Press Release: Omega Protein : Ocean Harvesters and Omega Protein Call for 15-Mile Buffer Zone from ...

(PR-inside.com) The following was released by Ocean Harvesters and Omega Protein: REEDVILLE, VA / ACCESSWIRE / October 24, 2024 / Ocean Harvesters, owner and operator of nine menhaden purse seine vessels, and Omega Protein, which develops healthy products from menhaden, have called for a 15-mile buffer from offshore wind development on the Central Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf. Responding to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) recently proposed Central Atlantic 2 Call Area (Docket No. BOEM-2024-0040), the two Reedville, Virginia-based companies wrote that their operations are incompatible with wind turbine arrays, and that critical adjustments are needed to protect the menhaden fishing ..