Experts will explore the future of offshore wind on the Atlantic coast and its potential as a climate solution, analyze fisheries trade-offs taking into account international lessons learned, and discuss the need for regional monitoring to better understand and mitigate impacts.<\/p>\n

Panelists include:<\/p>\n

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• Catherine Bowes, Program Director, Offshore Wind Energy, National Wildlife Federation<\/li>\n
• Brian Hooker, Marine Biologist, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Office of Renewable Energy Programs<\/li>\n
• Anne Hawkins, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP (commercial fisheries perspective)<\/li>\n
• Kevin D.E. Stokesbury, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, School for Marine Science and Technology<\/li>\n
• Hywel Roberts, Lead Environment Specialist, Environmental Management UK Wind Power, Orsted<\/li>\n
• Andrew Lipsky, Planning Officer, NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  Moderator: Drue Winters, Policy Director, American Fisheries Society<\/p>\n

  FOR PRESS PASSES CONTACT:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Martha Wilson, cell 202.445.9514,\u00a0Email: mwilson@fisheries.org<\/a><\/p>\n

  Beth Beard, cell 240.687.3761, Email: bbeard@fisheries.org<\/a><\/p>\n

  SOCIAL MEDIA: We plan to record the panel discussion and post it on www.fisheries.org<\/a> with highlights on social media:\u00a0 Twitter: @AmFisheriesSoc,\u00a0Facebook: @AmericanFisheriesSociety,\u00a0 Instagram: @americanfisheries<\/p>\n

  Founded in 1870, the American Fisheries Society (AFS) is the world\u2019s oldest and largest organization dedicated to strengthening the fisheries profession, advancing fisheries science, and conserving fisheries resources.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  WHO:\u00a0 American Fisheries Society (AFS) and the Mid Atlantic AFS Chapter WHEN: Tuesday, August 21, 2017,\u00a04:20 p.m. \u2013 5:20 p.m. WHERE: Atlantic City Convention Center, Atlantic City, New Jersey,\u00a03rd floor, Room 301 WHAT:\u00a0\u00a0Science Panel: \u201cOffshore Wind Energy Impacts on Fisheries: Investigating Uncharted Waters in Research and Monitoring\u201d Experts will explore the future of offshore wind […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/afsannualmeeting2018.fisheries.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2097"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/afsannualmeeting2018.fisheries.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/afsannualmeeting2018.fisheries.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afsannualmeeting2018.fisheries.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afsannualmeeting2018.fisheries.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/afsannualmeeting2018.fisheries.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2097\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/afsannualmeeting2018.fisheries.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afsannualmeeting2018.fisheries.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afsannualmeeting2018.fisheries.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}