Offshore Development

 News Releases

August 1, 2022
PSN-ACSF8-1-22 BOEM's Pacific Wind Lease Sale 1 (PACW-1) for Commercial Leasing for Wind Power on the Outer Continental Shelf in California-Proposed Sale Notice {PSN)
"… Implicit in the PSN's proposal to use the multifactor bidding format and its inclusion of a credit as an incentive for OSW companies to enter into a CBA is the correct conclusion that fishermen will be the most impacted of any stakeholders. This fact is what led to the development of the FCBA template…”
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July 22, 2022
AOA-ACSF7-20-22 NOI to Prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement
"The ACSF appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Notice of Intent (NOi) to Prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for Identification of One or More Aquaculture Opportunity Area(s) in Southern California...”
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June 8, 2022
CD-004-22 Bureau of Open Energy Management
"The Alliance of Communities for Sustainable Fisheries (ACSF) is a 20-year-old 501 (c)(3) not-for-profit educational organization, founded for the purposes of connecting fishermen with their communities, and to represent fishing interests in state and federal processes...”
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May 10, 2022
Re: BOEM Morro Bay Wind Energy Area Draft Environmental Assessment
”The Alliance of Communities for Sustainable Fisheries {ACSF) is a 501-c-3 non-profit formed to allow for an organized community voice for commercial and recreational fisheries and shoreside support industries in state and federal activities affecting our interests. We actively work with representatives from ports and harbors located on the Central Coast area of California, from Port San Luis in the south to Pillar Point Harbor in the north. Our mission statement is "Connecting Fishermen with their Communities.”
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February 9, 2022
What is a Fisheries Community Benefit Agreement (FCBA)?
"A FCBA is a legally binding agreement made between an OSW company which is bidding on a BOEM-advertised lease (or which has been awarded a lease) for the opportunity to build a wind farm, and one or more commercial fishing organizations (CFO’s) whose members regularly fish the waters of the project area …”
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February 9, 2022
Industry Letter to State of California
"RE: Creating a template and managing Entity to address unwanted, adverse impacts on California’s fisheries from Offshore Wind Development…”
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