The Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (Pacific Council) Ad Hoc Marine Planning Committee (MPC) will hold an online public meeting. This meeting will be held Thursday, December 5, 2024, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Pacific Time or until business for the day has been completed. This meeting is being conducted remotely with a web broadcast that provides the opportunity for remote public comment. In the event an outage occurs or technical issues arise that impact the experience of remote attendees, we will attempt to resolve them but ultimately we cannot guarantee that they will be resolved satisfactorily.
Purpose of the meeting
The purpose of this online meeting is for the MPC to consider two draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statements (PEIS) anticipated for release in November. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is developing a draft PEIS to analyze the potential impacts of, and mitigation measures for, floating offshore wind (OSW) energy development in the five leased areas off Humboldt and Morro Bays, California. In addition, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is developing a draft PEIS to identify areas in Federal waters off Southern California that would be suitable for future aquaculture development, and to analyze potential impacts to the human environment that may occur should aquaculture projects be proposed in Aquaculture Opportunity Areas. The MPC may consider other OSW or aquaculture issues as appropriate.
Meeting materials
Meeting Recording
If you have additional questions regarding the meeting, please contact Kerry Griffin at 503-820-2409; toll free 1-866-806-7204, extension 409.