New England Fishermen's Stewardship Association
AdvocacySupport
Commercial fishing transit routes
Shipping Safety Fairways Along the Atlantic Coast
USCG-2019-0279-0066Proposed Rule
Comments
10
Awaiting comments
Deadline
Closed on Jun 23, 2026
Closed Jun 23, 2026
Net supportiSupport minus oppose · campaigns included
+10%
+10% excluding campaigns
Document
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- Title
- Shipping Safety Fairways Along the Atlantic Coast
- Posted
- May 5, 2026
- Comment period
- May 5, 2026 – Jun 23, 2026
- FR Doc
- 2026-08699
- CFR
- 33 CFR Parts 166 and 167
- Topics
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Stance breakdown
+10%
Net support
Support5Oppose4Other1
Aggregates include form-letter campaigns. Excluding them, net support is +10% across organic comments.
Who commented
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Business
2
Individual
1
Trade association
2
Advocacy
5
Comments over time
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Posted May 5, 2026Deadline Jun 23, 2026
May 11Jun 1Jun 15Jun 22
Support5Oppose4Other1
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Other
Advocacy
40%
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Business
50%
50%
0%
Trade association
100%
0%
0%
Individual
0%
0%
100%
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| Organization | Commercial fishing transit routes |
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New England Fishermen's Stewardship Association AdvocacySupport The New England Fishermen's Stewardship Association (NEFSA) supports the Atlantic Fairways initiative but argues that th |
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- Jun 20, 2026Blue Water FisheriesOpposeBusiness📎 Attachment
Blue Water Fisheries, a commercial offshore aquaculture company, opposes the proposed shipping safety fairways because they would effectively prohibit their project and other aquaculture developments in the Gulf of Maine. They argue that the Coast Guard's proposal is overly broad, ignores existing navigation technologies, and fails to consider less-restrictive, site-specific mitigation measures.
Read comment → - Jun 17, 2026Stronger America Through Seafood, Inc.OpposeAdvocacy📎 Attachment
Stronger America Through Seafood (SATS), a coalition representing seafood supply chain companies, opposes the creation of broad and exclusive shipping safety fairways along the Atlantic coast. They argue that the proposed fairways would effectively foreclose commercially viable open ocean aquaculture development and conflict with federal goals to increase domestic seafood production.
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