Electromagnetic fields (EMF) originate from both natural and anthropogenic sources. In the sea, natural sources include the Earth’s magnetic field, sea and tidal currents traveling through that field, and various processes within organisms. Electricity moving along cables and various other devices (as a part of renewable offshore energy development) produces...
While the coastal waters of western North America hold great promise for wind and wave energy development, many concerns have been raised about the potential environmental impacts of the installation of these devices and their complex mooring systems. Here I focus on characterizing benthic habitats and biological communities in offshore...
The state of Oregon is developing a comprehensive plan to guide the potential siting of renewable
ocean energy projects in Oregon’s Territorial Sea. To this end, the state is revising its Territorial Sea
Plan (TSP), and has begun collecting information on the spatial extent of human uses that provide
economic...
The state of Oregon is developing a comprehensive plan to guide the potential siting of renewable
ocean energy projects in Oregon’s Territorial Sea. To this end, the state is revising its Territorial Sea
Plan (TSP), and has begun collecting information on the spatial extent of human uses that provide
economic...
The state of Oregon is developing a comprehensive plan to guide the potential siting of renewable
ocean energy projects in Oregon’s Territorial Sea. To this end, the state is revising its Territorial Sea
Plan (TSP), and has begun collecting information on the spatial extent of human uses that provide
economic...
The state of Oregon is developing a comprehensive plan to guide the potential siting of renewable
ocean energy projects in Oregon’s Territorial Sea. To this end, the state is revising its Territorial Sea
Plan (TSP), and has begun collecting information on the spatial extent of human uses that provide
economic...
The state of Oregon is developing a comprehensive plan to guide the potential siting of renewable
ocean energy projects in Oregon’s Territorial Sea. To this end, the state is revising its Territorial Sea
Plan (TSP), and has begun collecting information on the spatial extent of human uses that provide
economic...
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ocean energy projects in Oregon’s Territorial Sea. To this end, the state is revising its
Information on winter marine bird and mammal distributions in Oregon coastal waters has been identified as a data need for marine spatial planning of ocean energy development. As part of the annual marine mammal surveys of the critical habitat for Endangered Species Act (ESA)-listed Southern Resident Killer Whales (Orcinus orca),...
Despite the high economic and social value of Dungeness crab, no stock assessment work has been conducted on coastal Dungeness crab populations in Oregon. The fishery is currently managed based on a sex, size, and season strategy (e.g. males of a minimum size fished during specified months). It is estimated...
Pacific Energy Ventures has partnered with utility industry and variable energy resource characterization experts, Ken Dragoon (Ecofys), Jeff King and Gordon Reikard to provide the Oregon Wave Energy Trust (OWET) a comprehensive analysis aimed at further validating wave energy as an economical and viable part of the Northwest’s energy portfolio....