Commercial fishermen have high hopes for new Trump administration
November 6, 2024 Portland, Maine – Commercial fishermen hope the incoming Trump administration will protect America’s fisheries and...
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NEFSA in the News
Oct 29
NEFSA Defends Fisheries Against Unconstitutional Regulatory Attacks
October 29, 2024 Portland, Maine – The New England Fishermen’s Stewardship Association (NEFSA) appeared in a Portland federal court today...
Oct 28
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...
Oct 23
NEFSA CEO Reacts to Removal of Vineyard Wind Blades
October 23, 2024 Read the full story on Nantucket Current NEFSA CEO Jerry Leeman reacts: "Vineyard Wind is a slow-rolling disaster. It is...
Oct 22
NEFSA Reacts: Feds Reject Half-billion Dollar Plan for Wind Terminal on Sear's Island
October 22, 2024 Read the full story on Fox23 Maine. NEFSA COO Dustin Delano reacts: "Today’s welcome news is a temporary reprieve for...
Oct 21
NEFSA Applauds Delayed Implementation of Addendum 27
October 21, 2024 The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission today voted to delay implementation of Addendum 27. Addendum 27 raises...
Sep 17
NEFSA Reacts to BOEM's Lease Areas and Sale Notice for Offshore Wind Leases
September 17, 2024 The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management published final lease areas and sale notice for Gulf of Maine offshore wind...
Sep 6
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...
Sep 5
Fishermen On Clean Up Duty While POTUS Extolls OSW Investments
September 5, 2024 President Joe Biden extolled his administration’s progress on ocean industrialization Thursday morning. Jerry Leeman,...
Aug 25
NEFSA Flotilla Protest
Dozens of fishermen from the east coast traveled in a flotilla Sunday to the site of the broken Vineyard Wind turbine, to protest the...
Aug 7
NEFSA Applauds Addendum 27 Delay
Washington, D.C. – The New England Fishermen’s Stewardship Association (NEFSA) is praising federal regulators for delaying new...
Jul 30
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...
Jul 25
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...
Jul 23
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...
Jul 16
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...
Jun 28
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...
May 21
Statement of Jerry Leeman at Keep Our Coast Clear press conference
Portsmouth, N.H. As a representative of the New England Fishermen’s Stewardship Association (NEFSA), I must express our deep concerns...
Apr 19
Fishermen react to cancellation of NY offshore wind projects
NEFSA CEO Jerry Leeman issued the following statement after the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)...
Mar 19
Fishing Associations React to Final Wind Energy Area for Gulf of Maine
The New England Fishermen’s Stewardship Association (NEFSA) and 16 other fishing associations released the following statement after the...
Feb 14
NEFSA Statement on Right Whale #5120 Fatality
Statement of Dustin Delano, NEFSA COO and fourth-generation lobsterman: New England fishermen have gone to great lengths to protect the...
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Jerry Leeman
Trawling, Dragging, Gillnetting, and Fin Fisheries: jerryleeman@fishermenstewardship.org
Dustin Delano
Lobster, Crab, and Clam Fisheries:
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