Rutgers, offshore wind firm to study impact on clams off NJ
WAYNE PARRY, Associated Press
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) A company hoping to build a wind power farm off the coast of southern New Jersey is partnering with Rutgers University and the state s clam industry to study the potential impacts of wind farms on the shellfish.
Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, LLC said Thursday it is funding a study of how New Jersey s valuable clam industry might be impacted by offshore wind farms over the next 30 years. Its cost was not immediately available.
The study also will take the possible impacts of climate change into account.