{"id":2471,"date":"2013-07-02T23:59:46","date_gmt":"2013-07-03T03:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/?p=2471"},"modified":"2015-04-02T14:56:04","modified_gmt":"2015-04-02T18:56:04","slug":"wind-farm-advice-accept-engage-negotiate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/wind-farm-advice-accept-engage-negotiate\/","title":{"rendered":"Wind farm advice: Accept, engage, negotiate"},"content":{"rendered":"

LONDON, ENGLAND \u2013 Over the last few years, European fishermen have been forced to grapple with the sudden reality of wind farm construction on their fishing grounds.\u00a0 Their experiences offer important lessons for fishermen here in the Northeast.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In mid-March, a team of people involved in fisheries in this region traveled to England to learn how offshore energy development is unfolding there (see CFN May 2013<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The five-day trip, sponsored by Ocean Conservancy, included meetings with a number of fishermen and fishing industry representatives impacted by offshore energy development.<\/p>\n\n\t\t