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Mariners & Fisheries

We’re proud to support the fishing industry

Mariners and fisheries

We’re proud to support the fishing industry. Beacon Wind contracts with scout boats like the Rayda Cheramie to help with locating fishing gear during survey activities. Beacon wind is able to draw upon these fishermen’s expertise to support safe survey activities, which help to inform the responsible development of offshore wind.

We are committed to coexistence with commercial and recreational stakeholders and aim to proactively avoid or minimize impacts on fishing throughout all phases of the project life-cycle. Consultations with fishermen from Massachusetts to New Jersey are ongoing to receive their valuable feedback.

Fisheries Contacts

Elizabeth Ann Marchetti hails from Long Island, New York and has been actively and passionately working with the commercial and recreational fishing communities for over twenty years, both as a field scientist and fisherman. Immediately after graduating from the University of Rhode Island with a Bachelor of Science in Marine Biology, she began working for the Ocean Technology Foundation as a field scientist for the Lobster Restoration project in response to the North Cape Oil spill in 1996. Ms. Marchetti then landed a position as a Point Judith NOAA Port Agent. Elizabeth assisted and supported the fishing industry with their inquiries as well as collected biological samples such as otoliths and vertebrae daily for the Northeast Fisheries Science Center. From there she began working as a field scientist within NOAA’s Cooperative Research Branch, working with fishermen for technical support with electronic vessel trip reporting as well as conducting at sea biosampling upon commercial fishing vessels.

In 2015, Ms. Marchetti was selected to become the Block Island Wind Farm Fisheries Liaison, working with the fishing industry, Deep Water Wind, National Grid and the R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council on the country’s first successful offshore wind farm. She has also served as an Offshore Fisheries Liaison Officer upon the R/V Ocean Researcher for the 2018 Empire Wind Geotechnical Survey.

Elizabeth is currently a member of the New England Fishery Management Council Habitat Committee Advisory Panel.

EJ Marohn is a retired Coast Guard Captain with 27 years of service on the Atlantic Coast, Pacific Coast, and the Great Lakes. Over the course of eleven at-sea and shore assignments, he gained extensive experience in domestic and international fisheries management, maritime law enforcement, waterways management, search and rescue, and port state control. He has served as the Coast Guard representative on the New England Fishery Management Council and the Stellwagen Banks National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council, the Coast Guard liaison to NOAA Fisheries, and a member of the US delegation to the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization.

EJ is a graduate of the US Coast Guard Academy and has a Master of Marine Affairs from the University of Washington. EJ is assigned to Equinor’s Boston office, and lives on the South Shore of Massachusetts.

Fisheries General Information

Equinor Wind US – Fisheries Communication Plan (August 2022)

Equinor Wind US – Fisheries Communication Plan (August 2021)

Equinor scout boat Scope of Work

Equinor Offshore Fisheries Liaison Representative Scope of Work

Equinor Wind Survey Notices

Metocean Buoy Operations May 2023

Beacon Wind Inshore Survey December 2022

MetOcean Buoy Operations October 2022

Beacon Wind Survey: Inshore Survey July 2022

Seabed Salvage Operations July 2022

HMS Project Update June 2022

Acoustic Monitoring of HMS June 2022

MetOcean Buoy Operations May 2022

ROV Inspection May 2022

Beacon Wind Survey: Seabed Floor May 2022 Update

Beacon Wind Survey: Seabed Floor April 2022

Beacon Wind Survey: Beacon MetOcean Buoy Development November 2021 (PDF)

Beacon Wind Survey: Geotech October 2021 (PDF)

Beacon Wind Survey: Geotech Sept 2021 (PDF)

Beacon Wind Survey: Notice July 2021 (PDF)

Beacon Wind Survey: Geotech July 2021 (PDF)

Beacon Wind Survey: Notice May 2021 (PDF)

Beacon Wind Survey: Notice February 2021 (PDF)

2021 Geophysical & Sediment Sampling survey for planned Offshore Windfarm Beacon Wind (PDF)

Beacon Wind Survey: July 2020 (PDF)

AIS vessel activity around and within the project area. Toggle between menu parameters for varying data.

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