1. COSA Committee Meeting
June 22-23
Amy Stillings
Industry Economist
Office of Renewable Energy Programs

2. Understanding Potential Economic Impacts to Commercial Fishing from Offshore Wind Energy Development
BOEM Information Need:
Methodology & identification of cumulative impacts from construction and operation plans (COP) of multiple projects
Date Information is Required:
FY 2019

3. Background Relationship with Previous Work/Efforts:
Space-Use Conflict Study (2012)
Socio-Economic Impact to Fisheries (2017)
Relationship with Concurrent/Future Efforts:
Exploration of other data and methodologies with NOAA and state agencies

4. Study Objectives
Develop and implement a vetted methodology to understand potential costs and benefits of vessels adjusting fishing locations. This tool should be flexible to allow the modification of input parameters surrounding:
Scenarios related to gear compatibility, biomass changes, mitigation options
Fisheries, port, gear type, vessel size, and individual permit level
Site specific COP level and cumulatively

5. Methods
Assess adequacy of existing spatially-explicit fisheries revenue datasets
Develop an impact model that would consider coast-wide fishing behavior under cumulative scenarios
Conduct workshops with fishing industry to vet methodology and results

6. Relationship to Strategic Science Questions
Cumulative effects assessments addressed
Social science used to inform impacts on the human environment