Can offshore wind farms and the UK Fishing Industry co-exist effectively? PML-led research highlights urgent need for standardised compensation and improved collaboration between energy companies and fishermen. A new study, […]
Impacts of offshore wind farms: new evidence base. New evidence base on the environmental impacts of offshore wind farm developments and the outcomes for marine ecosystem services. With the rapid […]
PML leads the science on the world’s first co-located seaweed and offshore wind farm. PML to provide independent analysis of the Amazon-funded North Sea Farm 1 project. Scientists at Plymouth […]
EU project to farm kelp and mussels at offshore wind farms. Through the OLAMUR project, 25 partners from European industry and research organisations will work together to farm kelp and […]
Project to assess impact of offshore wind farms on marine ecosystem. Bangor University scientists are leading the research for the new £2m ECOWind-ACCELERATE project. Bangor University scientists are leading the […]
IMR to lead large EU project on kelp and mussel farming within offshore wind farm. “Offshore wind farms occupy large areas at sea. It makes sense to find multiple uses […]
EU fishers call for freeze on offshore wind farm development. On 22 January 2020, the seminar ‘Can Fisheries and Offshore Wind Farms Coexist?’ took place in the European Parliament hosted […]
Europêche warns of threat to fishing from offshore wind farms. European fishing industry representative body, Europêche, is warning that offshore developments – such as wind farms – are taking place […]
Harvest time at world’s first co-located seaweed farm and offshore windfarm. Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) is leading the science on the North Sea Farm 1 project. The first-ever harvest at […]
Inland and Coastal Marina Systems installs new O&M base berthing to support Scottish offshore windfarm. Supporting Scotland’s growing offshore energy sector, Inland and Coastal Marina Systems (ICMS) has installed a […]
Offshore windfarms help Whitby Lobster Hatchery. Whitby Lobster Hatchery has announced that two offshore windfarms will increase and extend their support to help the charity officially open its doors for […]
An important U.S. East Coast shellfish industry is projected to suffer revenue losses as offshore wind energy develops along the U.S. Northeast and Mid-Atlantic coasts, according to two Rutgers studies. […]
Highland MSP Kate Forbes supports new careers drive to inspire future salmon farmers. Highland MSP Kate Forbes has welcomed a new careers initiative aimed at inspiring young people to join Scotland’s […]
Portland, Maine — Commercial fishermen and maritime communities finally got relief from foreign green energy companies industrializing their coasts and natural resources. President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order […]
Floating offshore wind existential threat to fishing industry, warns SFF leader. Plans for giant floating offshore wind farms threaten to destroy Scotland’s fishing industry, the chief executive of the industry’s […]
World’s first commercial seaweed farm within a wind farm This autumn, the world’s first commercial seaweed farm will open within the Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) wind farm, located approximately 18 […]
UK fishing community shares its views on offshore wind. Preliminary results from a survey on the impacts of offshore wind farms on commercial fishing in the UK. There is still […]
Thistle Wind Partners gifts maritime training vessel. Thistle Wind Partners (TWP), which is developing the Ayre Offshore Wind Farm off the coast of Orkney and Caithness, announces that it is […]