Decision bias in marine spatial planning of offshore wind farms: Problems of singular versus cumulative assessments of economic impacts on fisheries

The current approval procedure for wind farm proposals in the German EEZ only considers site specific conflict analysis between the wind farm and fisheries. Due to the relatively small spatial coverage of the sites potential opportunity losses to the fisheries are always considered as low or negligi...

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Published in:Marine policy 2010-05, Vol.34 (3), p.733-736
Main Authors: Berkenhagen, Jörg, Döring, Ralf, Fock, Heino O., Kloppmann, Matthias H.F., Pedersen, Søren A., Schulze, Torsten
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Assessments
Cumulative effects on fisheries
Economic analysis
Economic impact
Environmental management
Fisheries
Fishery industry
Germany
Marine
Offshore
Offshore structures
Proposals
Wind energy
Wind farms
Wind farms Cumulative effects on fisheries
Wind power generation
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Summary:The current approval procedure for wind farm proposals in the German EEZ only considers site specific conflict analysis between the wind farm and fisheries. Due to the relatively small spatial coverage of the sites potential opportunity losses to the fisheries are always considered as low or negligible. Cumulative effects on fisheries that will occur once all proposed wind farms are in place are not yet considered adequately. However, those cumulative effects will be quite substantial because, in particular, opportunities to catch such valuable species as flatfish will be considerably reduced.
ISSN:0308-597X
1872-9460
DOI:10.1016/j.marpol.2009.12.004