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www.sea-technology.com June 2015 / st 61 al communities recover from Hur- ricane Sandy and promote resilient coastal systems, beachfll construction to complete the remaining sections of the Storm Damage Reduction Project on Long Beach Island, New Jersey, has begun. Sand dredged from federal offshore waters is being placed along 11.5 miles of shoreline between Bar- negat Inlet and Little Egg Inlet in the previously unconstructed portions of the project. BOEM, which oversees access to Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) resourc- es, is making available up to 7 million cubic yards of sand from federal wa- ters. This is the largest amount of OCS sand conveyed by BOEM along the Atlantic coast for a single project to date. The project is expected to extend through April 2016. This project was authorized for construction by the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 and was partially constructed before Hurri- cane Sandy affected the New Jersey shoreline. Under the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013, Congress authorized the Corps to complete the construction of the project and appro- priated the additional funding. BOEM has also signed an agreement with Col- lier County, Florida, for the use of up to 500,000 cubic yards of sand from the OCS to renourish four segments of shoreline near Naples, Florida. Sand for the restoration projects will assist Collier County Parks and Recreation Department in reducing coastal storm fooding and erosion and provide rec- reational and environmental habitat benefts. The project, totaling 7.5 miles, will take place between Wiggins Pass and Gordon Pass, including Vanderbilt Beach, Pelican Bay, Park Shore and Naples Beach. Construction is expected to begin in 2016. Modeling Environmental Change Effects on US Scallop Fishery Good management has brought the $559 million U.S. sea scallop fshery back from the brink of collapse over the past 20 years. However, its cur- rent fshery management plan does not account for longer-term environ- mental change like ocean warming and acidifcation that may affect the fshery in the future. Researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institu- tion (WHOI), NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service, and Ocean Con- servancy have developed a computer program that concurrently simulates ocean conditions, sea scallop popula- tion dynamics, and economic impacts on the scallop fshery. In the past, each component was considered separately, so it wasn't possible to anticipate the full range of impacts of environmental changes on, for example, fshery rev- enues. Output from the model ultimately will be available on an interactive website, where users can compare and contrast the effects of different man- agement, environmental, and market scenarios. To date, the researchers have ana- lyzed just one scenario with the mod- el. It shows that with current harvest levels and carbon dioxide emissions, sea scallop harvests may decline over the next several decades, and landings of larger scallops may be less abun- dant. Additional scenarios need to be evaluated, and more detailed informa- tion is needed regarding the impacts of warming and ocean acidifcation on sea scallops. ST AVAILABLE ON MOBILE PHONES, TABLETS, & e-READERS • Search option to fnd particular information • Contents and menus for instant viewing of specifc pages • Content can be shared through social network or e-mail capabilities • Hyperlinks for URLs and e-mail addresses in text • Swiping and pinching to enlarge page Arlington, VA 22209-2510 • T 703.524.3136 • F 703.841.0852 • seatechorder@sea-technology.com Go to www.sea-technology.com Free instant online access to extensive listings of the ocean market's various industries.