New England Fishermen Sound the Alarm after Wind Turbine Litters Local Waters with Fiberglass
August 27, 2024 Six weeks after a turbine blade broke apart at a wind farm off the coast of Nantucket, sending fiberglass shards into nearby waters that washed up on the island’s beaches, irate fishermen and residents along the Northeast coast made their voices heard. A flotilla of 27 commercial- and recreational-fishing ships circled the broken wind turbine Sunday afternoon as part of the New England community’s efforts to protest against Vineyard Wind and the offshore wind industry. Hailing from Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maine, and other states, fishermen descended on the offshore wind farm to raise awareness about the environmental consequences of the turbine incident. “Potential impacts that we brought up in the past are now coming to fruition, and we still don’t have any answers,” Jerry Leeman, founder and CEO of the New England Fishermen’s Stewardship Association (NEFSA), told National Review . A nonpartisan nonprofit dedica...
