Maine Fishermen's Forum's Ocean Wind Exploitation meetings 2009 - 2024

Fishermen's Forum Offshore wind seminar  audio links and/or pdf files - (only partial as of yet)

2009 - 2013 AUDIO MP3s 

2009 Fishermen's Forum Ocean windpower meeting    ** 2009  Ocean Energy Forum 

2010 Fishermens Forum Ocean windpower meeting 

2011 Fishermens Forum Ocean windpower meeting

2012 Fishermens Forum Ocean windpower meeting

2013

ff2013_022813_boem1.MP37 18M

ff2013_022813_boem2.MP3  22M

ff2013_022813_boem3.MP3 19M

ff2013_022813_boem4.MP3  54M

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2014 Fishforum ?

2015_Fishforum ?

2016 Fishforum ?

2017_Fishforum  ? 2017 Maine Fishermen's Forum

2018?  2019? 2020? 2021? 2022?

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2023  Wind Seminar Presentations  (PDF files, archived)

Fisheries and Offshore Wind Synthesis of the Science

Integrated Ecosystem Assessments Fisheries and Offshore Wind Development

Gulf of Maine Integrated Ecosystem Assessment Conceptual Model

Influence and Participate in Offshore Wind Research and Monitoring

The Importance of Fishery Engagement in Informing Offshore Wind Development

Wind Seminar Informational Links

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation

Maine Offshore Wind Research Consortium

Maine State Offshore Wind Roadmap

NOAA Integrated Resource Assessment

NOAA Socioeconomic Impacts of Atlantic Offshore Wind Development

NOAA State of the Northeast Ecosystem reports

NOAA Wind Farms and the Bottom Trawl Survey

Northeast Regional Ocean Council Ocean Use Maps

Responsible Offshore Development Alliance

Responsible Offshore Science Alliance

TETHYS Environmental Effects of Wind and Marine Renewable Energy

Maine Fishermen’s Forum 2020 Wind Seminar Page

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2024 Maine Fishermens Forum 

Seminars on Wind  Energy    (PDF files)
The following PDF presentations were shared in Forum Seminars on February 29, March 1, & 2, 2024

Maine Offshore Wind Research Consortium

DMR’s Seafloor Mapping in the Gulf of Maine

Informing Responsible Offshore Wind Development in the Gulf of Maine

Exploring Approaches to Fisheries Coexistence with Offshore Wind

Gulf of Maine Leasing Update

Offshore Wind Transmission Framework

Overseeing offshore wind

Introduction to Floating Offshore Wind Technology

Understanding Mooring and Anchoring

Marine Microbes, Marine Biofilms and Marine plastics and microplastics. Reviews

 Microbes and their communities underpin the functional marine biosphere and are indeed integral to all life on Earth. Yet for the most part, they are the hidden majority of living organisms.

MicroEcology

Planktonic Microbes in the Gulf of Maine Area June 2011

Quorum sensing bacteria in microplastics epiphytic biofilms and their biological characteristics which potentially impact marine ecosystem October 1, 2023

The saltatory search behavior of larval cod (Gadus morhua) 

Deep Sea Research Part II November 2006

Managing the Microbial Community of Marine Fish Larvae: A Holistic Perspective for Larviculture August 2018

Marine Biofilms: A Successful Microbial Strategy With Economic Implications. 2018

Toxicity of pesticides to aquatic microorganisms: a review 2001

* NOAA's two page fact sheet on natural marine microbes. Consider the wild diatoms, viruses, diatoms, protozoa and marine bacteria that fish larvae and lobster larvae live among and upon. 2015.

