Last year, Massachusetts and Rhode Island announced the largest offshore wind selection in New England history, spanning 100 miles of coastline. In the Mooney lab, we have been studying the responses of some of the most valuable Atlantic fisheries species to underwater construction noise for two reasons: benthic species are especially vulnerable to particle motion and substrate-borne vibration; and they are integral to commercial and recreational fisheries, generating over $20 billion in New England economies annually. We use biologging tags to understand the movement and responses of benthic fish and invertebrates to offshore wind construction noise. The resulting data can engage policymakers by linking the physiology of fisheries species to improved predictions on the ways offshore construction will affect population-level interactions, and can be applied to other offshore development and construction projects. Collaborator