Marine Development and Ecology Branch: Northeast Fisheries Science Center

The Marine Development and Ecology Branch provides scientific support to ensure that NOAA trust resources—such as fishing communities, protected species, habitats, and ecosystems—are effectively identified, described, and evaluated in marine development decision-making. We advance ways to mitigate the impacts of offshore wind energy development on NOAA scientific surveys. We conduct research on interactions between NOAA trust resources and marine development.