Marine Microplastics

* What influences the distribution of microplastics in the marine environment?  Science of The Total Environment Volume 964, 10 February 2025,

* Relationship between floating marine debris accumulation and coastal fronts in the Northeast coast of the USA   Marine Pollution Bulletin January 2024

Survey on the presence of floating microplastics, trace metals and metalloids in seawater from Southern Italy to the United States of America  Dec 18, 2024

Quorum sensing bacteria in microplastics epiphytic biofilms and their biological characteristics which potentially impact marine ecosystem 2023

Synthetic microplastic abundance and composition along a longitudinal gradient traversing  the subtropical gyre in the North Atlantic Ocean  Marine Pollution Bulletin December 2022

 NIH The Occurrence of Microplastics and the Formation of Biofilms by  Pathogenic and  Opportunistic Bacteria as Threats in Aquaculture. July 2022

Seasonal characteristics of microplastics ingested by copepods in Jiaozhou Bay, the Yellow Sea 2021

Effects of microplastics on marine copepods July 2021

Low microalgae availability increases the ingestion rates and potential effects of microplastics on marine copepod Pseudodiaptomus annandalei. 2020

Other Threats to Marine Biofilms

1. Modeling the impact of floating offshore wind turbines on marine food webs in the Gulf of Lion, France Front. Mar. Sci., 14 May 2024

2. Mechanisms and Impact of Biofilms and Targeting of Biofilms Using Bioactive Compounds—A Review NIH August 2021

3. U.S. Offshore Wind Synthesis of Environmental Effects Research (SEER) Factsheet. November 2020

4.  Multixenobiotic resistance as a cellular defense mechanism in aquatic organisms   Aquatic Toxicology, April 2000

5. Antibiotics versus biofilm: an emerging battleground in microbial communities 2019  Antimicrob Resist Infect Control.  May  2019 

Mainew Fisherman's Forum 2024 Windpower presentations

 Maine Foisherman's Forum 2024 

Wind Seminar Presentations

Maine Offshore Wind Research Consortium

DMR’s Seafloor Mapping in the Gulf of Maine

Informing Responsible Offshore Wind Development in the Gulf of Maine

Exploring Approaches to Fisheries Coexistence with Offshore Wind

Gulf of Maine Leasing Update

Offshore Wind Transmission Framework

Overseeing offshore wind

Introduction to Floating Offshore Wind Technology

Understanding Mooring and Anchoring

Federal Fisheries

Destabilizing Atlantis? Offshore wind energy diversion's impacts on currents & water column stratification. 2008-2024

Below are scientific and govt  links (pdf files)  stretching from 2008 to 2024. They illuminate an  evolution of  understanding of the marine environmental impacts of  ocean wind energy diversion ashore as electricity.

It is observed by many of the below papers and articles  that  the speed and integrity of  oceanic water currents and of seasonal water stratification are  weakened and disorganized by these energy-diverting devices. 

2008 Pioneering paper on topic

 On the influence of large wind farms on the upper ocean circulation wiki.Met.No. 2008

2015

  On the Effect of Offshore Wind Farms on the Atmosphere & Ocean Dynamic, Institute of Oceanography, Hamburg Germany 

2016

Wake Influence on Dynamic Load Characteristics of Offshore Floating Wind Turbines. Aerospace_Res Central 2016

Offshore Wind Farms Make Wakes. NASA. 2016

2019

Large eddy simulations of floating offshore wind turbine wakes with coupled platform motion NREL  2019

2020
Spatiotemporal Variations of Ocean Upwelling and Downwelling Induced by Wind Wakes of Offshore Wind Farms_ Journal of Marine Sci & Engineering 2020

2021

New Study Unveils the Unique Seasonality in the Deep Basins of Gulf of Maine NOAA 12/02/2021

2022

Emergence of Large-Scale Hydrodynamic Structures Due to Atmospheric Offshore Wind Farm Wakes.  Frontiers_in_Sci 2022  

Chasing the offshore wind farm wind-wake-induced upwelling/downwelling dipole. Frontiers_in_Sci 2022

Impacts of accelerating deployment of offshore windfarms on near-surface climate. Nature.com 2022

Anthropogenic Mixing in Seasonally Stratified Shelf Seas by Offshore Wind Farm Infrastructure  Frontiers in Sci 2022

Long-Range Wake Losses Offshore Much Greater Than Expected, New Study Shows. Offshore WindBiz. 2022

