Enrollment Opens for Vineyard Wind 1 Fisheries Compensation Program
The launch of the program opens a 90-day window for fishermen to qualify for compensation at www.vw1fisheriescomp.com .
- The launch of the program opens a 90-day window for fishermen to qualify for compensation at www.vw1fisheriescomp.com .
- The Vineyard Wind Fisheries Compensation Fund will bolster our commercial fisheries during this time of transition to clean energy—we hope this fund can be a model for ensuring offshore wind and commercial fisheries thrive together."
- To support the program, Vineyard Wind 1 has established three escrow funds to compensate affected fishermen in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York.
- Fishermen will not need to demonstrate economic impacts from Vineyard Wind 1 to qualify for the program or receive compensation payments.