I can't speak on behalf of the developers, but I know that no matter how many times we've gone to the table—and I've been doing this on the present U.S. offshore wind structure since 2014—we haven't been heard at all.
Basically, we have no option. BOEM makes the final decisions. For any socio-economic or fisheries data—anything we brought to the table—they said at the time when they leased the area, “Oh well, we can do it when we get to our construction and operation plan.” However, by the time they submit that, they've spent so much money surveying the area, etc., and the state-purchased power agreements have been put in place, and they're not going to suddenly shut down the area.
For example, the Empire Wind 1, which is Equinor—which is Statoil—had a lease in the New York Bight. We actually sued. We gave them all the information about where we fish. The director's memo had four choices for Abby Hopper at the time. It was 2016. You could remove section A due to offshore fishing grounds, remove section B due to offshore fishing grounds, remove A and B or open it all up. She opened it all up, and it has been that way ever since.
Thank you.