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MA Fisheries and Windfarms
Kevin D.E. Stokesbury
Sustainable Energy
and Sustainable
Fisheries
NEFOP(NOAA) Mid‐water trawl trips 2000‐2010
200,000 kg Atlan=c Herring
150,000 kg Atlan=c Mackerel
Winter Flounder
Tagging Study: July
Lobster Landings
0 200,000 400,000 600,000 800,000
0 500,000 1,000,000 1,500,000 2,000,000
2009= 661,243 lbs
2009= 138,974 lbs
2000 ‐ 2002
2003
Landings dropped 50%
ShiF in fishing effort offshore
High overlap with fishing grounds
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Result of Offshore Wind Fisheries Working Group
Southern New England Offshore Wind Energy Science Forum December 11‐12 2017, URI NarraganseI Bay Campus