Locations of deep-sea coral management areas, coral location records, and fishery management areas in the Gulf of Maine. Floating wind farms are being considered in this region, and understanding coral occurrence and distribution while avoiding those habitats during spatial planning for wind energy will be very important in the future.
Gulf of Maine
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Locations of deep-sea coral management areas, coral location records, and fishery management areas in the Gulf of Maine. Floating wind farms are being considered in this region, and understanding coral occurrence and distribution while avoiding those habitats during spatial planning for wind energy will be very important in the future.
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