Fishermen Concerned That Ocean Wind Farms Are Ruining Environment, Their Livelihoods

Giant turbines are being blamed for disappearance and death of fish, shellfish—and the ability of commerical fishermen to make a living.

Wind turbines generate electricity at the first commercial offshore wind farm in the United States, Block Island, near Rhode Island, on July 7, 2022. John Moore/Getty Images

Chris Brown, a commercial fisherman based in Port Judith, Rhode Island, has caught codfish, flounder, herring, squid, fluke, and other species all his life from the waters around Block Island.

After the Block Island Wind Farm began operating off Rhode Island in December 2016, many of the fish disappeared, he told The Epoch Times.