Wind power and MPAs threaten local seafood supply
Two key Australian fishing groups have said that trawl and shark fishing can survive if offshore wind is prioritised toward low-fishing areas. Four of Australia’s six offshore wind zones affect…
Fiskebåt slams Goliat wind power plans
Norwegian fishing industry body Fiskebåt has criticised proposals for wind farm development on the Goliat field off western Finnmark. In a letter to the Ministry, Fiskebåt departmental head Espen Jacobsen…
Is wind energy set to blow fishing off the water?
While fishing has been busy with providing food, the oil and energy lobbies have been hard at work in the corridors of power, says Mariann Frantsen, CEO of Pelagic Forening,…
Energy sovereignty cannot be traded for food sovereignty
The European Association of Fish Producers Organisations’s AGM this year was focused around the Maritime Spatial Planning – as the recently agreed Nature Restoration Law, the Kunming-Montreal Agreement and the…
Too little known about interactions between wind energy and fisheries
The lead author of a new study has stated that there is still too little knowledge about effects of the marine wind energy sector on fisheries. ‘We lack knowledge of…
Floating windfarms planned for Celtic Sea
The Crown Estate is in the process of identifying areas of the Celtic Sea for commercial-scale floating offshore wind energy development. These are part of the UK’s commitment to net…
UK fishing squeezed out
The findings of a major report commissioned by the NFFO and SFF demonstrate that the fishing industry continues to be shoved aside in the race for offshore energy, with more…
Protest disrupts windfarm progress
An investigation is already in progress by the Brest maritime authorities into actions carried out during a protest by fishermen on the Saint-Brieuc windfarm site. As the fishing vessels involved…
French fishermen oppose Channel windfarm
Combined opposition to the windfarm development in the Baie de Saint Brieuc has brought together fishermen and the region’s residents. A new demonstration is scheduled to take place this weekend…
Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has put an end to plans for a 350mW windfarm off the Møre coast. Image: Odd Kristian Dahle/Fiskebåt
Red light for Møre coast wind energy plans
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has put an end to plans for a 350mW windfarm off Western Norway’s Møre coast, reversing a decision previously made by the Norwegian Water…