New England Fishermen Fear Losing Fishing Grounds to Offshore Wind Industry
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [AP] by Philip Marcelo - December 26, 2017
East Coast fishermen are turning a wary eye toward an emerging upstart: the offshore wind industry.
In New Bedford, fishermen dread the possibility of navigating a forest of turbines as they make their way to the fishing grounds that have made it the nation’s most lucrative fishing port for 17 years running.
The state envisions hundreds of wind turbines spinning off the city’s shores in about a decade, enough to power more than 1 million homes.
‘‘You ever see a radar picture of a wind farm? It’s just one big blob ...
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