The Responsible Offshore Development Alliance, a coalition of fishing industry associations and fishing companies, filed a petition for review on Sept. 13 in the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals regarding the U.S. Secretary of the Interior’s July 15, 2021 decision approving the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind energy project 15 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard.

Vineyard Wind 1 is the first commercial-sized offshore wind array to receive approval to construct offshore turbines.