Fishermen say offshore wind surveys rip up gear: ‘There has to be accountability’

Fishermen say offshore wind surveys rip up gear: ‘There has to be accountability’

Source: nationalfisherman

12/7/2021

East Coast fishermen told of their gear torn up by survey vessels working for offshore wind energy developers, as the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management opened its public process toward mitigating the newcomer industry’s effect on seafood providers.

Conch fisherman James Hahn said he witnessed a survey boat running over his trap lines off Maryland, and hailed the vessel on VHF radio.

“They said they had the right to survey,” Hahn told BOEM officials in an online Zoom meeting Monday. “I finally had to get in front and turn my boat sideways to get them to stop.”

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.

Continue...

News Id		Source	Stamp	country
1476	Veterans enjoy fishing, fellowship during Red River catfish event	echopress	2023-09-29	US
1477	From bug spray to antidepressants, chemicals harm fish in northern Minnesota	echopress	2023-09-30	US
1478	Is it safe to eat the fish? Community concerns prompt testing off Lahaina shores	khon2	2023-09-15	NZ
1479	Monstrous sea lice and jellyfish invasions blighting Scottish salmon farms	theguardian	2023-09-16	UK
1480	Large numbers of dead fish keep washing up along Galveston coast	lmtonline	2023-09-11	US
1481	Study says fish stocks along Atlantic, Pacific coasts unaffected by marine heat waves	thestar	2023-09-11	CA
1482	Man fishing on Sanibel beach reeled in a fish he described as 'prehistoric' looking	Fort Myers News-Press	2023-09-13	US
1483	Lahaina residents hurting from lack of ocean access to fish	khon2	2023-09-14	US
1484	Northeast Ohio police officer helps 7-year-old catch 15 lbs. fish	cleveland19	2023-09-17	US
1485	Woman in northeast China fishes prosperity out of cleaner Chagan Lake	Xinhua	2023-09-17	CN
1486	Fisherman lands 283-pound 'river monster' to beat 72-year-old angling world record	FOX Weather	2023-09-09	US
1487	Washington fisherman catches massive record-breaking mahi mahi	Fox News	2023-09-18	US
1488	Fisherman in Alaska reels in catch that's bright blue on the inside	Fox News	2023-09-21	US
1489	The pioneers seeking to put the burbot on “the main stage of commercial aquaculture”	thefishsite	2023-09-20	US
1490	Biden Deal With Tribes Promises $200M for Columbia River Salmon Reintroduction	Associated Press	2023-09-21	US
1491	Гуляй нога и уловистая вертушка	ohotniki	2023-09-20	RU
1492	Grand Canyon National Park receives funding to remove invasive fish	ktnv	2023-09-12	US
1493	A first in B.C. as parasite that causes whirling disease invades southeastern lake	winnipegfreepress	2023-09-22	CA
1494	Volunteers in Santa Cruz County seek to turn tide of declining coho populations	cbsnews	2023-09-07	US
1495	Japan boosts aid to fish sector after Fukushima discharge	dw	2023-09-04	JP
1496	Great Barracuda breaks record for largest fish in exotic category	fox61	2023-09-05	US
1497	Natchitoches fish hatchery playing key role in reversing population loss	KTBS TV	2023-09-06	US
1498	Taiwan listed for second time in U.S. 2023 illegal fishing report	focustaiwan	2023-09-08	TW
1499	For second time this summer, a record is broken for this tropical fish in NC waters	newsobserver	2023-09-08	US
1500	Anchovy alert: Swarms of silver-striped fish take over Santa Cruz coastline	FOX 35	2023-09-08	US