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Offshore Wind Turbines More Are Coming to Northeast Waters Can They Co-Exist with Commercial and Recreational Fishing? (See the Watch on Page 3) www.RISAA.org SEPTEMBER, 2018 • Issue 236 401-826-2121 Representing Over 7,500 Recreational Anglers Offshore Wind Turbines More are coming to Northeast waters Can they co-exist with commercial and recreational fishing? (see The Watch on page 3) R.I.S.A.A. / September, 2018 Wind Farms - Good or Bad? Unless you read nothing in this for fishing safeguards at every step of Sept 8 • 3:00 PM Fly Fishing Committee issue every month except this the process. fishing at Bristol Narrows President’s message (ha-ha), you will As this issue goes to press we are have noticed more and more articles attempting to set up a public Sept 18 • 6:30 RISAA Board of Directors about the offshore wind farms. This is informational meeting with the people Sept 19 • 6:00 PM Fly Fishing Committee especially in The Watch column, written from Deepwater Wind and Vineyard fishing at Weekapaug Breachway by Dave Monti as chairman of the Wind at the Elks so all interested RISAA Legislative Committee. members can come and hear about the Sept 24 • 7:00 PM RISAA Monthly The wind farms can’t be avoided. actual project proposals and ask Seminar There are currently proposals that, if all questions. Stay tuned.... came to fruition, would put thousands SALTWATER ANGLERS Sept 27 • 2:00 PM Fly Fishing Committee of wind turbines along our coasts. FOUNDATION fishing at Narrow River Current and proposed projects are LICENSE PLATES underway not only in Rhode Island and Sept 29 • 8:00 AM Kayak Committee After last month’s issue came out fishing at Fogland Beach, Tiverton Massachusetts, but also New York, with news of the Saltwater license New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, plates being available, I received a Oct 6 • 8:00 AM Kayak Committee Hawaii and California. bunch of emails and Facebook fishing at Camp Cronin, Narragansett So we have to ask ourselves if these messages asking why people with are great things or will they do more commercial or combination plates Oct 8 • 4:00 PM Fly Fishing Committee harm than good? couldn’t get them. fishing at Weekapaug Breachway Personally, I’m not against the wind “Many fisherman drive pickups.” turbines. I think if the projects are done Oct 17 • 4:00 PM Fly Fishing Committee “I’d get the plate if I could, but I right, they can benefit us all with the fishing at Narrow River drive a pickup.” power they will generate, ideally After this I contacted our “guy” at Oct 20 • 8:30 AM Kayak Committee reducing our need for oil. DMV (this is RI where everyone has a fishing at Ft. Wetherill, Jamestown But as fishermen and environ- “guy”) and told him about the mentalists, I think we all need to proceed situation. It turns out that the law Oct 27 RISAA Party Boat Tautog Fishing with caution. When the Deepwater authorizing the Saltwater Plates did not Trip -members only Wind test project was being planned, specify passenger vehicles. The only recreational and commercial fishermen requirement was that we had to obtain Oct 29 • 7:00 PM RISAA Monthly were part of the study process. Much Seminar 900 orders before each TYPE of plate underwater testing was done to would be made. Nov 1 • 4:00 PM Fly Fishing Committee determine potential harm to the sea I also found out that the law was fishing at Narrow River floor, fauna, crustaceans and finfish. changed during this last General RISAA was heavily involved, Assembly session reducing the Nov 26 • 7:00 PM RISAA Monthly mainly with seats at the table by 1st VP minimum required number of plates Seminar Rich Hittinger and 2nd VP Dave Monti. from 900 to 600. With so much time spent in the process, So we have redesigned the web site Dec 17 • 7:00 PM RISAA Annual Meeting they both developed much knowledge and process to now accept passenger, and have made many connections March 22-24, 2019 New England commercial and combination within the wind farm, government Saltwter Fishing Show registrations for the new plates. regulation and environment And if you have a 6-digit plate, but communities. would want to get this, the web site The Official Newsletter of the We are fortunate that both Dave and now also explains how to easily change Rhode Island Rich really want to stay involved as your plate to 5 digits to be eligible. Saltwater Anglers Association these projects go forward and they have Wouldn’t it be cool to have a striped Published Monthly agreed to represent RISAA - and ALL bass on your license plate? Rhode Island Saltwater Anglers recreational fishing interests - in the YOU KNOW YOU WANT ONE! Association, Inc. study and permitting process. Please support RISAA and P.O. Box 1465 You can be sure that we will push consider getting one for your vehicle! Coventry, RI 02816 - 2 - R.I.S.A.A. / September, 2018 The RISAA Legislative Committee’s mission is to provide, in partnership with the Affiliated Clubs, a forum for improving the knowledge and understanding of fishery-related and government issues that affect recreational anglers. An informed