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BOEM Sets Gulf of Maine Offshore Wind Auction for October 29, 2024

Sep 17, 2024

BOEM Grants Maine Floating Offshore Wind Energy Research Lease

Sep 16, 2024

Upcoming Public Comment Deadlines: BOEM Gulf of Maine PSN and EPA mCDR Research Permits

Jun 26, 2024

Draft Environmental Analysis of Gulf of Maine Offshore Wind Area Available for Public Comment

Jun 25, 2024

Public Comment on Tentative Permits to Conduct a Two-Phased Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement Research Study Offshore Massachusetts

Jun 20, 2024

Commercial Fishing Footprints, Transit Density Data Now Online

Jun 13, 2024

New 2023 Vessel Traffic Data, Maps, and Tools

Jun 6, 2024

Passive Acoustic Data Confirms North Atlantic Right Whale Distributions

May 8, 2024

Seafloor Mapping Plans for the Gulf of Maine

May 2, 2024

New High-Resolution Maps of Northeast U.S. Salt Marsh Carbon and Soil Properties

Apr 30, 2024

Updated Marine Bird Distribution Models for U.S. Atlantic Waters Added to the Marine Life Library

Apr 25, 2024

BOEM Public Comment Periods and Permitting Updates for Offshore Wind Projects

Apr 19, 2024

Coast Guard Public Meeting: Proposed establishment of shipping safety fairways along the Atlantic coast

Mar 26, 2024

BOEM Announces Final Wind Energy Area in the Gulf of Maine

Mar 18, 2024

Coast Guard Seeks Public Input on Proposed Shipping Safety Fairways

Mar 4, 2024

Southern New England Habitat Area of Particular Concern

Mar 4, 2024

New Data Products Show that Marine Mammal Stocks in North Atlantic Are Highly Vulnerable to Climate Change

Jan 24, 2024

Portal Redesign Webinar – Recording Now Available

Jan 3, 2024

Gulf of Maine Seascapes: Regional Seafloor Geomorphology Maps

Dec 13, 2023

Important Update to Leatherback Sea Turtle Maps

Dec 12, 2023

NOAA NCCOS Ecosystem-wide Spatial Suitability Model Outputs for the Gulf of Maine

Nov 7, 2023

Draft Wind Energy Area in the Gulf of Maine

Oct 20, 2023

Proposed Southern New England Habitat Area of Particular Concern

Oct 11, 2023

Draft Management Plan for the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument – Public Comment Opportunity

Sep 26, 2023

Marine Life Library Expands to Include New Sea Turtle Density Models in U.S. Atlantic Waters

Sep 15, 2023

Explore the Nation’s Best Available Bathymetric Data with the New BlueTopo Layer

Aug 24, 2023

BOEM Finalizes Wind Energy Areas in the Central Atlantic

Aug 4, 2023

Public Comment Opportunities for Gulf of Maine Offshore Wind Planning

Jul 21, 2023

New Maps Depict Coastal Vegetation Blue Carbon Reservoirs from Maine to Long Island

Jul 13, 2023

New 2022 Vessel Traffic Data, Maps, and Tools

May 18, 2023

Hundreds of New Monthly Marine Mammal Data Products Reflect Recent Observations and Updated Modeling Methods

May 12, 2023

Proposed Temporary Safety Zones in the South Fork Wind Farm Project Area

May 12, 2023

Public Comment Opportunities Related to Offshore Wind and Waterways Management

May 1, 2023

BOEM Publishes Final Call Area in Gulf of Maine for Commercial Wind Energy Development with 45-day Public Comment Period

Apr 26, 2023

USCG Port Access Route Studies Updates

Apr 18, 2023

View Proposed Sites of Offshore Wind Turbines, Power Cables and Substations

Apr 13, 2023

New Map of Ocean Observing Buoys and Monitoring Stations Features Live Feed of Recent Ocean Conditions

Apr 11, 2023

Portal Provides In-Person Support for BOEM Offshore Wind Planning Meetings

Feb 14, 2023

Request for Public Comments on Draft Report for the Approaches to Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts Port Access Route Study (MNMPARS)

Jan 25, 2023

New Maps of Commercial Fishing Vessel Activity Between 2015-2019

Nov 21, 2022

New Maine Lobster Landings Data Products Reflect the Last Decade of Value, Harvester, and Trip Data

