Residents at the Ocean City meeting also claimed offshore wind turbines could negatively impact tourism at the Jersey Shore, the fishing industry and ship navigation.
at the Jersey Shore this winter may have been what initially drove residents out to Ocean City on Wednesday night for a discussion of their suspected — but unproven — connection to offshore wind pre-construction.
Among 16 areas of concern listed on a screen were tourism, fisheries, bird strikes, noise pollution, the view, marine mammals and navigation. “Let me tell you something, this affects everybody that owns here, that rents here, that has a business here, that fishes here, that eats here, taxpayers, non-taxpayers, it effects every single one of us,” said Michael DeVlieger, a former Ocean City councilman.
Hundreds nearly filled 800 seats in the church Wednesday for about two hours to voice concerns about matters Gov. Phil Murphy and both companies gearing up to construct the state’s first offshore wind turbines in the coming years have said they are cognizant of and there should not be alarm over. Observers are stationed onboard survey vessels to protect animals, agencies have said. As for acoustic and geophysical survey work needed in the planning process, officials from NOAA and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s Center for Marine Acoustics said they have not been shown to seriously harm animals.
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