; Whereas areas leased as of March 2023 for offshore wind turbines sit along established fishing grounds that generate 40 percent of the United States fisheries $4,800,000,000 annual economic output, and provides food for millions of Americans; Whereas commercial vessel traffic in the Atlantic region, particularly in Coast Guard Districts 1, 5, and 7, is vital to the United States economy in that it serves major East Coast ports by the safe, reliable, and energy-efficient transportation of dry and liquid cargos; Whereas the rerouting of such traffic to accommodate wind lease sites is inefficient and poses a potential risk to the safety of vessel traffic and marine species; Whereas BOEM, in a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Ocean Wind 1 lease sale stated that the presence of offshore wind turbine structures and related radar interference could result in delays within or approaching ports, increase navigational complexity, and create detours to offshore travel or port approaches; Whereas requests from maritime stakeholders to increase the width of transit lanes to a minimum of 2 nautical miles to ensure safer transit through wind farms have been disregarded; Whereas a proposed alternative turbine layout with wider transit lanes was rejected in a record of decision (ROD) by the BOEM for the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind project in part due to potential delays to the project that would be inconsistent with timelines set in President Biden’s Executive Order 14008; Whereas such ROD stated that the combination of the technical complexities and project delay would preclude [Vineyard Wind 1’s] ability to meet the current contractual obligations with Massachusetts distribution companies ; Whereas the contractual obligation refers to a power purchase agreement between Vineyard Wind 1 and the State of Massachusetts, which was signed 2 years prior to the ROD, and required 800 megawatts of energy output