Nov 17, 2022

Updates to Coastal Wastewater Facilities, Outfall Pipes, Outfalls

Oct 26, 2022

Printer-Friendly Portal Maps with Long Legends

Oct 25, 2022

Bathymetry Data and Resources Updated and Streamlined

Sep 15, 2022

Improved “Share This” Tool: Share Points, Lines, and Shapes with Other Users via Interactive Maps

Sep 13, 2022

Map of 2022 Proposed North Atlantic Right Whale Seasonal Speed Zones

Aug 30, 2022

Gulf of Maine Offshore Wind Planning Areas Updates

Aug 23, 2022

BOEM Seeks Input on First Regional Analysis for Multiple Offshore Wind Lease Areas in the New York Bight

Jul 26, 2022

Request for Additional Comments and Public Meeting Dates for the Approaches to Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts Port Access Route Study (MNMPARS)

Jul 18, 2022

Maps Show Marine Mammal Strandings from Maine to Virginia by Season, Species and County

Jul 6, 2022

Map of Whale Watching Activity Now Includes Top Areas in the Mid-Atlantic

Jun 30, 2022

New Fish Biomass Time Slider and Maps Showing Potential Vulnerability of Fish Species to EMF

Jun 1, 2022

New 2021 Vessel Traffic Data, Maps, and Tools

May 18, 2022

New “Add Layer” Button Lets Users Add Other Map Data to View with Portal Data

May 11, 2022

Map of Study Area for Approaches to Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts Port Access Route Study

Apr 19, 2022

Cetacean Data Products Now Reflect New North Atlantic Right Whale Model Outputs

Apr 7, 2022

Ferry Routes and Terminals Added to Marine Transportation Theme

Mar 22, 2022

New Layer Depicting BOEM Central Atlantic Draft Call Area

Feb 14, 2022

Final Recommendations from USCG Port Access Route Study for Northern New York Bight

Feb 14, 2022

View Maps of New Commercial Offshore Wind Leases in the New York Bight to Be Auctioned on February 23

Jan 24, 2022

New Maps Show Reproductive Potential of Atlantic Sea Scallop Across Most of the Species’ Range

Dec 13, 2021

New Avian Movement Data Show Black-capped Petrel Offshore Foraging Activity

Dec 2, 2021

New Interactive Maps of Pot/Trap Fisheries Regulations to Reduce Whale Entanglement

Nov 4, 2021

Megafauna Aerial Survey Transects in Massachusetts-Rhode Island Wind Energy Areas

Oct 7, 2021

Glacial Moraines Offshore of Rhode Island—Important Habitat for Marine Life—Now Viewable on Portal

Oct 6, 2021

New Data to Support Planning of Regional-scale Passive Acoustic Monitoring along the U.S. Atlantic Coast

Sep 30, 2021

VIDEO: Coast Guard Update on East Coast Port Access Route Studies with Demos of Mapping Tools

Sep 20, 2021

Updated Maps of Fish Distribution and Abundance

Sep 15, 2021

Just Click! We’ve Made It Easier to Get Details on Map Features

Aug 17, 2021

Coral Protection Areas on Georges Bank and in the Gulf of Maine

Aug 5, 2021

View Narrowed Area of Interest and Preferred Site for Maine Floating Offshore Wind Research Array

Jul 27, 2021

BOEM Announces Environmental Review of Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Commercial Project

Jul 14, 2021

BOEM Announces Environmental Review of Vineyard Wind South Project

Jul 14, 2021

Coast Guard Seeks Public Comment on Draft Report: Port Access Route Study for Approaches to the Chesapeake Bay

Jul 6, 2021

Maps and Data for Proposed Leasing of Offshore Wind Development Areas in New York Bight

Jun 30, 2021

New Bathymetry Maps and Information Provide Quick Access to High-Resolution Data

Jun 24, 2021

BOEM Announces Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Empire Wind

Jun 22, 2021

Public Comment Period for Blue Water Fisheries Offshore Aquaculture in Gulf of Maine

Jun 18, 2021

UPDATED: BOEM Announces Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Revolution Wind

Jun 8, 2021

New 2020 Vessel Traffic Data, Maps, and Tools Added to Growing Library on Northeast Ocean Data Portal

Jun 4, 2021

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