membership encourages involvement and advocacy. The Legislative Committee will strive to advocate responsible fishery decision. The Committee is comprised of RISAA Members and delegates from the Affiliated Clubs. The Committee meets two or three times a year, depending on the number of fishery and/or legislative issues that develop. Can Offshore Wind Farms And Fishing Coexist? RISAA plans to stay involved to advocate for recreational fishing n This is an update on offshore wind farms in the U.S. Senators felt NOAA should be engaged in the planning northeast and what some in the fishing community phase and made their intentions know in 2019 appropriations are saying about the relationship between fishing and bill comments for the Commerce and Interior Departments as noted below. offshore wind. “Deepwater Wind did two years of research before the The latter portion of this article highlights some project, research during construction and two years after. RISAA action plan items that the Association has Hopefully we will continue to learn that there are no adverse engaged to advocate for recreational fishing in the effects,” continued Brown. “We need to do the same with the planning and development Vineyard Wind project. The idea of supporting a ‘Blue Economy’ is of wind farms. good, but at what cost? We need national standards for wind farms Utility-scale wind farms that in essence say ‘do no harm’ produce reliable, economical, to the ocean and fish.” renewable energy for millions of people. And, offshore wind has The MSA council process been proven to produce electrical can provide habitat and energy more effectively as ocean fisheries input winds blow harder and more In 2019 draft U.S. Senate consistently than land winds. In appropriations bills for the Interior Denmark they produce so much and Commerce departments, ocean energy (at a low cost) that senators ask ocean wind farm they export it to other countries. developers do a better job of The Bureau of Ocean Energy reaching out to recreational and Management (BOEM) is our commercial fishermen. U.S. government agency taking the Senators are asking that the wind lead on offshore wind, as well as RISAA Member Steve Brustein of West Warwick and farm developers utilize the regional gas and oil exploration in the Kevin Fetzer of East Greenwich with summer flounder council and commission structures ocean. All are looking to BOEM and black sea bass they caught when fishing the Block that are already in place under the to determine if ocean wind can be Island Wind Farm area Magnuson-Stevens Act for developed without harming the fisheries input. environment, fish and fish habitat. BOEM’s primary job is ocean energy; ocean habitat and What’s planned for the east coast? fisheries are not its primary business, so some fishermen are concerned that the agency is not looking after fishermen’s best According to BOEM, seventeen active or expired leases interests. have been granted to a number of companies from Maine to Chris Brown, commercial fisherman, president of the Rhode Florida, with most of them in the northeast. Multiple projects Island Commercial Fisheries Center and president of Seafood will likely be developed in each lease area in phases. Overall Harvesters of America said, “I am not convinced that BOEM thousands of turbines are planned with these projects. The has the oceans and fisheries expertise to do this. I would love only one completed is the Block Island Wind Farm (BIWF) pilot to have NOAA involved, but BOEM (under the Trump project with five turbines, delivering 30 megawatts of energy. administration) does not seem to want them engaged.” However, (to page 12) - 3 - R.I.S.A.A. / September, 2018 The purpose of the Welcome Committee is to contact new members, welcome them to the Association and answer any Roger Tellier was one of the speakers questions they may have about RISAA and its activities. at the July seminar on Recreational Clamming & Quohogging and told the audience that he would share his stuffed Welcome new members quahogs recipe in which “you can actually taste the quahougs.” who joined last month! Here it is. Thanks Roger. Wellington Chin Erik Rogde North Scituate, RI Hampton, CT ROGER’S John Genovesi David Sill Westerly, RI Wakefield, RI STUFFIES INGREDIENTS George Kollitides Michael Smalec • 4 boxes chicken flavored Stove Top Stuffing mix New Canaan, CT Portsmouth, RI • 4 medium sized onions • 1 green bell pepper Andrew Korfin Paula Smalec Portsmouth, RI • butter (total up the amount listed on each stuffing box) Block Island, RI • 4 pork breakfast sausages (sometimes I use 2 sweet Italian George Story sausages instead) James McKeough • 2 teaspoons Old Bay Seafood Seasoning South Windsor, Ct Westerly, RI • quahog liquid/water-total up the amount listed for liquid on each box of stuffing mix (see note below regarding percentage Jan Przezdziecki John Waring of mix) Cranston, RI East Sandwich, MA • 1 small pinch of red pepper flakes • paprika to dust the top of the stuffies at the end DIRECTIONS Share the Wealth! • Boil all empty shells to sterilize them.
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