When Dr. Annie Murphy made the decision to relocate from the United States to Aberdeen, it wasn’t simply a change of scenery. It was an opportunity to help shape the future of environmental science in one of the world’s most exciting offshore energy markets.

This resource explores what we have learned so far about the relationships between fisheries and offshore wind in the northeastern United States.

INSPIRE Environmental, a Venterra Group Company, is pleased to welcome Dr Ewan Edwards, PhD, to its growing UK team. As Director of Ecosystem Ecology, UK, Ewan strengthens the company’s marine ecology expertise and will support the continued growth of INSPIRE’s Aberdeen-based environmental science and advisory offering for the UK offshore energy and marine sectors.

INSPIRE provides specialist desktop underwater acoustic modelling, impact assessment, and pre-construction decision-making services in support of offshore energy and marine infrastructure development, regulatory permitting, and mitigation optimization.

INSPIRE has been at the forefront of offshore wind development since the earliest U.S. projects, including Ørsted’s Block Island Wind Farm, and has supported more than half of all offshore wind developments in the United States.

Coexistence presents one of the greatest challenges for marine infrastructure development and fisheries. It requires not just effective monitoring but a holistic approach to project planning and execution that respects both ocean use and ocean users. At INSPIRE Environmental we are dedicated to achieving this balance as part of our commitment to the blue economy.

Offshore wind development along the U.S. Atlantic Coast has accelerated rapidly over the past decade, bringing increased attention to the interactions between offshore wind infrastructure, marine ecosystems, and fisheries.

Listen as we address the industry issue of how to evaluate potential effects of emerging offshore technologies, such as vibro piling.

This work introduces a framework called Nature Inclusive Offshore Wind Farms (NIOWFs) to describe how OW development fits into the New Blue Economy in the context of the U.S. East Coast.