Rhode Island Sea Grant

The Ecology of Marine Wind Farms: Perspectives on Impact Mitigation, Siting, and Future Uses

8th Annual Ronald C. Baird Sea Grant Science Symposium
November 2 to 4, 2009
Newport, Rhode Island, USA

Abstracts, Presentations, Notes, and Speaker Bios

Mitchell T. Baer, Director
Office of Policy and International Affairs
U.S. Department of Energy
Talk: "Hurdles to a renewable energy future"
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Sebastian Belle, Executive Director
Maine Aquaculture Association
Talk: "Co-location of renewable energy and aquaculture: What is it going to take from the perspective of the private sector?"
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Chris Bridger, General Manager
Aquaculture Engineering Group Inc.
St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada
Talk: "Technology and operational integration considerations for open-ocean wind-fish farms" Download abstract | Presentation| Notes

Bela H. Buck 
Head of the Marine Aquaculture, Maritime Technologies & ICZM Work Group, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Institute for Marine Resources & the University of Applied Sciences, Bremerhaven, Germany
Talk: "Meeting the quest for spatial efficiency: Progress and prospects of extensive aquaculture within offshore wind farms in Europe"
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Edward Chesney, Associate Professor
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium
Talk: "Perspectives on the placement of man-made structures in the coastal zone: Their roles as fishing sites and fish habitat"
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Thierry Chopin, Professor
University of New Brunswick
Saint John, Canada
Talk: "Let's not move just the fish to the open ocean . . . an integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) approach should not be an afterthought for 2050" Download abstract | Speaker bio | Notes

Daniel Cohen, President
Fishermen's Energy, New Jersey
Talk: "Harvesting the wind and harvesting the sea, side by side"
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Barry A. Costa-Pierce, Director
Rhode Island Sea Grant College Program
Professor, University of Rhode Island
Introduction
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Stephen F. Cross, Associate Professor and Director
Coastal Aquaculture Research & Training Network 
University of Victoria, Canada 
Talk: "Sustainable ecological aquaculture: Integrating alternative energy to coastal food production systems"
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Mark Drawbridge, Senior Research Biologist
Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute
San Diego, California
Talk: "Offshore structures and aquaculture: A California perspective"
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Grover Fugate, Executive Director
Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council
Talk: "Marine Spatial Planning: The Rhode Island Experience"
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Andrew Gill, Senior Lecturer
School of Applied Sciences, Cranfield University, U.K.
Talk: "On understanding the ecological implications of offshore renewable energy developments: A view from Europe"
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Morgan Gopnik, Environmental Consultant
Duke University
Talk: "Integrating offshore renewable energy into a marine spatial planning framework"
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Willett M. Kempton, Director
Center for Carbon-free Power Integration, and Professor, College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment University of Delaware
Talk: "Tapping the Northeast's Large-scale Carbon-free Power Resource: How will the system work?
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Hauke Kite-Powell, Research Specialist
Marine Policy Center, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 
Talk: "Economic implications of co-located offshore energy and aquaculture operations"
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Gesche Krause, Social-ecological System Analyst
Center for Tropical Marine Ecology, Bremen, Germany
Talk: "Global links and local roots: Current legal and policy developments in Europe on combining wind farms and aquaculture operations in the offshore realm"
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Jim Lanard, Managing Director
Deepwater Wind, LLC
Hoboken, New Jersey
Talk: "The relationship between marine spatial planning, the offshore wind industry, and climate change"
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Richard Langan, Director of Ocean and Coastal Technology Programs
University of New Hampshire
Talk: "Co-location of offshore energy and seafood production: Potential synergies, compatibilities, and conflicts"
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Stephen Olsen, Director
Coastal Resources Center
University of Rhode Island
Comments on the Rhode Island approach to marine zoning and introduction to the luncheon speaker
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Steve Page, President
Ocean Farm Technologies, Inc.
Searsmont, Maine  
Talk: "Reducing risks associated with open-ocean aquaculture"
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Judy Pederson, Outreach Leader
MIT Sea Grant College Program
Discussion of Regional Needs on Knowledge Transfer, Mitigating Impacts, and Future Uses of Windpower Areas
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Charles Peterson, Alumni Distinguished Professor
Institute for Marine Sciences
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Talk: "Spatially explicit ecosystem-based management of wind farm development to minimize use conflicts and maximize energy production and ecological synergies: A North Carolina example for Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds and the coastal ocean" Download abstract | Presentation | Speaker bio

John B. Richards, Marine Extension Advisor Emeritus
Sea Grant Extension Program
University of California, Davis
Talk: "Shellfish harvesting as a biofouling control strategy on offshore oil and gas platforms: Development of a profitable, symbiotic marine business in southern California"
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Donna Schroeder, Marine Biologist
Minerals Management Service
Talk: "What can oil platform studies tell us about the potential ecological consequences of offshore renewable energy?"
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Dan Sheehy, President
Aquabio, Inc.
Arlington, Massachusetts
Talk: "Constructed reefs for mitigation and fishery enhancement in marine wind farm development" Download abstract | Notes | Speaker bio

Mark J. Spalding, President
The Ocean Foundation
Talk: "Marine spatial planning: Putting offshore alternative energy in its place"
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Sandra Whitehouse, Senior Advisor
Ocean Conservancy
Talk: "The use of marine spatial planning in the appropriate siting of marine wind farms"
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Charles Yarish, Professor
University of Connecticut Stamford
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