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1 MASSACHUSETTS LOBSTERMEN’S ASSOCIATION JOIN TODAY and A LEADING Commercial Fishing Industry Association in New England show your support MAY 2018 NEWSPAPER • WWW.LOBSTERMEN.COM MASSACHUSETTS DMF UPDATE PG 22 LOBSTERMEN’S ASSOCIATION The LEADING Commercial Fishing Industry Association in New England NEFMC UPDATE PG 32 Massachusetts. The MLA represents commercial fishermen thatare currently and productively fishing in Lobster Management Area 2 MLA Submits Comments to (LMA2), Lobster Management Area 3 (LMA3) and Vineyard Sound BOEM on Offshore Wind (VS) where the Vineyard Wind LLC; approximately 800-megawatt The Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association (MLA) recently (MW), offshore wind project is to be developed. submitted the following comments with great concern to the Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management (BOEM) regarding the recent The development of Offshore Wind (OSW) in the Untied States is CONGRESS Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for aggressively ambitious and being at the beginning stages, our hopes TAKES ACTION PG 42 are that the Government will require ALL OSW developers to respond Vineyard Wind LLC’s Proposed Wind Energy Facility Offshore to ALL environmental concerns the commercial fishing industry YOU CAN NOW FOLLOW THE MLA ON THE FOLLOWING SOCIAL MEDIAS 2 • M ASSACHUSETTS L OBSTERMEN ’ S A SSOCIATION • WWW . LOBSTERMEN . COM New England is not the same as the UKs and nor are COVER STORY the countless species that depend upon our ecosystem being healthy. For the Government to use the UK as 2 0have 1 8 and address them accordingly. The commercial a comparison is doing a disservice to all Americans who depend on these waters for their livelihoods and AY fi shing industries have successfully fi shed these waters Americans who enjoy healthy, clean and sustainable M for hundreds of years and we do not want to see them seafood. Published by the Mass. Lobstermen’s Assoc., Inc. destroyed in a couple of decades. 8 Otis Place Scituate, MA 02066 The MLA is troubled by the lack of studies that have We are also concerned about the safety of the fl eet or have not been done on the negative impacts to the and their ability to safely transit to and from their Published monthly lobster, conch and crab resources. Collectively, these homeports. We strongly ask that more research be done on the impacts of the OSW turbines and the interaction Mailed to all paid members of the are some of the primary and profi table species currently Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association being harvested by our members currently in VS, LMA with radar on the vessels. The port of New Bedford is 2 and LMA 3. The MLA continually asks for more one of many hubs for the commercial fi shing industry Newsletter Departments and the OSW lease areas are directly southeast from studies to be done on several areas of concern such as; Editor, Industry News, Notice Section, Editorial, Electromagnetic Fields (EMF), pile driving, silting, jet here and is highly travelled by the fl eet. Furthermore, we are concerned about the long-term Blog, Industry News, Promotions, Layout, plowing and the overall impacts a large scale offshore Advertising: Beth Casoni — Executive Director wind project will have on the entire benthic habitat impacts of OSW to the endangered North Atlantic before a shovel of sand is moved. Right Whale (NARW). The lease areas collectively Billing: Elaine Kracov are known feeding grounds for the NARW and having Buy Sell Swap: Tracey Abboud any further upset to them will cause even more Even though there have been minimal studies on EMF, nothing compares to the magnitude this project will physiological harm to the species. The commercial Newsletter Advertising Rates lobster and fi xed gear industries are continually produce and what the negative impacts will be on The MLA Newsletter is published monthly all sea life. The MLA is extremely concerned about constrained because of potential future interactions with any negative impact to the resources from the EMF these animals, there is not enough known about the (Please note that all pre-paid ads for last year and jet plowing the proposed “Vineyard Wind LLC impacts of OSW construction, electromagnetic fi elds will be honored) is permitting an up to approximately 800-megawatt and noise impacts on the NARW? $35 — ¼ Page Ad Currently, we have been informed by whale specialists (MW) offshore wind project in federal waters in prime $65 — ½ Page Ad fi shing grounds currently being fi shed by a multitude of at the New England Aquarium that the NARW fi sheries.” birthrates are declining, what is the impact of OSW $95 — Full Page Ad having on these highly protected species? More Color Ads — + $25 per ad Unfortunately, there is not a study today that can show research is undeniably needed in this area of concern so the effects of 800MW on our ecosystem, not the UKs, that the commercial fl eet does not further endure any and we are asking for more studies to be conducted more baseless constraints. on a much larger scale. The ecosystem in Southern MLA Submits Comments Continued on Page 9 “NEW” MLA LOBSTER GEAR Call 781-545-6984 or visit Working to www.lobstermen.com maintain a sustainable resource in the marine ecosystem. 8 Otis Place · Scituate, MA · 02066 781.545.6984 Individuals can help this cause by becoming a Supporting Member. For more information, visit our website www.lobstermen.com M ASSACHUSETTS L OBSTER M EN ’ S A SSOCIATION • WWW . L OBSTER M EN . CO M • 3 M AY SPONSOR LIST 2 0 1 8 THE FOLLOWING COMPANIES ARE CURRENT; FULL $250.00 SUPPORTING MEMBERS OF MLA. WE ENCOURAGE OUR MEMBERS TO PATRONIZE THEM. 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MARINE & INDUSTRIAL 617-464-1500 255 MacArthur Drive PLYMOUTH, MA INC. www.bostonlobstercompany.com New Bedford, MA GRUNDENS USA 508-746-5342 MIKE RICHARDSON (NH) 508-994-8257 MICHAEL JACKSON 603-436-2836 BOSTON SWORD & TUNA POULSBO, WA LOBSTER TRAP FISH MARKET 781-834-9301 Info@ STEPHEN SCOLA COASTAL HYDRAULICS 360-779-4439 MONUMET BEACH, MA newenglandmarine.com Boston, MA RICH TUCKER www.grundens.com 508-759-6400 617.946.9850 SEABROOK, NH WWW.LOBSTERTRAP.COM THE NET RESULT 603-474-1914 HAMILTON MARINE INC. LOUIS LARSEN BROOKS TRAP MILL www.coastalhyd.com sales@ DAVID NORMAN LOBSTER TRAP CO. MARTHA’S VINEYARD STEPHEN BROOKS coastalhyd.com SEARSPORT, ME LOGAN CLARK [email protected] THOMASTON, ME 207-548-6302 BOURNE, MA 207-354-8763 COHASETT LOBSTER POUND 508-759-4928 NEW ENGLAND PROPELLER [email protected] TOMMY ALIOTO JAMES HOOK & CO. www.lobstertrap.com RON PECK COHASETT, MA ED HOOK JR. 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