New York Times: Broken Blades, Angry Fishermen and Rising Costs Slow Offshore Wind
Sept. 12, 2024 Read more full story in the New York Times. The collapse of a giant wind turbine blade off the Massachusetts coast...
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NEFSA in the News
- Aug 27
National Review: New England Fishermen Sound the Alarm after Wind Turbine Litters Local Waters with Fiberglass
August 27, 2024 Read the full story on National Review. Six weeks after a turbine blade broke apart  at a wind farm off the coast of...
- Aug 27
Daily Caller: ‘We’ve Been Steamrolled’: Fishermen Protest Offshore Wind Following Turbine Failure That Shed Debris Into Atlantic
August 27, 2024 Read the full story on Daily Caller. Scores of fishermen took to the seas Sunday to protest offshore wind developments...
- Aug 26
Fox News: 'Menace to our fisheries': New England flotilla unites to protest wind farm after turbine 'disaster'
August 26, 2024 Read the full story on Fox News. A fleet of 25 fishing boats off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, rallied together...
- Aug 25
Nantucket Current: At Sea And On Land, Protests Against Vineyard Wind
August 25, 2024 Read the full story on Nantucket Current. At sea and on land, Nantucket residents protested on Sunday against Vineyard...
- Aug 8
WMUR: New regulations on lobstering delayed amid pushback from Seacoast lobstermen
August 7, 2024 Read the full story on WMUR. PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — New federal regulations on the lobstering industry are being delayed after...
- Aug 8
Fish Focus: Lobstermen Stall Devastating New Catch Limits
August 8, 2024 Read the full story on Fish Focus. The New England Fishermen’s Stewardship Association (NEFSA) is praising federal...
- Aug 8
WMTW: Big changes could be coming for local lobstermen, but not as soon as expected
August 7, 2024 Read the full story on WMTW. PORTLAND, Maine — The implementation of a proposed rule that says fishermen must catch larger...
- Aug 2
The Federalist: Wind Turbine Debacle Perfectly Encapsulates Biden-Harris Green New Deal Failures
August 2, 2024 Read the full story on The Federalist. The timing couldn’t have been worse for Vineyard Wind, the New England offshore...
- Jul 31
Fox News: Emhoff hobnobs on Nantucket while fishermen reel from wind turbine 'disaster'
July 31, 2024 Read the full story at Fox News. A New England fishermen's association is calling attention to second gentleman Doug...
- Jul 31
Boston Herald: As VP Harris’ hubby stumps on Nantucket, residents fight for answers on Vineyard Wind
July 30, 2024 Read the full story at Boston Herald. Debris from another portion of the broken wind turbine blade off the coast of...
- Jul 29
Fox News: 'So-called expert bureaucrats': Fishermen rip Sen Warren's new plan to 'silence' them
July 29, 2024 Read the full story on Fox News. America’s seafood leaders are pushing back on new plans from Democrats on Capitol Hill to...
- Jun 28
Daily Caller: Supreme Court Delivers Crippling Blow To Permanent Bureaucracy’s Power Over Americans’ Lives
June 28, 2024 Read the full story on Daily Caller. The Supreme Court handed small fishing companies a victory Friday in their lawsuits...
- Jun 28
Fox News: Supreme Court sides with fishermen in landmark case deciding fate of the administrative state
June 28, 2024 Read the full story on Fox News. The Supreme Court on Friday ruled in favor of a group of fishermen who challenged a...
- Mar 26
Fox News: Fishing industry reels over Biden's destructive wind farm plan: It's 'coming at us from every direction'
March 26, 2024 Read the full story on Fox News. Time is running out for fishermen and women in the Northeast who fear their industry is...
- Mar 21
Fox News: Local fishermen slam Biden administration’s newly unveiled plans to industrialize Gulf of Maine
March 21, 2024 Read the full story on Fox News. A group of fishing associations is sounding the alarm about new plans from the Biden...
- Jan 5
The Supreme Court can save working fishermen from Biden regulators
January 5, 2023 Read the full story on Fox News. When I woke up, I was lying on the cabin ceiling. The crew and I had been trawling the...
- Dec 22, 2023
Opinion: Give the fisheries back to the people
December 22, 2023 Read the full story on Portland Press Herald. The Supreme Court has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to return control...
- Oct 25, 2023
Delano: Biden administration won’t leave lobstermen alone
October 25, 2023 Read the full story on the Boston Herald. Lawmakers and a federal appeals court last year defeated a federal plan to...
- Oct 25, 2023
Biden admin's new rule could put pinch on lobster fishermen while letting others off the hook
October 24, 2023 Read the full story on Fox News. FIRST ON FOX: The Biden administration is moving to impose stricter regulations to New...
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Trawling, Dragging, Gillnetting, and Fin Fisheries: jerryleeman@fishermenstewardship.org
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