<!-- BaNnErBlUrFlE-BoDy-start -->
<!-- Preheader Text : BEGIN -->
<div style="display:none !important;display:none;visibility:hidden;mso-hide:all;font-size:1px;color:#ffffff;line-height:1px;height:0px;max-height:0px;opacity:0;overflow:hidden;">
RFI on Initiative to Establish a Regional Fund Administrator for Fisheries Compensatory Mitigation ***NEW DEADLINE IS 5PM EST FEBRUARY 7, 2023 TO SUBMIT COMMENTS*** Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New
</div>
<!-- Preheader Text : END -->
<!-- Email Banner : BEGIN -->
<div style="display:none !important;display:none;visibility:hidden;mso-hide:all;font-size:1px;color:#ffffff;line-height:1px;height:0px;max-height:0px;opacity:0;overflow:hidden;">ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart</div>
<!--[if ((ie)|(mso))]>
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="padding: 16px 0px 16px 0px; direction: ltr" ><tr><td>
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="padding: 0px 10px 5px 6px; width: 100%; border-radius:4px; border-top:4px solid #90a4ae;background-color:#D0D8DC;"><tr><td valign="top">
<table align="left" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="padding: 4px 8px 4px 8px">
<tr><td style="color:#000000; font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif; font-weight:bold; font-size:14px; direction: ltr">
This Message Is From an External Sender
</td></tr>
<tr><td style="color:#000000; font-weight:normal; font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif; font-size:12px; direction: ltr">
This message came from outside your organization.
</td></tr>
</table>
<![if ie]><br clear="all"><![endif]>
<table align="right" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="padding: 4px 0px 4px 0px"><tr>
<td style="direction: ltr"> <a target="_blank" href="https://us-phishalarm-ewt.proofpoint.com/EWT/v1/KKphUJtCzQ!QaGOdqwnFAsvanh7cWsl2rliwgfmp2WzQCarz-T7Eftsd7P1lFJ9QlGHo41mEbpwFL7bMBKLW6NPxaNKBYQRRc4_Y9qC563I9WfsUb3VCIUYnLTFXY-OvTu-7-FP3y3K-RnYKc6ZAqVxSgZpvzGka2v1$" style="mso-padding-alt: 7.5px; padding: 7.5px; border-radius: 2px; border: 1.5px solid #666666; "><strong style="font-weight: normal; color: #000000; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height: 40px; "> Report Suspicious </strong></a> ‌ </td>
</tr></table>
</td></tr></table>
</td></tr></table>
<![endif]-->
<![if !((ie)|(mso))]>
<div dir="ltr" id="pfptBanner70b46on" style="all: revert !important; display:block !important; text-align: left !important; margin:16px 0px 16px 0px !important; padding:8px 16px 8px 16px !important; border-radius: 4px !important; min-width: 200px !important; background-color: #D0D8DC !important; background-color: #D0D8DC; border-top: 4px solid #90a4ae !important; border-top: 4px solid #90a4ae;">
<div id="pfptBanner70b46on" style="all: unset !important; float:left !important; display:block !important; margin: 0px 0px 1px 0px !important; max-width: 600px !important;">
<div id="pfptBanner70b46on" style="all: unset !important; display:block !important; visibility: visible !important; background-color: #D0D8DC !important; color:#000000 !important; color:#000000; font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif !important; font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif; font-weight:bold !important; font-weight:bold; font-size:14px !important; line-height:18px !important; line-height:18px">
This Message Is From an External Sender
</div>
<div id="pfptBanner70b46on" style="all: unset !important; display:block !important; visibility: visible !important; background-color: #D0D8DC !important; color:#000000 !important; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif !important; font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif; font-size:12px !important; line-height:18px !important; line-height:18px; margin-top:2px !important;">
This message came from outside your organization.
