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Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut receive proposals for offshore wind projects

March 28, 2024 International, International News, Mid Atlantic, National, New England

Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut received proposals Wednesday for offshore wind projects as the three East Coast states hope to boost their reliance on the renewable energy source. The three states joined in a historic agreement that allows for potential coordinated selection of offshore wind projects. Massachusetts received bids from Avangrid Renewables, South Coast Wind Energy and Vineyard Offshore in response to the region’s largest solicitation to date for offshore wind, seeking up to 3,600 megawatts. more, >>click to read<< 08:07

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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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Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut receive proposals for offshore wind projects

Ocean Resource Privatization

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

Recent Posts

Mote Receives National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Grant Money to Bring Electronic Monitoring of Fisheries to Gulf (Way too intrusive)

Letter: Ludger W. Dochtermann, Bycatch 14-011 (C7) CGOA Trawl Bycatch Management Discussion Paper & CFAs etc.

Trawler tanker fire; TAIC orders Talley’s to review its maintenance procedures

Long List of Factors Stressing Out (poisoning) Narragansett Bay

Will the World Adopt Sustainable Longline Fishing Practices?

Preserve The Heritage Of Maryland’s Seafood Industry

Portuguese fishermen helped launch Georgia shrimp industry

Coast Guard monitoring intentionally grounded Tender Vessel 65-foot Hana Cove in Prince William Sound, Alaska

Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Pulls the Plug on Gulf of Maine Shrimp Fishery

Commercial Fisherman William Van Druten, Jr. of Frisco, NC has passed away

Rafael’s own fishery complaints opened door to his downfall. Coast Guard report details extensive fishing violations

Entangled North Atlantic right whale spotted in Gulf of St. Lawrence

‘It’s the big guys that want it’: New Bedford scallopers leery of leasing proposal

Proposed NSC & Associates Groundfish Disaster Aid Spending Plan: My vote is NO – Dick Grachek

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Please Contribute to Chief William Saulis Families Fund

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Important meetings in Florida and Georgia this week! – Council for Sustainable Fishing

Local Boat Heads South For ‘Wicked Tuna’

The Pope’s Environmental Message. There’s Plenty That Environmentalists Might Not Want to Hear

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