The federal government is once again testing how far it can push industrial extraction into one of the most productive and sensitive stretches of ocean on the East Coast. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s Request for Information (Docket BOEM-2026-0100) seeks interest in commercial leasing for Outer Continental Shelf minerals
For the last two years or so, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has been working towards a commercial offshore wind lease sale in the Gulf of Maine. We have had concerns. This past spring, BOEM released a Draft Call Area, opening a public comment period. The ASGA team took
By Will Poston, Policy Associate Today’s offshore wind (OSW) dialogue is constantly shifting, with numerous projects in various stages of development. It seems like every week a new lease is approved, more science is published, or another thousand-page document is released by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) for
ASGA teams up with the New England Aquarium, Orsted, Costa Del Mar, and others to investigate albie movements and post-release mortality For fly and light-tackle anglers along the U.S. east coast, few species attract more of a cult following than the false albacore, endearingly referred to as “albies” (and formally
By Will Poston, Policy Consultant By now, you’ve likely heard something or other about the prospect of commercial-sized offshore wind farms coming to the U.S. Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and beyond. Make no mistake—we at ASGA are fish people, not energy gurus, and were less than enchanted at the need to come
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