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July 25, 2011

R.I.’s ocean-zoning plan first approved in U.S.

From: Providence Journal

By Alex Kuffner

Journal Staff Writer

NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco was joined by Governor Chafee in announcing the decision on Friday at the Bay Campus of the University of Rhode Island, whose scientists carried out much of the oceanographic research that the plan is based upon. Anne Livingston, chairwoman of the state Coastal Resources Management Council, which directed the two-year, $8-million effort to create the plan, and Paul Rich, chief development officer of Deepwater Wind, the company that proposes building two wind farms off Rhode Island, were also among the speakers.

Lubchenco heralded the Rhode Island plan as a model that other states can follow as they try to find the best locations for offshore renewable energy while still balancing the interests of commercial and recreational fishermen, boaters, environmentalists and others.

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July 20, 2011

Great Works vs. Fishermen: a Dilemma

Editor’s Note: The following is from CRE Brazil.

The approximately 3,000 fishermen and shellfish farmers who work in the Bay of Sepetiba, on Rio de Janeiro coast, are facing problems with the accelerated development of the region in recent months. At the same time large steel mills are being built and the port is being expanded, the presence of fish is becoming scarcer. Many who live off of fishing are looking to sustain themselves through other activities.

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July 13, 2011

Washington State University Vancouver Receives Minigrants to Promote Research

From: WSU
 
VANCOUVER, Wash. – Washington State University Vancouver faculty members have been awarded mini-grants to stimulate research productivity. A total of $50,000 was awarded to 14 faculty members for projects that started June 1. 
 
The mini-grants act as seed funds that will lead to exceptional scholarly activity. The grants are $5,000 maximum and cover the costs of the research in part or in full.
 
The money for mini-grants is generated from academic administration funds.
Recipients include:
  
Brian Tissot, School of Earth & Environmental Science, “Development of a Comparative Analysis of Marine Spatial Planning Efforts on the U.S. West Coast.”
July 6, 2011

AECOM Moves Into Offshore Wind Industry in New Jersey

From:  SustainableBusiness.com

AECOM, one of the world’s largest architectural and engineering firms, is entering the North American offshore wind industry.

Fishermen’s Energy, LLC, recently awarded the AECOM a contract for project and construction management, engineering, and procurement services for its Fishermen’s Atlantic City Windfarm project.

Located about 2.8 miles off the coast of Atlantic City, N.J., the project is vying with others in Massachusetts and Delaware to be the first North American offshore windfarm in operation.

The project has a planned capacity of 25 megawatts (MW) and will serve as a prototype for larger scale utility projects that are currently in various stages of development.

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