Mid-A OPC Updates

A digest of news links and informational resources compiled quarterly by Mid-Atlantic Ocean Planning Committee members.

(Updated March 2025)

Upcoming Dates & Events

March 28: How Microplastics Transfer Through the Marine Food Chain (MARCO webinar)

May 6-8: Mid-Atlantic Ocean Forum, Baltimore

*Save the Dates* July 15-17: Mid-Atlantic Coastal Acidification Network meeting, Annapolis

Agency News

BOEM: Draft Finding for Passive Acoustic Monitoring Activities on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf Now Available, 3/12/25

NJEDA: NJEDA CEO Tim Sullivan Statement on the New Jersey Wind Port, 2/3/25

White House: Temporary Withdrawal of All Areas on the Outer Continental Shelf from Offshore Wind Leasing and Review of the

Federal Government’s Leasing and Permitting Practices for Wind Projects, 1/20/25

Regional Ocean News

As Oceans Warm, Predators Are Falling Out of Sync with Their Prey, Yale360, 1/21/25

General FYI

MARCO Portal: Download the Portal Mobile App for iOS and Android, 3/17/25

MARCO Portal: New Maps Show Where North Atlantic Right Whales Have Shifted Distribution Over the Last 20 Years, 2/25/25

MARCO Portal: Past and Future Habitat Suitability of Highly Migratory Species, 1/30/25

MARCO Portal: Past and Future Habitat Suitability of Highly Migratory Species, 1/30/25

MARCO: Watch: ‘Microfibers: Current Research, Actions, and Data Gaps’ Webinar, 1/27/25

MARCO: January Newsletter