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Rhode Island Fisherman’s Advisory Board (FAB) resigned en masse in response to the Rhode Island CRMC giving deference to offshore wind developers regardless of the requirements of the Ocean SAMP, the cost to the environment, or the impacts to Rhode Island’s fishing industry. The full letter can be viewed below and downloaded from the document links on this page.
A plan backed by the Biden administration to OK a string of wind farms off Rhode Island has prompted every member of a fishing regulatory board in the state to resign.
Every member of Rhode Island's Fishermen's Advisory Board resigned saying the state government is ignoring offshore wind's impacts on fisheries.
All nine members of the Rhode Island Fishermen’s Advisory Board resigned Sept. 1, saying the state Coastal Resource Management Council is so committed to developing offshore wind power that it has rejected the board’s concerns about fishery and environmental impacts.
The panel's former members said they did not want their names connected to the CRMC approvals amounting to 'wholesale ocean destruction.'