Southern NJ Offshore Wind Farm Webinar 1/13/21

[Gerry Zagorski]

The proposed area of these offshore wind farms is between Barnegat and Atlantic City and this meeting is for sharing information about the project to the recreational fishing community. If you’d like to attend, you’ll see below you need RSVP and send an email to get the zoom meeting link.


Please join the Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind team for a virtual Recreational Fishing Informational Session. We look forward to introducing the community to our Recreational Fisheries Representative, and to sharing general information regarding development of the OCS-A 0499 Lease Area. If you are part of the New Jersey recreational fishing community please feel free to join our conversation.

January 13, 2021 | 6:30 – 8:00 PM ET

RSVP to info@atlanticshoreswind.com

ZOOM link will be sent via email after your RSVP is received.
Fisheries Communication Plan

Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind is actively working with the fishing community – both commercial and recreational – to understand their concerns and create a development plan with as little impact to fishing as possible. Our team aims to find a balance in the shared use of our ocean by seeking to understand and mitigate any potential affects our activities may have on the environment, wildlife and industries that fuel our local economies. Our fisheries communication plan outlines ways fishermen can communicate concerns to our development team and methods Atlantic Shores will utilize to keep the fishermen informed and educated about our projects.

[Gerry Zagorski]

Another meeting scheduled for Thursday 1/28

You can register here http://www.atlanticshoreswind.com/mariners

[hammer4reel]

Commercial guys spent a lot of money and time to show these wind farms that will eventually be throughout our coast are going to destroy the most fertile fishing grounds we have .

Chosen locations will put them out of business .
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They were pretty much told this is a multi billion dollar deal , and nothing is going to stop it .

[dales529]

Originally Posted by hammer4reel

Commercial guys spent a lot of money and time to show these wind farms that will eventually be throughout our coast are going to destroy the most fertile fishing grounds we have .

Chosen locations will put them out of business .
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They were pretty much told this is a multi billion dollar deal , and nothing is going to stop it .

Dan
Agreed this is a done deal. Leases and contracts were signed years ago. Wind Farms are coming to NJ.

Having said that a lot of work is going on with Atlantic Shores Wind Farms between Commercial and Recreational advisors to TRY and protect the location of these arrays outside of known fishing areas including reefs, clam beds, mussel beds. The locations hopefully will be chosen based on these recommendations. There are obviously navigation and access issues still being discussed as well but access will be on the federal level.
Just saying that we have people, groups etc both commercial and recreational in the mix on these negotiations and its ongoing. We have and are having meetings on this.

Recreational fishermen should continue to support these efforts to the groups involved . More to come on how in the near future.

[bulletbob]

Originally Posted by hammer4reel

Commercial guys spent a lot of money and time to show these wind farms that will eventually be throughout our coast are going to destroy the most fertile fishing grounds we have .

Chosen locations will put them out of business .
‘
They were pretty much told this is a multi billion dollar deal , and nothing is going to stop it .

Hate to argue with an experienced captain, but why do you think this is the case??.. Yes perhaps they won't have the open expanses of bottom to drag, but those massive structures will be alive with bait and groundfish in a few short years... Not only that, but pelagics will be close at hand as well.
It happens wherever huge structures are placed in large expanses of open ocean, around the world.
I have read about the wind farms at Block Island and in Europe and they all became life magnets within a year, and within two were loaded with fish life, including pelagics... I understand your position, and realize you probably know and are friendly with commercial guys, but sorry, you will never convince me that those huge structures out there will mean fewer fish.. Its never happened anywhere else... Think about the massive sport fishing industry around the Gulf oil rigs... Many decades ago, that was just lifeless deep water.. Now its one of the world's greatest salt water fisheries... bob

[tautog]

The structure will attract fish but it has been indicated that fishermen won't be allowed anywhere near them off NJ. If this is accurate, I would be a definite no on the wind farms.

[hammer4reel]

Originally Posted by bulletbob

Hate to argue with an experienced captain, but why do you think this is the case??.. Yes perhaps they won't have the open expanses of bottom to drag, but those massive structures will be alive with bait and groundfish in a few short years... Not only that, but pelagics will be close at hand as well.
It happens wherever huge structures are placed in large expanses of open ocean, around the world.
I have read about the wind farms at Block Island and in Europe and they all became life magnets within a year, and within two were loaded with fish life, including pelagics... I understand your position, and realize you probably know and are friendly with commercial guys, but sorry, you will never convince me that those huge structures out there will mean fewer fish.. Its never happened anywhere else... Think about the massive sport fishing industry around the Gulf oil rigs... Many decades ago, that was just lifeless deep water.. Now its one of the world's greatest salt water fisheries... bob

It’s been proven in other area fish don’t like EMF created by the generation lines .
These can’t ge looked at in the same way as an oil tower .
Bottom structure that has held bait and predatory fish for a hundred years is going to be removed to get a better base to set the windmills .
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It’s also my understanding these areas will be a secure zone for 5 years minimum while being built .
And apparently the windmills don’t have a great life span , and in other areas around the world have turned into ocean junk piles .
They also aren’t putting these in deep water as the oil rigs .
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Look back at articles from a few years ago where these were built and the soundings really effected the fishery .

New articles the last two years seem to just make them sound like they are fish magnets .
Monty Hawkins had lots of video in reef sites he has personally built in Maryland covered with sea bass .
When they did soundings there the fish left in huge numbers . They don’t like the noise created .
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[hammer4reel]

This is the area I’m not liking . IMO. It will effect the great fluke fishery we currently have .
Flounder are avoiding the transmission lines more than other fish .

[Gumada]

Let’s not forget who gets to pay for these wind farms ! Between government subsidies and higher utility bills WE DO ! To top it all off they are never economically viable and even if by some miracle they become profitable, we will never see a penny in lower utility bills......

[frugalfisherman]

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