New London: Does Orsted/Eversource charter of NL fishing boats violate city lease?
Many fishermen resent the interference in the waters they regularly use and suggest still-unknown harm will be done to undersea environments and marine life. But I didn’t realize until recently that wind partners Orsted and Eversource actually have a fishing fleet strategy, chartering some fishing boats to “scout” for their wind turbine work in offshore fishing waters. One fisherman I met recently, Rob Morsch, claims the big utilities are driving a wedge between fishermen by “buying off” some of them with thousands of dollars in daily charter fees. Morsch raises the interesting point that the mooring of the boats being used for offshore wind, he calls them “windmill boats”, is a violation of the city’s intent, with its low-cost rent, to have a fishing fleet based there. >click to read< 08:10
Most of the current windmill fleet is not made up of “active” fishing boats..There are 4-5 in montauk that were set up by a major home builderand they do not employee fisherman..investigation is warranted..
Et Tu Gary? as you stab the industry in the back.
As I have said before,
The decision to get into bed with these windscammers will follow you for the rest of your lives.
History is forever and never forgets.