BOEM to Enhance North Atlantic Right Whale Protections Amid Offshore Wind Development
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is fostering multiple federal and state partnerships that will inform and strengthen protections for endangered North Atlantic right whales.
BOEM will work with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to develop a science and management strategy to protect and promote the recovery of North Atlantic right whales as offshore wind development expands in the Atlantic.
The strategy will identify existing and needed collaborative research, mitigation requirements and regional-scale monitoring to help minimize impacts to this critically endangered...
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