Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind - Recreational Fisheries Informational Session January 2021
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Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind
Recreational Fisheries Informational Session
January 2021
Topics
Overview on State Offshore Space and History, Atlantic Shores Lease
Area and the Role of Fisheries Rep & Fisheries Liaison
Fisheries Communication Plan, Development Construction,
Operations Schedules, Current and Planned Survey Work
Other Questions
JANUARY
2 | Recreational Fisheries Information
2021
Atlantic Shores Lease Area
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Brief Federal and State
Offshore Wind Overview
JANUARY
3 | Recreational Fisheries Information
2021
50/50 EDF Renewables
• Over 30 years’ experience developing renewable
JOINT
energy assets in the US
• Actively developing and/or operating offshore wind
project in France, Belgium, UK & Germany
VENTURE • Operating and developing solar projects in New
Jersey
Shell New Energies
• 40+ years of oil and gas operations in the US
offshore
• 15+ years in wind
• Actively developing and/or operating offshore wind
projects in the Netherlands and US
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4 | Recreational Fisheries Information
2021
Atlantic Shores BOEM Wind Energy Lease Area
BOEM Lease Area
OCS-A 0499
• Up to 3.0 GW of offshore wind projects
• 183,000 acres
• Approximately 10-20 miles off the coast of
New Jersey
• 60-100’ water depth
• Expected to start delivering power in the
mid-2020’s
Lease Area Designed to Support a
Portfolio of Projects
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5 | Recreational Fisheries Information
2021
East Coast Federal Offshore Lease Areas
Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management began auctioning
Offshore Wind Leases in 2013.
Areas were selected after analyzing
wind resource, water depth,
proximity to populations, avian
migration, and visibility concerns
along the Atlantic Coast.
BOEM is now in the planning stages
for areas off California, Hawaii, New
York, and South Carolina.
JANUARY AWEA U.S. Offshore Wind Power Economic Impact Assessment
6 | Recreational Fisheries Information
2021
What is a Commercial
Lease?
A commercial lease gives the lessee the
exclusive right to seek BOEM approval for the
development of a leasehold.
It allows a lessee to conduct survey activities
for site characterization but does not grant the
right to construct any facilities. Once the
Construction and Operations plan and all
permitting is complete, the lessee can begin
construction.
JANUARY
7 | Recreational Fisheries Information
2021
Renewable & Offshore Wind OSW Awarded OSW Under
State Clean Energy Goals Commitment
(MW)
(MW) Solicitation (MW)
Massachusetts 35% by 2030 5,600 MW 1,600 0
• State Clean Energy100%
Targets Drive Regional Development
80% Clean Energy by 2050
Rhode Island by 2030 Unspecified 430 0
Connecticut 48% by 2030 2,300 MW 1,108 0
100% Carbon-free Electricity by 2040
New York 70% by 2030 9,000 MW 1,826 2,500
100% Clean Energy by 2040
New Jersey 50% by 2030
100% Clean Energy by 2050
7,500 MW 1,100 up to 2,400
Maryland 50% by 2030 2,000 MW 368 1,200
100% Clean Energy by 2040
Virginia 30% by 2030 5,212 MW 12 0
100% Renewable Energy by 2050
California 44% by 2024;
52% by 2027; 60% by 2030 * * *
100% clean energy by 2045
TOTAL 28,612 MW 6,444 6,100
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JANUARY
Recreational Fisheries Information BOEM September 2020
2021
New Jersey Solicitation Schedule
Solicitation Capacity Target Issue Date Submittal Award Estimated
(MW) Date Date Commercial
Operation Date
1 1,100 Q3 2018 Q4 2018 Q2 2019 2024
2 1,200 Q3 2020 Q4 2020 Q2 2021 2027
3 1,200 Q3 2022 Q4 2022 Q2 2023 2029
4 1,200 Q2 2024 Q3 2024 Q1 2025 2031
5 1,400 Q2 2026 Q3 2026 Q1 2027 2033
6 1,400 Q1 2028 Q3 2028 Q1 2029 2035
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9 | Recreational Fisheries Information
2021
Building a New US Industry and Workforce
By 2030 the offshore wind
industry is projected to
support 83,000 jobs, draw
$57 billion in investment, and
deliver annual economic
output of $25 billion
Major Job Sectors:
• Manufacturing
• Electrical engineers and electrical
maintenance
• Electrical safety professionals
• Process safety engineers
• Mechanical engineers
• Civil engineers
• Construction
• Maintenance
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10 | Recreational Fisheries Information
2021Fisheries Information
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11 | Recreational Fisheries Information
2021New Jersey Fishing Outreach
Recreational Fisheries Representative Fisheries Liaison Officer
Adam Nowalsky Kevin Wark
Adam is the main Kevin’s main role is to
point of contact within communicate the
the NJ-based issues and concerns
recreational fishing raised by the fishing
industry for community to Atlantic
Atlantic Shores. Shores.