Unravelling the ecological impacts of of large-scale offshore wind farms in the Mediterranean Sea.  Science Total Environment  June 2022

Potential impacts of floating wind turbine technology for marine species and habitats  Journal Envir Mgmt April 2022

2023

Spatio-temporal Variations of Ocean Upwelling and Downwelling Induced by Wind Wakes of Offshore Wind Farms  Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 2023

Offshore Wind Wake Effects Are Real: We Should Plan for Them. NASA  2023

   

2024

 Potential Impacts of Offshore Wind on the Marine Ecosystem and Associated Species: Background and Issues for Congress. 2024 Congressional Research Service 

Maine DOT's "alternatives analysis" of a Searsport wind port October 2024

                                         Maine offshore wind terminal 

Alternatives Analysis

Draft Pre-Application Alternative Analysis (PDF)

Attachment A - Alternative Analysis Matrix (PDF)

Attachment B - Mack Point Dredge Investigation (PDF)

Attachment C - Mason Station (PDF)

Attachment D -Sprague Alternatives (PDF)

Attachment E - Natural Resources Assessments (PDF)

Attachment F - Mack Point Dredge Material Management Plan (PDF)

Attachment G - Ship Simulation Study (PDF)

Attachment H - Cost Estimates (PDF)

Attachment I - OSWPAG Summary (PDF)

https://www.maine.gov/mdot/projects/searsport/windport/docs/OSWPAG%20Summary.pdf

Cruiseship Visits to Rockland Maine 2024 - By Length of Ship

 59 cruiseship visits to Rockland in 2024.  And where they went.

By # of visits, ship name, length, # guests, harbor mooring or landing

17 American Independence 215′  100 guests, Rockland Pub Landing

10 American Glory 241′ | 109 guests Rockland Public Landing

12 American Eagle 241′ | 109 guests—Rockland Public Landing

11 American Constitution 267′ | 170 guests—Anchorage 1

(List ontinued below map- Note map is American Cruiselines 2024 only

11 American Constitution 267′ | 170 guests—Anchorage 1

1 Nautica 593′ | 777 guests—Anchorage 1

1 Odyssey 642′ | 987 guests—Anchorage 1

1 Volendam 780′ | 1432 guests—Anchorage 1

2 Zuiderdam 936′ | 1,916 guests—Anchorage 1

1 Celebrity Summit 964′ | 2038 gests Anchorage 1

2 Celebrity Eclipse 1,040′ | 3013 guests Anchorage 1

1 Queen Mary 1,131′ | 3090 guests Anchorage 1

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2016  ROUTING 

searsport offshore wind documents

 

Searsport Offshore Windport Project | MaineDOT - Maine.gov

www.maine.gov › mdot › projects › searsport › windport › indextest

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Searsport - Maine.gov

www11.maine.gov › projects › data › workplan › town › Searsport

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Jan 18, 2024 ... Searsport. This report shows the 2024-2026 Work Plan entries for Searsport. The costs listed are the total.

Town of Searsport (PDF) - Maine.gov

www.maine.gov › mdot › grants › pidp › docs › los › Searsport

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May 2, 2024 ... We are writing to express our support of the Maine Department of Transportation's Searsport Offshore Wind. Port Project 2024 Port Infrastructure ...

Searsport Offshore Windport Project - Archive | MaineDOT - Maine.gov

www.maine.gov › mdot › projects › searsport › windport › archive

The Maine Offshore Wind Roadmap is a stakeholder-driven comprehensive plan that offers detailed strategies for Maine to realize economic, energy, and climate ...

Town of Searsport (PDF) - Maine.gov

www.maine.gov › grants › pidp › docs › LOS › Town of Searsport

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Apr 21, 2023 ... I am very honored and happy to write this letting in support of the State of Maine's request for federal funding.

Benefit-Cost Analysis for the Maine Port Authority PIDP 2023

www.maine.gov › mdot › grants › pidp › docs › Searsport Offsho...

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MaineDOT and the Maine Port Authority are also taking steps to begin site selection and preliminary design at the Port of Searsport. The state has spent ...

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