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

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  • Berkenhagen, Jörg
  • Döring, Ralf
  • Fock, Heino O.
  • Kloppmann, Matthias H.F.
  • Pedersen, Søren A.
  • Schulze, Torsten

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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.

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  • Berkenhagen, Jörg & Döring, Ralf & Fock, Heino O. & Kloppmann, Matthias H.F. & Pedersen, Søren A. & Schulze, Torsten, 2010. "Decision bias in marine spatial planning of offshore wind farms: Problems of singular versus cumulative assessments of economic impacts on fisheries," Marine Policy, Elsevier, vol. 34(3), pages 733-736, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:marpol:v:34:y:2010:i:3:p:733-736
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    2. Campbell, Maria S. & Stehfest, Kilian M. & Votier, Stephen C. & Hall-Spencer, Jason M., 2014. "Mapping fisheries for marine spatial planning: Gear-specific vessel monitoring system (VMS), marine conservation and offshore renewable energy," Marine Policy, Elsevier, vol. 45(C), pages 293-300.
    3. Qu, Yang & Hooper, Tara & Swales, J. Kim & Papathanasopoulou, Eleni & Austen, Melanie C. & Yan, Xiaoyu, 2021. "Energy-food nexus in the marine environment: A macroeconomic analysis on offshore wind energy and seafood production in Scotland," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 149(C).
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    6. Max Oke Kluger & Gerhard Bartzke, 2020. "A practical guideline how to tackle interdisciplinarity—A synthesis from a post-graduate group project," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 7(1), pages 1-11, December.
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    8. Søren Anker Pedersen & Hans Lassen & Hans Frost, 2015. "The marine ecosystem services approach in a fisheries management perspective," IFRO Working Paper 2015/03, University of Copenhagen, Department of Food and Resource Economics.
    9. Stelzenmüller, V. & Letschert, J. & Gimpel, A. & Kraan, C. & Probst, W.N. & Degraer, S. & Döring, R., 2022. "From plate to plug: The impact of offshore renewables on European fisheries and the role of marine spatial planning," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 158(C).

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