NZ wave energy conversion (WEC) device and the Ocean Sentinel instrumentation buoy. The WET-NZ and Ocean...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: summary reports of the acoustics, electromagnetic fields (EMF) and marine mammal monitoring activities

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