wind farm. todd: good morning, y all. interior department announced a hold on offshore wind projects. first large scale project until december 2020. one industry that s actually pleased with this development the fishing industry. take a listen. as a family business it s a lot of pride. fisherman. some day my son would want to do it. something doesn t change i don t want him coming on the boat. todd: last time we spoke with aaron williams he was worried that government regulations would kill the business that s been in his family for four generations now fishermen like him are facing a new threat offshore wind farms. if these offshore wind farms projected in the areas something built over to the commercial fishing industry. first wind farm was installed in the u.s. 1980. now there are more than 200 wind farms providing about
base to a wind mill. and most concerning, the wind farm s effect on radar we watched it happen. these right here five wind. this is what the radar does close to the wind farm. looks like 20 here. when there is actually only five right here. it s interference. the cost of the wind meals outweigh the benefits of it. proponents of the wind farm say the farm wants environment and economical advantages need to be taking into consideration as well. connecticut one of 15 stated a wind farms to their shores. connecticut is excited to be investing in offshore wind. we are project developers to ensure they have adequate funding for surveys and for monitoring. we know they will be driving investment in manufacturing and construction jobs. fishing industry response? it s easy for a lot of folks to look out to the ocean and think it s an endless. it s not endless.
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6.5% of the nation s electricity. and more growth is expected. specifically in our nation s oceans. in 2016, the first commercial offshore wind farm began operations with five turbines off block island in rhode island. and according to the american wind energy association, 10 more farms could be up and running as soon as 2024. all right. this is block island. aaron drove us to get a better look. you may look at this and say it s just five wind mills, who cares? this could be the start of thousands of these up and downtown east coast of the u.s., some of them much larger than what you see in front of you. the impact from five is not going to be the same from the impact of 500 or 5,000. however, there have been impacts. where are they seeing the impact? on the fish? fish have different habitats. they have certain migratory route these repeat year after year after year. when you put the wind farm on those places, those fish are definitely most certainly impacted. on the boats.