[Rimarinefisheries] Vineyard Wind Scour Protection Activities

SCOUR PROTECTION

OFFSHORE WIND MARINER UPDATE NO. 76 [info.vineyardwind.com]

Dear Fishermen, 

Beginning on or about the 14th of March 2023 and ending on or about the 17th March 2023, the vessel FLINTSTONE will be working within the wind development area to place a filter layer of stone consisting of 1 to 3 inch stones at approximately 17 locations where turbines will be installed.  The 17 locations are provided below.

Until the areas are marked on the NOAA chart and the wind turbine foundations are installed later in 2023 it is recommended that the area be avoided by any vessels dragging gear on the bottom. There will be no surface marking of the scour protection locations.

During this operation, the F/V FLEET KING or F/V TORBAY will remain on site, weather permitting, to assist mariners in navigating in the vicinity of the operations.

All vessels will be standing by on VHF channel 13 & 16.

Additional notices related to scour protection installation will be issued in the future.

DATE(S): On or about the 14th of March and ending on or about the 17th March, 2023

LOCATION(S): The 17 locations are listed below and visually depicted on the attached chart.

FLINTSTONE

Flag: NL
Length: 507′
MMSI#: 245861000

SCOUTING VESSELS:

F/V FLEET KING

Flag: US
Length: 76′
MMSI#: 367751630
Captains: Matt Linnell – 508-237-9338
Kelsie Linnell – 774-722-3948

F/V TORBAY

Flag: US
Length: 80.8′
MMSI#: 368254690
Captains: Kevin Souza – 774-263-6041

We are committed to communicating and working with local fishermen in the region during all stages of development of their offshore wind projects. If you are fishing or plan to fish in the survey area during this time period, please contact us with any questions or comments.

Sincerely, 

Crista Bank

VINEYARD WIND CONTACTS 

Crista Bank, Fisheries Manager: cbank@vineyardwind.com, 508-525-0421 

Jeannot Smith, Marine Liaison: jsmith@vineyardwind.com, 904-613-0134

Enhanced Mariner Information:

For enhanced mariner information including map viewer and downloadable plotter files you may scan or click the QR code, or follow the below link. Help is available from the team at Quintham. To access the plotter files just click the area of interest to access the download.

Plotter files are available for most commercial and recreational navigation systems including, Windplots, Timezero, Google Earth, Olex, Furuno, Lowrance, Garmin and many others. The downloadable file includes 17 scour protection locations, 1 Passive Acoustic Monitoring Device Location (PAM), and 1 Potential Unexploded Ordnance Location (pUXO).

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