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"A newly proposed map for offshore wind in the Gulf of Maine included a victory for fishing groups, labor unions and environmental organizations.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has been mapping out locations in the Gulf of Maine to responsibly develop offshore wind, as the fishing industry and state officials have called for protection of vital fishing grounds. A draft Wind Energy Area proposed Thursday did just that by excluding nearly all of Lobster Management Area 1, according to a news release from BOEM.
“The federal government listened to the concerns of our fishing communities,” said Virginia Olsen, executive director of the Maine Lobstering Union, Local 207, in a release from the Natural Resources Council of Maine.
The decision signals that an offshore wind industry that harms Mainers making a living on the water is not welcome, Olsen added."
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