The Dutch have not allowed trawling within the footprint of their offshore wind farms. The Rich North Sea: Looking for a Sustainable Blueprint Ocean News February 3, ‘A new covenant called ‘The Rich North Sea’ (De Rijke Noordzee) brings together several companies working to connect two of the major challenges of our time: ensuring sustainable energy […]

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R016 – Co-location displacement in the marine area Last updated 6 September 2018 MMO ‘A key issue in all marine plan areas is the optimisation of space through promoting compatibility and encouraging co-existence between different activities. As such co-existence or displacement of activities should be considered within marine planning. An evaluation approach providing integrated consideration […]

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The Celtic Seas Partnership is producing a series of Best Practice Guidelines to support marine stakeholders in working and co-existing in ways which promote healthy, productive seas, towards the EU’s target of ‘Good Environmental Status’. Following a series of facilitated discussions, alongside the development of ten case studies from across the Celtic Seas, we have […]

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