July 28, 2025 — Every rocket launch from Florida’s Space Coast triggers hours of varying maritime-vessel security and danger zones offshore of Port Canaveral, with fishermen warned to avoid those areas.
Rockets continue lifting off at an unprecedented rate. The Cape remains on track to surpass 100 annual orbital rocket launches for the first time this year. And looking ahead, SpaceX seeks environmental and regulatory approvals to soon add up to a whopping 190 additional rockets to the Eastern Range manifest per year — including enormous Starship-Super Heavy two-stage tandems.
That’s why the Southeastern Fisheries Association and other groups recommend that Congress and/or SpaceX establish a space-operations compensation program “for all domestic fishers, processors, and distributors who suffer economic losses or equipment damage.”