From a bird’s-eye view, it looked like a gathering of seafarers circling a totem pole off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts. The totem pole in question is an 850 feet tall Vineyard wind turbine, albeit one with a broken wing, which snapped and fell off into the ocean in July.
The congregation chose this damaged wind turbine as the protest site, apparently praying for the downfall of the offshore wind (OSW) industry. In attendance were the captains and crew of lobster, tuna, squid, and scallop fishermen and fisherwomen, along with a fleet of twenty-five fishing boats, from Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Jersey. These protests have been most intense in the state of Maine, where the lobster industry is central to the state’s economy and culture.
