“No matter how we feel or whatever, the feds are shoving this down our throat and it doesn’t matter what we say,” said Capt. Cane Faircloth, a NCFHCA board member who handles media, public relations and marketing for the association of about 300 people.
Fishermen want to know how offshore wind farms will impact the ocean's ecosystem and their businesses. While some studies give optimistic outlooks, definitive impacts remain to be seen.
Brunswick County officials, residents and interest groups who were initially wary of offshore wind development here said visual representations of turbines presented last week in Southport did little to change their minds.