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...
The objective of this workshop was to identify studies that should be conducted to properly
determine potential effects from power generating buoys on marine mammals of the Oregon
coast, with emphasis on cetaceans and focal discussion on gray whales. Special emphasis was put
on the acoustic output from both the...
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Microsoft Word - MarineMammal Acoustic Studies Phase One
The objective of this workshop was to identify studies that should be conducted to properly
determine potential effects from power generating buoys on marine mammals of the Oregon
coast, with emphasis on cetaceans and focal discussion on gray whales. Special emphasis was put
on the acoustic output from both the...
Full Text:
Oregon State University MarineMammal
Institute and the Oregon Wave Energy Trust
Report Prepared By
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...
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...
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...
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 summary focuses on prey species, population and fishery information. General texts were not included. Population and fisheries interaction studies are not an exhaustive sampling but are only include as a supplement to prey species information. An attempt is made to put emphasis on more recent studies. This work was...
This summary focuses on prey species, population and fishery information. General texts were not included. Population and fisheries interaction studies are not an exhaustive sampling but are only include as a supplement to prey species information. An attempt is made to put emphasis on more recent studies. This work was...
This summary focuses on prey species, population and fishery information. General texts were not included. Population and fisheries interaction studies are not an exhaustive sampling but are only include as a supplement to prey species information. An attempt is made to put emphasis on more recent studies. This work was...