NEWS Northeast Ocean Data Newsletter March 2025 Previous Issues Subscribe to our newsletter Visit the Data Updates page for information about upcoming data updates and a list of past updates. Portal Featured in ESRI’s ArcNews Jun 12, 2025 Updates to Zooplankton Products from NOAA Fisheries EcoMon Surveys May 21, 2025 Coast Guard First District Coastal Buoy Modernization Initiative Proposal Apr 29, 2025 Public Comment Opportunity: New England Shelf Hydrogeology Expedition Apr 9, 2025 Public Webinar: Northeast Ocean Data Portal Redesign Update – Recording Now Available Apr 9, 2025 Reorganized Data for Marine Endangered Species Critical Habitats Mar 27, 2025 New and Updated Seafloor Datasets Mar 27, 2025 New Maps Show Where North Atlantic Right Whales Have Shifted Distribution over the Last 20 Years Feb 27, 2025 Status Update and Public Comment Opportunity for Tentative Permit for the LOC-NESS Project Research Study Jan 22, 2025 New Coastal Resilience & Sand Category and Datasets Jan 10, 2025 Past and Future Habitat Suitability of Highly Migratory Species Jan 8, 2025 BOEM Sets Gulf of Maine Offshore Wind Auction for October 29, 2024 Sep 17, 2024 BOEM Grants Maine Floating Offshore Wind Energy Research Lease Sep 16, 2024 Upcoming Public Comment Deadlines: BOEM Gulf of Maine PSN and EPA mCDR Research Permits Jun 26, 2024 Draft Environmental Analysis of Gulf of Maine Offshore Wind Area Available for Public Comment Jun 25, 2024 Public Comment on Tentative Permits to Conduct a Two-Phased Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement Research Study Offshore Massachusetts Jun 20, 2024 Commercial Fishing Footprints, Transit Density Data Now Online Jun 13, 2024 New 2023 Vessel Traffic Data, Maps, and Tools Jun 6, 2024 Passive Acoustic Data Confirms North Atlantic Right Whale Distributions May 8, 2024 Seafloor Mapping Plans for the Gulf of Maine May 2, 2024 New High-Resolution Maps of Northeast U.S. Salt Marsh Carbon and Soil Properties Apr 30, 2024 Updated Marine Bird Distribution Models for U.S. Atlantic Waters Added to the Marine Life Library Apr 25, 2024 BOEM Public Comment Periods and Permitting Updates for Offshore Wind Projects Apr 19, 2024 Coast Guard Public Meeting: Proposed establishment of shipping safety fairways along the Atlantic coast Mar 26, 2024 BOEM Announces Final Wind Energy Area in the Gulf of Maine Mar 18, 2024 Coast Guard Seeks Public Input on Proposed Shipping Safety Fairways Mar 4, 2024 Southern New England Habitat Area of Particular Concern Mar 4, 2024 New Data Products Show that Marine Mammal Stocks in North Atlantic Are Highly Vulnerable to Climate Change Jan 24, 2024 Portal Redesign Webinar – Recording Now Available Jan 3, 2024 Gulf of Maine Seascapes: Regional Seafloor Geomorphology Maps Dec 13, 2023 Important Update to Leatherback Sea Turtle Maps Dec 12, 2023 NOAA NCCOS Ecosystem-wide Spatial Suitability Model Outputs for the Gulf of Maine Nov 7, 2023 Draft Wind Energy Area in the Gulf of Maine Oct 20, 2023 Proposed Southern New England Habitat Area of Particular Concern Oct 11, 2023 Draft Management Plan for the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument – Public Comment Opportunity Sep 26, 2023 Marine Life Library Expands to Include New Sea Turtle Density Models in U.S. Atlantic Waters Sep 15, 2023 Explore the Nation’s Best Available Bathymetric Data with the New BlueTopo Layer Aug 24, 2023 BOEM Finalizes Wind Energy Areas in the Central Atlantic Aug 4, 2023 Public Comment Opportunities for Gulf of Maine Offshore Wind Planning Jul 21, 2023 New Maps Depict Coastal Vegetation Blue Carbon Reservoirs from Maine to Long Island Jul 13, 2023 New 2022 Vessel Traffic Data, Maps, and Tools May 18, 2023 Hundreds of New Monthly Marine Mammal Data Products Reflect Recent Observations and Updated Modeling Methods May 12, 2023 Proposed Temporary Safety Zones in the South Fork Wind Farm Project Area May 12, 2023 Public Comment Opportunities Related to Offshore Wind and Waterways Management May 1, 2023 BOEM Publishes Final Call Area in Gulf of Maine for Commercial Wind Energy Development with 45-day Public Comment Period Apr 26, 2023 USCG Port Access Route Studies Updates Apr 18, 2023 View Proposed Sites of Offshore Wind Turbines, Power Cables and Substations Apr 13, 2023 New Map of Ocean Observing Buoys and Monitoring Stations Features Live Feed of Recent Ocean Conditions Apr 11, 2023 Portal Provides In-Person Support for BOEM Offshore Wind Planning Meetings Feb 14, 2023 Request for Public Comments on Draft Report for the Approaches to Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts Port Access Route Study (MNMPARS) Jan 25, 2023 New Maps of Commercial Fishing Vessel Activity Between 2015-2019 Nov 21, 2022 New Maine Lobster Landings Data Products Reflect the Last Decade of Value, Harvester, and Trip Data Nov 17, 2022 Updates to Coastal Wastewater Facilities, Outfall Pipes, Outfalls Oct 26, 2022 Printer-Friendly Portal Maps with Long Legends Oct 25, 2022 Bathymetry Data and Resources Updated and Streamlined Sep 15, 2022 Improved “Share This” Tool: Share Points, Lines, and Shapes with Other Users via Interactive Maps Sep 13, 2022 Map of 2022 Proposed North Atlantic Right Whale