Dataset

Beacon Wind Digital Aerial Wildlife Surveys for BOEM Lease Area OCS-A 0520, Equinor Wind US LLC, March 2021 – October 2021

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Original provider: APEM Inc. Dataset credits: APEM Inc. and Normandeau Associates Inc. Abstract: Equinor Wind US, LLC were committed to undertaking a Construction and Operation Plan (COP) of Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Lease Area Outer Continental Shelf (OCS-A) 0520, now called Beacon Wind. To facilitate this, 12 surveys were undertaken by APEM Inc. and Normandeau Associates, Inc. (Normandeau-APEM Team) between March 2021 and October 2021 to provide baseline information for consideration in the assessment of potential impacts. Additional surveys were collected between December 2019 and November 2020 and can be accessed at https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2192.

Citation: Fogarty, M., M. Arundale and J. Neveu. 2025. Beacon Wind Digital Aerial Wildlife Surveys for BOEM Lease Area OCS-A 0520, Equinor Wind US LLC, March 2021 – October 2021. Version 1.1.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/e86c3513.

Published: October 08, 2025 at 13:24

URL: https://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_2187

Matthew Arundale
APEM Ltd

Michelle Fogarty
Equinor

James Neveu
BP

2,987
occurrence records
68
taxa
46
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 2,987
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 2,987
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 2,987
100.0%

Quality flags

The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 2,987
100.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data