Sweden green-lights west coast windfarms
The Swedish government has decided to give permission to Galene and Vattenfall Syd to build and operate two wind farms outside Sweden's territorial waters off Varberg and Falkenberg respectively. ‘We…
Fisheries groups deliver warning on offshore wind
Fisheries groups from around Europe have demanded that governments wake up and recognise the dangers to sustainable food production of the headlong rush to develop huge offshore windfarms. The Northern…
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…
Fishermen’s organisations along the whole European Atlantic coast are asking for a precautionary approach to windfarm development
European fishermen protest against windfarm plans
European fishing industry associations representing 2000 fishing vessels from Portugal to Sweden have written to MEPs to make clear their concerns about the future of the North Sea and wider…
Industry organisations have warned of the need for a precautionary approach in expanding offshore energy
Blown away by offshore wind energy plans
Fishing industry bodies have reacted with scepticism to the European Commission’s announcement of, as part of its Green Deal, proposals to increase the EU’s offshore energy production twenty times to…
The Burbo Bank wind farm. Image: Ørsted
Windfarms as multi-use sea farms
A new collaboration between the offshore wind industry and the nature-inclusive seaweed sector could be a stepping stone towards making multi-use sea farms a reality. Windfarm operator Ørsted and Stichting…
European fishermen are calling for a freeze on development of windfarm capacity and expansion into new areas
Can Fisheries and offshore Wind Farms Coexist?
The friction between the expansion of windfarms and the fishing industry continues to become increasingly acute as more fishing grounds are lost to windmill parks, particularly in the North Sea,…
Dutch fishing is beset with problems, according to Dirk Kraak
Expect storms, Dutch skipper tells MEPs
Speaking to Dutch MEPs at a meeting of SEVO (The Strategic European Fisheries Consultation), attended by Peter van Dalen, Jan Huitema and Annie Schreier Pierik, EMK vice-president Dirk Kraak said…
Europêche warns that the expansion of windfarms is putting the marine environment and fish as a key food source at significant risk. Image: ©Frans Lemmens via Hollandse Hoogte
Europêche: Fishing industry losing grounds
With governments and emerging industries increasingly looking to the seas as sources of minerals and energy, the result is that the competition for maritime space is becoming increasingly tough. One…