Evaluating The Potential For Marine And Hydrokinetic Devices To Become Artificial Reefs Or Fish Aggregating Devices Based On Analysis Of Surrogates In Tropical, Subtropical, And Temperate U.S. West Coast And Hawaiian Coastal Waters
Lead PI: Dr. Sharon Kramer, H.T. Harvey & Associates
The project team will perform comprehensive literature review and interview regional field managers. The team will then evaluate the impact of size, shape, and configuration of surrogate deployments on fish and invertebrate communities, and analyze impacts and risks for specific fish species and artificial reefs in five Pacific subregions. This project aims to determine the potential for MHK technologies to cause reefing effects and consequent beneficial or detrimental changes to marine species of regulatory concern.
Start Year: 2013
End Year: 2015
Partners:
- Collaborative Fisheries Research West
- National Marine Fisheries Service
FY 2014 PI Report
FY 2015 PI Report
Impacts of electromagnetic fields associated with marine and hydrokinetic surrogate technologies on fish movements and behaviors
Lead PI: Dr. Daniel J. Pondella II, Vantuna Research Group
The project team will compile and analyze existing information related to the impacts of electromagnetic forces (EMFs) produced by MHK surrogate technologies on fish behaviors. They will then generate a risk assessment model for interactions of specific fish species with EMFs produced by MHK surrogates. This project hopes to fill in gaps in current knowledge of impacts of EMFs created by MHK surrogates on marine organisms.
Start Year: 2013
End Year: 2015
FY 2014 PI Report
FY 2015 PI Report