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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. […]
Offshore windfarm stop over region for migrating fish. For the endangered Atlantic sturgeon and the commercially and recreationally important striped bass, the Delaware-Maryland-Virginia coastal shelf serves as an important spring […]
Fishing leaders demand halt to offshore wind consents. Warning expansion is ‘reckless gamble’ with jobs, heritage and environment. Scotland’s fishing leaders are demanding an immediate stop to further offshore wind farm […]
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 […]
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