He will share He is also responsible
information to and for implementation
from the recreational of the communications
fishing community plan, communicating
stakeholders that are project plans, and activities
actively fishing in proximity to the Atlantic Shores that might impact the fishing industry during all
Lease area, in a timely and all-inclusive manner. phases of project development and implementation.
He will also advise recreational fishermen of Project
activities and operational safety measures.
JANUARY
12 | Recreational Fisheries Information
2021Fisheries Communication
Plan (FCP)
Visit Our Website to Review
The objective of the FCP is to define outreach
and engagement strategies for fisheries’ • https://www.atlanticshoreswind.com
interests that may be affected during the /mariners/
planning, construction, operation, and
eventual decommissioning within the Lease.
These strategies will be enhanced with inputs
received from the fishing community and
updated as Atlantic Shores progresses with
the development of the Lease Area.
JANUARY
13 | Recreational Fisheries Information
2021Recreational Fisheries Engagement Strategies
• Engage the professional associations representing the “For Hire” fleet of party
and charter boats along with private vessel owners; schedule meetings to share
information and obtain feedback.
• Identify and engage local offshore fishing clubs, attend meetings, deliver
educational presentations and solicit feedback.
• Identify offshore fishing tournaments and dates; engage with tournament
organizers, share operational plans and contact information; identify and monitor
VHF channel used by tournament.
• Participate in recreational fishing trade shows and have a presence during
fishing tournaments
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14 | Recreational Fisheries Information
2021Efforts to Gather Information to Date
Atlantic Shores is the only offshore wind developer with a
dedicated Recreational Fishing Representative.
Our initial outreach included initial chartwork to
understand key fishing grounds in the lease area. Initial
data from NJ state information.
We want to improve our understanding of this map –
microscale understanding as we site our project.
Our buoy collects data that is shared on our website and
available to all mariners on our website. (example below)
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15 | Recreational Fisheries Information
2021Offshore Recreational Tournaments
Please let us know if there are others we may have missed
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16 | Recreational Fisheries Information
2021Schedule and Survey Work
JANUARY
17 | Recreational Fisheries Information
2021Atlantic Shores Development Schedule
Q4 2019 Q1 2021 Q1 2021 2024 2025 2027
SAP Submission SAP COP Start of Onshore Start of Wind Farm in
Approval Submission Construction Offshore Operation
Construction
JANUARY
18 | Recreational Fisheries Information
2021Atlantic Shores Survey and Study Activities to Date
Q4 2019 • Submitted Site Assessment Plan (SAP) and Geophysical Survey Plan to BOEM
Q1 2020 • Kicked off the Construction and Operations Plan (COP)
Q2 2020 • Submitted Preliminary Avian Survey Plan, Visual Assessment Protocol, Benthic Survey Plan, Geotechnical Survey Plan to
BOEM
• Conducted terrestrial fieldwork – wetlands, vernal pools, and habitat characterization
• G&G survey – including collection of benthic grab samples
Q3 2020 • Continued G&G survey – including vibracore samples and cultural coring campaign
• Initiated red knot satellite tag surveys, noise surveys, Phase 1A archeological and historic resource assessments, and visual
assessment
• Discussed fisheries monitoring plan with NJ Dept of Env Protection and NMFS
• Submit Final Avian Survey Plan
• Complete aviation, wetlands, terrestrial habitat, and metocean studies
Q4 2020 • Initiate digital aerial surveys
• Initiate modeling: underwater acoustic modeling and sediment dispersion modeling
• Complete air, finfish/EFH, MM/ST, socioeconomics, commercial/recreational fishing, benthic, EMF, navigational risk, visual
assessment and cultural/historic studies
• Finalize fisheries monitoring and benthic habitat monitoring plans
19 | Sept 2020Seabed and Marine Habitat Survey Work
5 vessels on the water in 2020 surveying the
entire lease site. Studies include geotechnical and
geophysical, along with habitat and soil surveys.
