Following an unprecedented rash of whale and dolphin strandings on its shoreline that have been widely blamed on the offshore wind industry, New Jersey will deploy a whale detection buoy to “mitigate risks associated with vessel strikes and future construction noise”.
The buoy is part of the state’s beefed-up offshore wind environmental research and monitoring efforts announced by the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) today.
