Hearing on Impact to Fisheries and Wildlife from Offshore Wind Energy Development
North Coast Senator Mike McGuire, Chair of the Joint Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture (JCFA) is hosting an important hearing in Humboldt County to discuss the impacts on California’s fisheries and wildlife from offshore wind energy development.
The hearing will provide the public an opportunity to learn more about California’s developing offshore wind energy industry from agency and industry leading experts. The JCFA will also hear testimony from environmental and fisheries leaders about their perspectives and concerns. The presenters will emphasize the need to incorporate fish and wildlife needs during the development process.
“The burgeoning Pacific offshore wind energy industry is going to be a critical component of our state’s energy supply, and as it picks up steam, we need to make sure we are taking a close look at any potential environmental impacts it could have on our state’s fisheries,” Senator Mike McGuire said. “We are looking forward to a robust discussion on May 3.”
Presentations and discussion will focus on how wind energy and protecting California’s fisheries can be compatible, how to mitigate potential environmental impacts in the sea and on land and why wind energy is important to the State’s energy supply.
The hearing, “California’s Fisheries and Wildlife: Can they co-exist with Offshore Wind Energy Development?” will be held Friday, May 3, 2019 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Humboldt Bay Aquatic Center, Room 203, in Eureka, California.
The agenda features presentations by state and federal agency and wind energy industry representatives as well as environmental advocates and fishing industry representatives.
Testimony will be provided by representatives of the Bureau of Energy Management, the California Energy Commission, the California Natural Resources Agency, the California Coastal Commission, Principle Power, Schatz Energy Research Center and American Wind Energy Association.
The hearing will also include testimony from the Audubon Society, the Surfrider Foundation, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, Humboldt Fishermen’s Marketing Association and the Responsible Offshore Development Alliance.
The public is encouraged to attend. The hearing will include a public comment period and will be livestreamed.
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if the equipment can’t handle 25′ @17 seconds then we should be discussing how the crap they leave behind will affect the fishing and wildlife. this isn’t the Nantucket Sound.
Local Observer hit the nail on the head. If an offshore wind farm was placed out in this ocean, it wouldn’t last a single winter. Go put one in socal, its much calmer down there. Maybe Senator McGuire should go check out whats left of Centerville beach after last winter. Last thing we need is more trash in the ocean and debris on our beaches, which is exactly what an offshore wind farm would be reduced to after one 20’@20sec. The fact that us as humans still think we can tame the ocean, after centuries of failure, perplexes me.
I dont see why they dont just use high to low tide – low to high tide to make energy
CDFW should stick to what they do best. Hauling wood chippers and stay out of the environmental business.
I wonder how an offshore wind farm can avoid whale entanglement? A few years ago, there was a serious study of building an offshore wave energy park. One of the biggest hurdles was the possibility of whale entanglement in the guy lines.