PROVIDENCE A board of fishermen that advises Rhode Island coastal regulators on offshore wind development has come out in opposition to state certification of the South Fork Wind Farm.
A lawyer for the Fishermen’s Advisory Board said a recommendation by staff at the Coastal Resources Management Council that was agreed to by developers Ørsted and Eversource to reduce the number of turbines in the 132-megawatt project and set up a fishing compensation fund does not meet the concerns of board members.
“It was a backroom deal that happened over the weekend without our participation,” said Marisa Desautel.
Council staff recommended that the package be adopted as a condition of certifying that the wind farm complies with Rhode Island coastal policies. Even though the wind farm would be built in federal waters and the lead permitting authority is the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the project must get the go-ahead from the Rhode Island coastal council.
Rhode Island saved the winter flounder once. Can we do it again?
Outside of fishermen and scientists, the fish s disappearance has gone unnoticed. Out of sight, out of mind.
Alex Kuffner, The Providence Journal
Published
9:44 am UTC Apr. 15, 2021
It’s a point of pride for the crew of the research vessel John H. Chafee that they continued working last spring as the coronavirus outbreak took hold, keeping the Department of Environmental Management survey going even as other studies were suspended.
The work can be mundane trawling the same mile-long stretches in 13 locations around Narragansett Bay every month and combing through endless catches of fish and it’s not always productive. The only thing in one memorable catch from Mount Hope Bay was an old boot, laughs Capt. Pat Brown.
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