Offshore Wind & Fishing
How will offshore wind development impact fisheries?
The US Government Agency states:
The Revolution Wind environmental impact statement admits that the cumulative overall impact to commercial and for-hire fishing will be major, adverse, and long-term.
–Revolution Wind DEIS, Table 2.3-1 and EIS 3.9-83.
The Government's Own Prediction
Hear it from our own fishermen and women.
Podcast of local fisher people discussing the harm offshore wind will inflict on the marine ecosystem.
Rich Hittinger's Resignation Letter
After working hard to participate in the process, Rich Hittinger resigned from the FAB, the Fishermen's Advisory Board to the CRMC.
The Importance of Fisheries:
Seafood feeds 3 billion people a year with low carbon footprint animal protein. Fishing in Massachusetts and Rhode Island sustains a thriving economy. Saltwater anglers add significantly to this economic engine as well, sustaining 8000 jobs and spending $600 million in retail sales. Revolution Wind has only hired 50 temporary local workers. How many fishermen and people related to the marine economy will wind farms put out of work?