Northeast Fisheries Heritage Protection Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 2
- Latest action
- Jan 23, 2025
What it does
The Northeast Fisheries Heritage Protection Act of 2025 would prohibit commercial offshore wind energy development in Lobster Management Area 1 of the Gulf of Maine, a region critical to New England’s fishing industry, by banning any federal leases, licenses, or authorizations for such projects there. The bill also requires the Comptroller General to conduct a study within 120 days of enactment evaluating the adequacy of current federal environmental review processes for offshore wind projects in the Gulf of Maine, including their impacts on marine life, fisheries, habitats, and coastal communities. Lobster Management Area 1 is defined by reference to existing federal regulations under…
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