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OFFSHORE WIND “Today, for mariners, the New York Bight is largely wide- open seascape … Within the Bight there are currently six traf c lanes and three separation zones. T ey all lead to one place: T e Port of New York and New Jersey, the largest Port on the Atlantic coast, third busiest in the Country. Depending on how potential wind projects develop, some mariners fear that the New York Bight could turn into a Manhattan street grid.” lantic side, is a “regulated navigation area.” A “precaution-

What’s at Stake ary area,” SE of Cape Cod, starts [two] 250 mile east-west BOEM coordinates with the U.S. Coast Guard traf