NOAA Fisheries Extracts Data Summary

Inspire Environmental

Summarized publicly available federal Vessel Trip Report (VTR) and Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) data, as provided through queries to NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and downloaded from the Northeast Ocean Data Portal to characterize commercial fishing activity in a potential offshore wind energy farm and cable corridor. Fishing activity is described by the gear used, the targeted species, and the landings data from trips to the study area. In addition, state-only licensed fishing VTR data were also summarized from other sources to provide information not included in the federal fisheries data for activity in state waters.