Comment Submitted by NEFSA

Summary: The New England Fishermen's Stewardship Association (NEFSA) opposes the proposed Atlantic Coast Shipping Safety Fairways because the Supplemental Regulatory Analysis fails to adequately quantify the economic and operational costs to the commercial fishing industry. They argue that the analysis overemphasizes benefits to commercial shipping while ignoring the cumulative impacts of routing changes and offshore wind development on fishing vessels, ports, and the broader seafood supply chain.