NEFSA Statement on Gulf of Maine Wind Lease Auctions
Jerry Leeman, CEO of the New England Fishermen’s Stewardship Association (NEFSA) issued the following statement on the Gulf of Maine wind lease auction, which begins on Tuesday, Oct. 29. “The […]
NEFSA Reacts to BOEM’s Lease Areas and Sale Notice for Offshore Wind Leases
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management published final lease areas and sale notice for Gulf of Maine offshore wind leases in the federal register this morning. New England Fishermen’s Stewardship […]
NEFSA CEO Reacts to New Offshore Wind Development in New England
“We are shocked that the New England states are awarding Avangrid and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners with new development contracts less than two months after the blade debacle at Vineyard Wind. […]
Fishermen On Clean Up Duty While POTUS Extolls OSW Investments
President Joe Biden extolled his administration’s progress on ocean industrialization Thursday morning. Jerry Leeman, CEO of the New England Fishermen’s Stewardship Association (NEFSA) issued the following statement. “Commercial fishermen are already […]
NEFSA Applauds Addendum 27 Delay
Washington, D.C. – The New England Fishermen’s Stewardship Association (NEFSA) is praising federal regulators for delaying new regulations that threaten the future of the iconic lobster fishery. The Atlantic States […]
NEFSA Statement on Douglas Emhoff’s Visit to Nantucket
New England Fishermen’s Stewardship Association (NEFSA) CEO Jerry Leeman issued the following statement regarding presidential candidate Kamala Harris’ husband, Douglas Emhoff, headlining a Nantucket fundraiser: “The Vineyard Wind blade disaster […]
NEFSA Statement on Vineyard Wind Appeal
New England Fishermen’s Stewardship Association (NEFSA) CEO Jerry Leeman issued the following statement ahead of oral arguments before the First U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in RODA v. Department of […]
NEFSA Reacts to Senators’ Attempt to Restore Chevron deference
NEFSA CEO Jerry Leeman released the following statement in response to news that Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) has introduced legislation that will restore Chevron deference. “So-called expert bureaucrats approved the […]
NEFSA Reacts to Vineyard Wind Turbine Incident
NEFSA CEO Jerry Leeman: Two days passed before the foreign developers behind Vineyard Wind publicly acknowledged that a giant wind mill blade plummeted into the ocean. NEFSA is greatly relieved […]
NEFSA Responds to SCOTUS Overruling of Chevron Deference
NEFSA CEO Jerry Leeman: “Federal officials usually ignore the well-grounded concerns American fishermen share about overregulation. We are grateful to the Supreme Court for bucking this trend. And we are […]