NMFS No: 2010/02704. This document contains a biological opinion (Opinion) that was prepared by National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) in accordance with section 7(b) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq.), and implementing regulations at 50 CFR 402.1 It also contains essential fish...
This document contains a biological opinion (Opinion) that was prepared by National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) in accordance with section 7(b) of the Endangered Species Act of
1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq.), and implementing regulations at 50 CFR 402.1 It
also contains essential fish habitat (EFH) conservation...
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STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NATIONALMARINEFISHERIES
This document contains a biological opinion (Opinion) that was prepared by National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) in accordance with section 7(b) of the Endangered Species Act of
1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq.), and implementing regulations at 50 CFR 402.1 It
also contains essential fish habitat (EFH) conservation...
Full Text:
prepared by NationalMarineFisheriesService (NMFS) in accordance with section 7(b) of the Endangered
Potential impacts from sound transmitted by wave energy conversion (WEC) devices on marine ecosystems are not well understood and remain an important environmental concern for the developing marine hydrokinetic renewable energy industry. On August 22, 2012 the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center (NNMREC) began a test deployment of a...
In 2008, the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Wind and Water Power Program issued a funding opportunity announcement to establish university-‐led National Marine Renewable Energy Centers. Oregon State University and the University of Washington combined their capabilities in wave and tidal energy to establish the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy...
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...
This study was conducted to determine whether a low-powered sound source could be effective at deterring gray whales from areas that may prove harmful to them. With increased interest in the development of marine renewal energy along the Oregon coast the concern that such development may pose a collision or...