WE WANT TO HEAR FROM FISHERMEN
Vineyard Wind is committed to working with the fishing industry so that both the wind and fishing industries can grow together offshore. This commitment is long-standing, starting with Vineyard Wind engaging the industry’s first fisheries representative in 2010 and meeting with hundreds of fisheries stakeholders including fishermen of various gear types, fishing advocacy organizations, and local fisheries groups who are most likely to be affected by offshore wind development in the Vineyard Wind lease areas located on the outer continental shelf off the coast of Massachusetts. We are committed to continued communications through the permitting, construction, operations, and decommissioning of our projects.
HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR WORK:
- 10+ years and hundreds of meetings with fishermen and fishing organizations
- 1st US developer to hire a fisheries representative
- $2,000,000+ per year spent for fisheries research conducted by a leading university
- All fisheries research and data made publicly available
- 2 fisheries liaisons dedicated to work with an expanding network of fisheries representatives to communicate throughout southeastern New England and New York
