This overlap is reduced, however, as Hudson Energy is on hold as of May, 2002 and the Blue Atlantic project is proposed to come onshore in Southwest Nova Scotia (i.e., no spatial overlap in the nearshore).
Le Projet Blue Atlantic, dans sa zone, est aussi censé être soumis à de rigoureuses exigences de protection des populations de sternes de Dougall, afin d’éviter les possibilités d’effets cumulatifs.