View the recording of our Acoustic Telemetry Workshop

On February 15, 2024, the Sea Turtle and Protected Fish Species Subcommittees hosted an Acoustic Telemetry Workshop. These subcommittees identified acoustic telemetry as a key research and management tool in support of environmental monitoring for offshore wind (OSW). The subcommittees also recognize a need for additional coordination around acoustic telemetry deployments, data management, and research for offshore wind and wildlife, and hope to determine ways to facilitate regional collaborative research. The specific goals of this initial session were to hear perspectives from partners about challenges, needs, and opportunities for regional collaboration with respect to acoustic telemetry and offshore wind research, and to identify discrete actions for RWSC, ROSA, ACT, and partners to facilitate collaboration, including: 

• Supporting a shared/internal map of all receiver deployments with essential metadata (PI contact info, deployment timing and duration, co-deployed sensors, etc.) 
• Developing tools and best practices for acoustic telemetry data management (or adapt existing tools specifically for offshore wind research applications) 
• Developing best practices for regional scale acoustic telemetry data products that:  
  • address key offshore wind research questions and meet the needs of decision makers, 
  • include species and areas of most interest to OSW research, and  
  • develop research questions that can be addressed collaboratively. 

You can view the recording of the workshop here.

You can view the meeting summary here.