Well more than 100 fishermen and their supporters turned out at the Portuguese-American Club Saturday night for the first Fishermen’s Night Out, a chance to socialize and compare notes about how to protect the rights of commercial fishermen in nearby waters.
Hosted by the Martha’s Vineyard/Dukes County Fishermen’s Association, the event’s goal was to raise more that $10,000 in support of their lawsuit against the Department of the Interior and Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior. The suit contends that Cape Wind’s plan to erect some 130 wind turbines, 440 feet high, in Nantucket Sound will deny them their “long-established reasonable use of the area,” according to Warren Doty, the organization’s president who is also a Chilmark selectman.
Like other members of the association (MV/DCFA), Mr. Doty is quick to point out that he is not against wind turbines in general, but that developers should consider the collateral impact of their projects. Other members of the board are Michele Jones, secretary; Jonathan Mayhew, treasurer; Bill Alwardt, Buddy Vanderhoop, Wes Brighton, and Steve Norberg.
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