North Carolina Offshore Wind Surveys Advance With Protections For Right Whales
” to each other to avoid predators. Industrial noise can easily drown out these quiet calls, risking the calf becoming confused or lost.
While it is important that right whales are protected from offshore wind development throughout their range, extra special care must be taken when development is located close to calving habitat. During the offshore wind siting process, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management reduced the lease areas in size to avoid overlap with the critical habitat area.
The efforts by The Companies to protect right whales while advancing these initial surveys shows that we do not need to choose between clean energy development and wildlife protection. We hope that the companies throughout the Southeast region continue to honor this important commitment.
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