John Walker of Newport, shown on his lobster boat south of Brenton Point in the summer 2018, is withdrawing from the Fishermen’s Advisory Board before it even meets this week with SouthCoast Wind. Walker said he learned he was confirmed to the board after reading a news article. (Photo courtesy of John Walker)
Four of the 10 newly confirmed members to a state fishing advisory panel already want out, two days before their first meeting with offshore wind developers, Rhode Island Current has confirmed.
Three people appointed to the Fishermen’s Advisory Board have decided to resign after the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council’s April 8 confirmation vote . A fourth candidate said he was no longer interested before the vote, but his name was inadvertently included on the list anyway, Laura Dwyer, a CRMC spokesperson, said in an email Tuesday…