Developers US Wind have notified fishermen in the Delmarva region that more survey work is scheduled in December and gear conflicts are possible, said Hahn. “That’s not how you work with fishermen,” he said. “They’re basically taking over the ocean and don’t give two shits about us anymore.” The gear conflicts are making it harder for BOEM and the wind industry to work with fishermen, warned Fred Mattera of the Commercial Fisheries Center of Rhode Island.