Perplexing Comments by Coughlin, Scutari on offshore wind surprise many involved in industry

August 8, 2023 Mid Atlantic, National

State Senate President Nick Scutari and Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin surprised many people associated with the offshore wind industry Monday when they said the Legislature has “concerns” about the Board of Public Utilities’ approach on offshore wind projects. “The Legislature has concerns about the BPU’s approach on the offshore wind projects,” Scutari (D-Clark) and Coughlin (D-Woodbridge) said in a joint statement. “There are still many unanswered questions about the economic impact these projects will have on ratepayers as well as potential impacts to one of our state’s largest economic drivers, tourism at the Shore. “The BPU should be able to share these impacts with the communities affected and the Legislature before moving forward with these new offshore projects.” What sparked these comments isn’t clear. >click to read< 11:46

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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

NILS STOLPE: The New England groundfish debacle (Part IV): Is cutting back harvest really the answer?

While it’s a fact that’s hardly ever acknowledged, the assumption in fisheries management is that if the population of a stock of fish isn’t at some arbitrary level, it’s because of too much fishing. Hence the term “overfished.” Hence the mandated knee jerk reaction of the fisheries managers to not enough fish; cut back on fishing. What of other factors? They don’t count. It’s all about fishing, because fishing is all that the managers can control; it’s their Maslow’s Hammer. When it comes to the oceans it seems as if it’s about all that the industry connected mega-foundations that support the anti-fishing ENGOs with hundreds of millions of dollars a year in “donations” are interested in controlling. Read the article here

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