</div>
</div>
<div id="pfptBanner70b46on" style="all: unset !important; float: right !important; display: block !important; display: block; margin: 0px 0px 0px 16px !important; text-align: right !important; width: fit-content !important;">
<a id="pfptBanner70b46on" href="https://us-phishalarm-ewt.proofpoint.com/EWT/v1/KKphUJtCzQ!QaGOdqwnFAsvanh7cWsl2rliwgfmp2WzQCarz-T7Eftsd7P1lFJ9QlGHo41mEbpwFL7bMBKLW6NPxaNKBYQRRc4_Y9qC563I9WfsUb3VCIUYnLTFXY-OvTu-7-FP3y3K-RnYKc6ZAqVxSgZpvzGka2v1$"
style="all: unset !important; display: inline-block !important; text-decoration: none">
<div class="pfptPrimaryButton70b46on" style="display: inline-block !important; display: inline-block; visibility: visible !important; opacity: 1 !important; color: #000000 !important; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif !important; font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif; font-size: 14px !important; font-weight: normal !important; text-decoration: none !important; border-radius: 2px !important; padding: 7.5px 16px !important; margin: 3px 0 3px 16px !important; white-space: nowrap !important; width: fit-content !important;
border: 1px solid #666666">
Report Suspicious
</div>
</a>
</div>
<div style="clear: both !important; display: block !important; visibility: hidden !important; line-height: 0 !important; font-size: 0.01px !important; height: 0px"> </div>
</div>
<![endif]>
<div style="display:none !important;display:none;visibility:hidden;mso-hide:all;font-size:1px;color:#ffffff;line-height:1px;height:0px;max-height:0px;opacity:0;overflow:hidden;">ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd</div>
<!-- Email Banner : END -->
<!-- BaNnErBlUrFlE-BoDy-end -->
<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head><!-- BaNnErBlUrFlE-HeAdEr-start -->
<style>
#pfptBanner70b46on { all: revert !important; display: block !important;
visibility: visible !important; opacity: 1 !important;
background-color: #D0D8DC !important;
max-width: none !important; max-height: none !important }
.pfptPrimaryButton70b46on:hover, .pfptPrimaryButton70b46on:focus {
background-color: #b4c1c7 !important; }
.pfptPrimaryButton70b46on:active {
background-color: #90a4ae !important; }
</style>
<!-- BaNnErBlUrFlE-HeAdEr-end -->
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#0563C1;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="word-wrap:break-word">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">RFI on Initiative to Establish a Regional Fund Administrator for Fisheries Compensatory Mitigation<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">***NEW DEADLINE IS 5PM EST FEBRUARY 7, 2023 TO SUBMIT COMMENTS***</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia have been advancing an initiative to establish a regional fund administrator for fisheries
compensatory mitigation which would provide financial compensation for economic loss from offshore wind development off the Atlantic Coast. The states have released a Request for Information (RFI) aimed at receiving input from impacted members of the fishing
industry. Please see the links below for the RFI and supporting documentation. The comment period has been extended to February 7, 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Request for Information:
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://offshorewindpower.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/FisheriesCompensationFund_RFI_FINAL.pdf__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!NuPxSpR9c2uJWG_BwnUZOE_Z_jHCfv9JkXRACL_p3x7UT5N-hjLGoSBJS0DDgUPhsABL5lFPCc9gh6chqwKwxPGGAFy7ANiQfqAnkA3z7g$">
https://offshorewindpower.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/FisheriesCompensationFund_RFI_FINAL.pdf [offshorewindpower.org]</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Scoping Document:
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://offshorewindpower.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/FisheriesCompensationFund_ScopingDoc_FINAL.pdf__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!NuPxSpR9c2uJWG_BwnUZOE_Z_jHCfv9JkXRACL_p3x7UT5N-hjLGoSBJS0DDgUPhsABL5lFPCc9gh6chqwKwxPGGAFy7ANiQfqDltW3LXg$">
https://offshorewindpower.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/FisheriesCompensationFund_ScopingDoc_FINAL.pdf [offshorewindpower.org]</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Additional details are available at:
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://offshorewindpower.org/fisheries-mitigation-project__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!NuPxSpR9c2uJWG_BwnUZOE_Z_jHCfv9JkXRACL_p3x7UT5N-hjLGoSBJS0DDgUPhsABL5lFPCc9gh6chqwKwxPGGAFy7ANiQfqBITxwxug$">https://offshorewindpower.org/fisheries-mitigation-project [offshorewindpower.org]</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">You are receiving this notice from the RIDEM Division of Marine Fisheries (rimarinefisheries listserve).
<b><u>This is an automated message system; please do not reply to this email</u>.</b><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">To subscribe to this mailing list, send email to
</span></i><a href="mailto:rimarinefisheries-subscribe@listserve.ri.gov"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">rimarinefisheries-subscribe@listserve.ri.gov</span></i></a><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.
To <b>unsubscribe</b>, send email to <</span></i><a href="mailto:rimarinefisheries-unsubscribe@listserve.ri.gov"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">rimarinefisheries-unsubscribe@listserve.ri.gov</span></i></a><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">>
<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">If you have trouble unsubscribing, send email to <</span></i><a href="mailto:rimarinefisheries-owner@listserve.ri.gov"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">rimarinefisheries-owner@listserve.ri.gov</span></i></a><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">>.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To subscribe to notifications for rules and regulations noticed with Sec. of State, go
</span></i><a href="https://rules.sos.ri.gov/subscriptions/subscribe/all"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">here</span></i></a><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">. For meeting notifications
filed with Sec. of State, go </span></i><a href="https://opengov.sos.ri.gov/OpenMeetings"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">here</span></i></a><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>