Comments on: Introducing a New Place to Talk Fish http://www.clf.org/blog/ocean-conservation/introducing-a-new-place-to-talk-fish/ For a thriving New England Tue, 17 Sep 2013 23:46:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Peter Shelley http://www.clf.org/blog/ocean-conservation/introducing-a-new-place-to-talk-fish/#comment-844 Peter Shelley Mon, 25 Apr 2011 18:09:50 +0000 http://www.clf.org/?p=4010#comment-844 Mr. Haggerty’s characterizations of CLF’s positions on offshore wind development and its motivations for supporting the Amendment 16 groundfish management plan are neither true nor supported by one shred of evidence. CLF’s often-stated view is that wind energy, fishing and many other marine economic activities can be developed offshore in a compatible manner, that these industries will collectively continue to produce and support good maritime employment and infrastructure in the region, and that all wind energy should be developed and approved only after a rigorous environmental review process. The U.S. Coast Guard and Department of the Interior have stated publicly that there would be no access restrictions to the ocean waters around wind turbines.

]]> By: Frank Haggerty http://www.clf.org/blog/ocean-conservation/introducing-a-new-place-to-talk-fish/#comment-829 Frank Haggerty Thu, 21 Apr 2011 22:46:14 +0000 http://www.clf.org/?p=4010#comment-829 It’s a fact that the CLF backs any kind of ocean wind turbines ,it doesn’t matter if the three phase power lines rip up the bottom of the ocean floor . The CLF backs the present catch share system and amendment 16 or anything that puts fishermen out of work to gain dock space in New Bedford Harbor .

When the wind turbines are complete the Homeland Security will declare 3000 square miles of federal lease space ,400 square miles between Rhode Island and Massachusetts and the Nantucket Sound areas off limits for national security reasons ! This is about commercial ocean wind turbines not the fishermen !

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