Paul Garrett Fraser

[Paul Garrett Fraser @PaulFraser01]

@BenBikmanPhD @calleymeans @RobertKennedyJr @UtahDHHS Congratulations, Dr. Bikman.

[Bonnie Brady @mtkblb]

Senator Markey, the truth is Vineyard Wind never had 3,700 American jobs. Offshore construction is done by foreign-flagged vessels with foreign crews.

Those were never U.S. jobs.

The limited work on land is short-term union labor counted as job-years, not permanent employment. When projects pause, those workers rotate to the next job. No careers were destroyed.

What was destroyed was honest accounting.

The truth you may not know is that offshore wind drives some of the highest electricity prices in the country, funnels profits to foreign government-owned energy companies and private equity, and permanently displaces Massachusetts fishermen and working waterfronts that actually feed people.

Vineyard Wind doesn’t save ratepayers billions, it locks them into decades of above-market power while wiping out a domestic food industry you once defended. I specifically recall watching you fight for commercial fisherman in the 2010s and then, as offshore wind salesmen came a-calling, our Congressional defenders went silent.

You can demand classified reports Sir, but the truth isn’t classified. It’s at the docks, in higher electric bills, and in the fishing and coastal communities already paying the price.

[Secretary Doug Burgum @SecretaryBurgum]

The Trump admin’s action addresses emerging national security risks, including the rapid evolution of relevant adversary technologies & vulnerabilities created by large-scale offshore wind projects with proximity near our east coast population centers.
https://t.co/CC4p4f1dOq

[Wake Up NJ 🇺🇸 New Jersey @wakeupnj]

@mtkblb @realDonaldTrump @POTUS @SecretaryBurgum @SecWar @SecKennedy Excellent post, thank you for always bringing light to issues @mtkblb

And appreciate the Trump administration for all their efforts to protect our fishermen
https://t.co/WRm4B2V1GE

[Rose @rosew1719]

@AlexEpstein It’s not just 2 offshore wind projects. We’re talking about countless livelihoods of commercial fishermen in the NY Bight alone, 14 projects from Cape to Montauk , 1000s of turbines in historical fishing grounds. You’re on the wrong side of this.

[Paul Garrett Fraser @PaulFraser01]

@CaptainKieran1 There is no sound on this video.

[Capt. Dave Marciano @CaptMarciano]

It’s a shame we are sacrificing that history , those fisheries and those communities on the altar of big wind , corporate greed and eco fraud just to make a few multinational wind turbine power corporations billionaires

[Paul Garrett Fraser @PaulFraser01]

@fisherynation Hope you are feeling better.

[Capt. Dave Marciano @CaptMarciano]

Nothing good comes from ocean industrialization. The big green motto “ if it flys it dies “

[Bore Head @fisherynation]

Fishing industry advocates praise Trump administration's pause on offshore wind https://t.co/6Zt76YVUQ6

[Protect Our Coast NJ @njcoast_protect]

Nation’s Largest Fish Market Rallies to Stop Empire Wind Project

BRONX, NY, July 14, 2025- At 6:30 AM tomorrow, July 15th, the Fulton Fish Market Cooperative, the largest fish market in the United States and the backbone of our nation’s wild-caught seafood supply, will host a rally at its Hunts Point facility to oppose the proposed Empire Wind offshore wind project. The rally is also a call to action to President Donald J. Trump, urging him to stop the foreign-backed industrialization of American fishing grounds and protect one of the most iconic links in our national seafood supply chain.

The Market, a national distributor of U.S. wild-caught seafood, is joining forces at the rally with Protect Our Coast NJ (POC-NJ) and the Long Island Commercial Fishing Association (LICFA) to defend sustainable fisheries, national food security, and the thousands of working-class jobs that depend on them. All three organizations are plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit against the Empire Wind project, filed in U.S. District Court in New Jersey. The case brings together fishing and environmental groups from Cape May, New Jersey to New Bedford, Massachusetts in a unified legal challenge. Link here: https://t.co/qN2YzZoa5G

Fishing is a multi-billion-dollar industry in New York and New Jersey (NOAA, 2024). In New York, the commercial fishing and seafood industry supported 69,836 full- and part-time jobs and generated $9.2 billion in sales, $1.9 billion in income, and $3.2 billion in value-added impacts in 2022. In New Jersey, the industry supported 72,349 jobs and generated $12.9 billion in sales, $2.6 billion in income, and $4.5 billion in value-added impacts in the same year.