The goals of these studies are to understand the
underlying seabed conditions to support
engineering design and to identify resources of
potential interest (fish habitats, cultural and
historic sites, hazards)
JANUARY
20 | Recreational Fisheries Information
2021Vessel Transit
• Atlantic Shores actively
evaluates navigational risk with
stakeholders
• We have worked to analyze all
vessel traffic and uses within
our lease area.
• A Navigation Safety Risk
Assessment is being conducted
in accordance with Coast Guard
guidance
• Committed to co-exist with
current uses and promote
safety
Recreational Traffic
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21 | Recreational Fisheries Information
2021Sources of Electromagnetic Currents from Offshore Wind
Export Cable:
Higher voltage line
sending electricity to
shore
Inter-Array Cables:
Carry electricity from
each wind turbine to
the offshore substation
and export cable.
Credit: https://espis.boem.gov/final%20reports/BOEM_2019-049.pdf
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22 | Recreational Fisheries Information
2021Electromagnetic Currents (EMF)
• Many EMF studies have been conducted finding
negligible impacts to marine ecosystems.
• Please see report from Department of Interior:
https://espis.boem.gov/final%20reports/BOEM_
2019-049.pdf
• Report above has 92 other bodies of work to
reference on EMF
• Atlantic Shores is studying EMF within our site,
onshore and offshore, including our cables and
substations
• We do this to provide site specific answers, though science has
broadly shown species within our area will not be affected by EMF.
• All cables will be targeted at a 2 m burial depth.
Credit: https://espis.boem.gov/final%20reports/BOEM_2019-049.pdf
JANUARY
23 | Recreational Fisheries Information
2021Types of Fish: Electromagnetic Fields (EMF)
• The sensitivity of fish to EMF is based on the basic functions of their sensory organs.
• Electrosensitive fish contain specialized organs that perceive naturally occurring electric fields and
use them to locate prey or detect the presence of predators. The range over which these species
can detect electric fields is limited to centimeters, not meters, around these species.
Credit: https://espis.boem.gov/final%20reports/BOEM_2019-049.pdf
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24 | Recreational Fisheries Information
2021Ready to Serve New Jersey
In Spring of 2021 Atlantic Shores will launch our 3rd phase of a
multi-year geophysical and geotechnical (G&G) campaign to
investigate seabed conditions in our lease area to support project
engineering.
To date:
• We invested more than $60 million with supply chain
partners in 2020.
• Over 85 US personnel and 3 US flagged vessels were
engaged in the G&G campaign in 2020
• The prime survey contractor – Fugro North America - has
established a multi-year base of operations in Elizabeth, NJ
for their 4 geophysical vessels, including but not limited to
those servicing Atlantic Shores.
• Two additional geophysical vessels serving the Atlantic
Shores lease area docked in Atlantic City, NJ.
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25 | Recreational Fisheries Information
2021Projects Delivering Power to New Jersey
• Expecting to utilize current and planned NJ
ports for construction and portions of
manufacturing.
• We plan to build foundation technology in
the state and will explore expanding the
opportunities for additional project
components.
• Hundreds of construction jobs will be
created to build the first phase of the
project.
• Permanent Operations and Maintenance
staff will be based in the state.
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26 | Recreational Fisheries Information
2021Atlantic Shores ECO Center
Our new Education and Community Outreach (ECO) Center on the Stockton University campus in
Atlantic City will serve not only as a community hub where our team can host informational events
for the public about our project, but will also open the door for research and internship
opportunities with Stockton University faculty and students.
We look forward to hosting future Recreational Fishing meetings here when we are able.
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27 | Recreational Fisheries Information
2021Thank You Adam Nowalsky Recreational Fishing Representative
captadamnj@gmail.com
Questions? Doug Copeland Development Manager
Doug.Copeland@AtlanticShoresWind.com
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