Seasonal Speed Zones Aug 30, 2022 Gulf of Maine Offshore Wind Planning Areas Updates Aug 23, 2022 BOEM Seeks Input on First Regional Analysis for Multiple Offshore Wind Lease Areas in the New York Bight Jul 26, 2022 Request for Additional Comments and Public Meeting Dates for the Approaches to Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts Port Access Route Study (MNMPARS) Jul 18, 2022 Maps Show Marine Mammal Strandings from Maine to Virginia by Season, Species and County Jul 6, 2022 Map of Whale Watching Activity Now Includes Top Areas in the Mid-Atlantic Jun 30, 2022 New Fish Biomass Time Slider and Maps Showing Potential Vulnerability of Fish Species to EMF Jun 1, 2022 New 2021 Vessel Traffic Data, Maps, and Tools May 18, 2022 New “Add Layer” Button Lets Users Add Other Map Data to View with Portal Data May 11, 2022 Map of Study Area for Approaches to Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts Port Access Route Study Apr 19, 2022 Cetacean Data Products Now Reflect New North Atlantic Right Whale Model Outputs Apr 7, 2022 Ferry Routes and Terminals Added to Marine Transportation Theme Mar 22, 2022 New Layer Depicting BOEM Central Atlantic Draft Call Area Feb 14, 2022 Final Recommendations from USCG Port Access Route Study for Northern New York Bight Feb 14, 2022 View Maps of New Commercial Offshore Wind Leases in the New York Bight to Be Auctioned on February 23 Jan 24, 2022 New Maps Show Reproductive Potential of Atlantic Sea Scallop Across Most of the Species’ Range Dec 13, 2021 New Avian Movement Data Show Black-capped Petrel Offshore Foraging Activity Dec 2, 2021 New Interactive Maps of Pot/Trap Fisheries Regulations to Reduce Whale Entanglement Nov 4, 2021 Megafauna Aerial Survey Transects in Massachusetts-Rhode Island Wind Energy Areas Oct 7, 2021 Glacial Moraines Offshore of Rhode Island—Important Habitat for Marine Life—Now Viewable on Portal Oct 6, 2021 New Data to Support Planning of Regional-scale Passive Acoustic Monitoring along the U.S. Atlantic Coast Sep 30, 2021 VIDEO: Coast Guard Update on East Coast Port Access Route Studies with Demos of Mapping Tools Sep 20, 2021 Updated Maps of Fish Distribution and Abundance Sep 15, 2021 Just Click! 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New Maps Show Where North Atlantic Right Whales Have Shifted Distribution over the Last 20 Years Feb 27, 2025
Status Update and Public Comment Opportunity for Tentative Permit for the LOC-NESS Project Research Study Jan 22, 2025
Draft Environmental Analysis of Gulf of Maine Offshore Wind Area Available for Public Comment Jun 25, 2024
Public Comment on Tentative Permits to Conduct a Two-Phased Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement Research Study Offshore Massachusetts Jun 20, 2024
Updated Marine Bird Distribution Models for U.S. Atlantic Waters Added to the Marine Life Library Apr 25, 2024
Coast Guard Public Meeting: Proposed establishment of shipping safety fairways along the Atlantic coast Mar 26, 2024
New Data Products Show that Marine Mammal Stocks in North Atlantic Are Highly Vulnerable to Climate Change Jan 24, 2024
Draft Management Plan for the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument – Public Comment Opportunity Sep 26, 2023
Marine Life Library Expands to Include New Sea Turtle Density Models in U.S. Atlantic Waters Sep 15, 2023
Hundreds of New Monthly Marine Mammal Data Products Reflect Recent Observations and Updated Modeling Methods May 12, 2023
BOEM Publishes Final Call Area in Gulf of Maine for Commercial Wind Energy Development with 45-day Public Comment Period Apr 26, 2023
New Map of Ocean Observing Buoys and Monitoring Stations Features Live Feed of Recent Ocean Conditions Apr 11, 2023
Request for Public Comments on Draft Report for the Approaches to Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts Port Access Route Study (MNMPARS) Jan 25, 2023
New Maine Lobster Landings Data Products Reflect the Last Decade of Value, Harvester, and Trip Data Nov 17, 2022
Improved “Share This” Tool: Share Points, Lines, and Shapes with Other Users via Interactive Maps Sep 13, 2022
BOEM Seeks Input on First Regional Analysis for Multiple Offshore Wind Lease Areas in the New York Bight Jul 26, 2022
Request for Additional Comments and Public Meeting Dates for the Approaches to Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts Port Access Route Study (MNMPARS) Jul 18, 2022
New Fish Biomass Time Slider and Maps Showing Potential Vulnerability of Fish Species to EMF Jun 1, 2022
Map of Study Area for Approaches to Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts Port Access Route Study Apr 19, 2022
View Maps of New Commercial Offshore Wind Leases in the New York Bight to Be Auctioned on February 23 Jan 24, 2022
New Maps Show Reproductive Potential of Atlantic Sea Scallop Across Most of the Species’ Range Dec 13, 2021
Glacial Moraines Offshore of Rhode Island—Important Habitat for Marine Life—Now Viewable on Portal Oct 6, 2021
New Data to Support Planning of Regional-scale Passive Acoustic Monitoring along the U.S. Atlantic Coast Sep 30, 2021
VIDEO: Coast Guard Update on East Coast Port Access Route Studies with Demos of Mapping Tools Sep 20, 2021