Over 1,200 full-time jobs, mostly unionized, including more than 500 held by Bronx residents, are supported by the Market’s operations, jobs that rely on continued access to American fishing grounds threatened by Empire Wind.

“The reporting of the economic benefits of Empire Wind is yet another case of select, manipulated, and deceptive data used to push a political agenda, but at what expense?” said Nicole Ackerina, CEO of the Market. “At the expense of an industry that provides one of the only remaining pure and unprocessed proteins to New Yorkers, at the expense of thousands of competitively paid and union jobs, and at the expense of a seafood supply chain that fuels the city’s and the nation’s restaurants and tourism economy.”

“If Empire Wind turns our ocean into an offshore industrial power plant, it will block access to the waters we depend on,” said Bonnie Brady, Executive Director of LICFA. “It won’t be safe to enter the area, it won’t be safe to fish there, and that’s a direct threat to the US wild-caught seafood economy that keeps New Yorkers fed and working.”

“We’re proud to stand with America’s seafood industry, fishermen, and environmentalists in urging President Trump to cancel Norway’s Empire Wind project off New York and New Jersey,” said Robin Shaffer of Protect Our Coast NJ. “We hope the incredible people at this historic market can send a message loud and clear to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue: Please, Mr. President, defend America’s commercial fishing heritage and protect thousands of good union jobs in an America First economy.”

The 203-year-old Cooperative, alongside the Long Island Commercial Fishing Association and Protect Our Coast NJ, stands in solidarity with America’s commercial fishermen and their coastal communities, and respectfully urges President Trump to halt the Empire Wind project before it causes lasting harm to US ocean resources and working waterfronts, and the national seafood supply chain.

Press availability begins at 6:15 AM at 800 Food Center Drive, Bronx, NY 10474. All media are welcome.

Contacts:
Nicole Ackerina, CEO, Fulton Fish Market Cooperative [phone]/[email protected]
Robin Shaffer, President, POCNJ [email protected]
Bonnie Brady, Exec. Dir., LICFA/
[email protected]

@POTUS

[Bonnie Brady @mtkblb]

Join us at the historic #FultonFishMarketCooperative the largest fish market in the US Tuesday at 6:30 am w @njcoast_protect and @LICommFishAssn for a rally
to stop the Empire Wind Project
Today’s interview w/ @JCats2013 @77WABCradio today
https://t.co/EeXgOJAjgN

[Protect Our Coast NJ @njcoast_protect]

Bonnie Brady: We need to stop the Empire Wind Project | 07-13-25

https://t.co/jwLUyTw5ig

@mtkblb @77WABCradio

[Bonnie Brady @mtkblb]

My latest update on the #EmpireWindLawsuit with @JCats2013 on @77WABCradio @njcoast_protect @CleanOcean @ack4whales
https://t.co/lgpGy4iKU0

[Protect Our Coast NJ @njcoast_protect]

A great listen! Click the link to hear POCNJ board member Bonnie Brady discuss the continuing fight for healthy marine and coastal ecosystems on @77WABCradio

https://t.co/CF4REDfGV9

[NE Fishermen's Stewardship Assoc. @fishstewardship]

“To allow Empire Wind to continue construction is to abandon us fishermen and our coastal communities who have, for generations, fed our great country and kept local economies thriving." -Captain Shawn Machie

https://t.co/7H2kJHa3ca

[Bonnie Brady @mtkblb]

@Interior @SecretaryBurgum Dominance shouldn’t mean destruction of our US sustainable commercial fishing industry as collateral damage for this.
https://t.co/R2F1YiZZwK

[Capt. Dave Marciano @CaptMarciano]

Only green involved in turbines is kickbacks $$$$ We all know they become rich doing nothing g but “ deals “ they don’t even try to hide it anymore F the people. Corporate profits is what matters

[Paul Garrett Fraser @PaulFraser01]

@CaptMarciano Absolutely true.