Common use of Fisheries Communications Plan and Fisheries Liaison Clause in Contracts

Fisheries Communications Plan and Fisheries Liaison. The Lessee must develop a draft FCP and make it publicly available within 120 days of lease execution. The Lessee must update and refine the FCP from time to time, in response to feedback obtained by engagement with Tribes and parties and BOEM consultation. If the Lessee does not develop a project website, the Lessee must make the FCP available to the Lessor and the public upon request. The plan must include the following:‌‌ • A description of the strategies that the Lessee intends to use for communicating with commercial and recreational fisheries prior to and during activities in support of the submission of a plan (e.g. SAP or a COP). This description must include mechanisms to distribute notices to Federal and state fisheries license holders known to operate near the lease area through a local “Notice to Mariners” and outreach to, e.g., Fisheries Management Councils, newsletters, websites, Fisheries Liaison Officers and/or Fisheries Representatives, and applicable state agencies.‌ • The contact information for an individual retained by the Lessee as its primary point of contact with commercial and recreational fisheries (i.e., Fisheries Liaison). • The strategy and general timing of discussions with commercial and recreational fisheries regarding the reduction of conflicts with facility designs, pursuant to Lease stipulation 3.1.1.‌ • A process to file a complaint with the offshore wind operator and seek the replacement of or compensate for lost gear.‌‌‌ • Plans to coordinate with commercial and recreational fisheries to identify peak fishing seasons and, to the extent practicable, avoid interaction offshore between survey vessels and commercial fishermen. Additionally, the Lessee is required to (i) notify applicable ocean users two weeks in advance of any geological and geophysical survey activities and, (ii) provide an annual summary of filed complaint claims and outcomes to BOEM to better understand the frequency and extent of gear interactions.

Fisheries Communications Plan and Fisheries Liaison. The Lessee must develop a draft FCP and make it publicly available within 120 days of lease execution. The Lessee must update and refine the FCP from time to time, in response to feedback obtained by engagement with Tribes and parties and BOEM consultation. If the Lessee does not develop a project website, the Lessee must make the FCP available to the Lessor and the public upon request. The plan must include the following:‌‌ •  A description of the strategies that the Lessee intends to use for communicating with commercial and recreational fisheries prior to and during activities in support of the submission of a plan (e.g. SAP or a COP). This description must include mechanisms to distribute notices to Federal and state fisheries license holders known to operate near the lease area through a local “Notice to Mariners” and outreach to, e.g., Fisheries Management Councils, newsletters, websites, Fisheries Liaison Officers and/or Fisheries Representatives, and applicable state agencies.‌ •  The contact information for an individual retained by the Lessee as its primary point of contact with commercial and recreational fisheries (i.e., Fisheries Liaison). •  The strategy and general timing of discussions with commercial and recreational fisheries regarding the reduction of conflicts with facility designs, pursuant to Lease stipulation 3.1.1.‌ •  A process to file a complaint with the offshore wind operator and seek the replacement of or compensate for lost gear.‌‌‌ •  Plans to coordinate with commercial and recreational fisheries to identify peak fishing seasons and, to the extent practicable, avoid interaction offshore between survey vessels and commercial fishermen. Additionally, the Lessee is required to (i) notify applicable ocean users two weeks in advance of any geological and geophysical survey activities and, (ii) provide an annual summary of filed complaint claims and outcomes to BOEM to better understand the frequency and extent of gear interactions.