Co-location Meeting

PowerPoint Part 2

Co-location Case Studies

Seabed - Oyster fishery / re-laid mussel seed / ‘Artificial Reef’ (AR) enhanced lobster

‘ranching’

Fixed gear – Shellfish & Seaweed / Finfish

(Source: Linley A, Laffont K, Wilson B, Elliott M., Perez-Dominguez R., & Burdon D (2009). ‘Offshore and Coastal Renewable Energy: Potential ecological benefits and impacts of

large-scale offshore and coastal renewable energy projects.’ Report by PML Applications Ltd, SAMS and IECS for NERC)

Illustrating the potential for marine space use within Offshore Wind farm footprints

Open shellfish fishing access – Kentish flats (Source: Vattenfall 2011. Kentish Flats Offshore Wind Farm Extension,

Draft Environmental Statement. Section 13: Commercial Fisheries)

Seabed Ranching–(Natural Stock Relay e.g. Mussel seed) (N.B wild mussel stock enhancement / laying cultch for oysters COWRIE mitigation options)

Access Problems for dredging gear?

- Lynn (Wash) problems with seed mussel extraction

– North Hoyle 2010 Trial, seed mussel relay possible

- Gwynt Y Mor scour protection needed – dredge access?

Lamma 100mW Wind farm (ERM for Hong Kong Electric)

-Met Mast erected Mar 2012 / construction due 2014

-Stakeholder LG outlining AR plans

-Govn. Based (AFCD) gazetted AR in HK since 1996

AR Enhanced Fisheries/‘Ranching’ – Hong Kong

UK Artificial Reef (AR) Experience:

-Poole Bay (PFA)

-Loch Lhinne (waste rock dust)

-Portland rock (with lobsters)

(N.B lobsters, scallop, oyster hatchery enhancement / Scour protection AR COWRIE mitigation options)

Potential scour protection using by-products?

Fixed Gear (finfish) – Hong Kong Southeast HK 200mW Wind farm (Wind prospect for CLR)

-Final permissions due in 6 months (then aquaculture trial can go ahead)

-Waters deemed unsuitable for seaweed (too warm) and shellfish (too clear)

-HK$500,000 finfish (Grouper) trial planned with University support

-Finfish trial planned with x2 net cages in vicinity of Met mast

-Ex-fishing vessel use for 24hr patrol boat around Met mast

-Driver for aquaculture trial ‘social good’ and championed by developer

-Power generator (CLR) happy to allow co-location (so long as no conflict)

-Govn. compulsory decommissioning of fishing fleet

-Unauthorised marine traffic restricted

-AR also under consideration

-Licensing process very similar to UK model

Buck, B.H. (2004) Farming in a High Energy Environment: Potentials and Constraints of

Sustainable Offshore Aquaculture in the German Bight (North Sea). PhD-Thesis,

University of Bremen. 258 pp.

Tanja Michler-Cieluch (since 2004). Co-management processes in integrated coastal

management: The case of integrating marine aquaculture (mariculture) in offshore wind

farms

Bernadette Pogoda (since 2004). The suitability of the area around the planned offshore

wind farm Nordergründe for the cultivation of Pacific and European Oysters: growth

rates, fitness and health condition

Matthias Brenner (since 2005). The suitability of the area around the planned offshore

wind farm Nordergründe for the cultivation of blue mussels: fitness, parasite loads and

selection criteria for artificial substrates

Alfred Wegner Institute

Fixed Gear (shellfish, seaweed) - Germany

Planned wind farm Nordergründe. Figure (A) shows the map of the area (bird’s eye view) displaying

18 offshore wind turbines (numbers without brackets) and six single mussel plots designated by

the wind farm company. Four of these six designated plots were calculated according to our mussel cultivation

projections (numbers in brackets). Figure (B) presents a design of a single mussel plot within a

group of four wind turbines (not to scale) (modified after Michler & Kodeih 2007; Buck, own data).

(Source: Buck, B. H. , Ebeling, M. and Michler-Cieluch, T. (2010). Mussel Cultivation as a Co-Use in Offshore Wind Farms: Potentials and Economic Feasibility,

Aquaculture Economics and Management 14(4):, pp. 1365-7305 )

Fixed Gear (shellfish, seaweed) - Germany

Nordergründe Construction: Was due 2011, now planned for 2015

(N.B longline + lantern nets COWRIE mitigation option)

Fixed Gear (shellfish, seaweed) - Germany

Stakeholder Engagement Process – What can we learn?

Co-location = Co-management = Co-operation?

UNLIKELY TO BE ‘ONE SIZE FITS ALL’

MERMAID: Innovative Multi-purpose offshore platforms:

planning, design and operation.

H2OCEAN: Development of a wind-wave power open-sea

platform equipped for hydrogen generation with

support for multiple users of energy

TROPOS: Modular multi-use deep water offshore

platform harnessing and servicing

Mediterranean, Subtropical and Tropical

marine and maritime resources

-Is Co-location the future?

-What is European R&D, resources allocation and policy direction?

-Is there scope for sharing?:

Services / Infrastructure

Profit / Risk / Mitigation

Surveys / licensing process / monitoring

Project Structure Funding:

• Welsh European Fisheries Fund (EFF)

• ~50:50 ratio of Funding to Time CIK from Project Partners

• 45 days dedicated to deliverable production

Duration:

• 9 month project

• Start date: 01 Oct. 2012 / End date: 30 June 2013

Deliverables:

• Two main reports

• Reports guided by 3 Project Meetings

Meeting 1 = Advisory Group (December 2012)

Meetings 2 & 3 = Stakeholders (Spring & Summer 2013)

ASL

Report 1- Past studies, policy drivers &

permissions for shellfish cultivation in wind farms

Advisory Group & Stakeholder input on:

1. What the review should cover?

2. Known past studies & trials

3. Identify suitable forms of shellfish aquaculture

4. Permission & tenure

5. Requirements for a safe & compatible approach to shellfish

culture in wind farms

6. Nature conservation interests

7. Key policy drivers from all sectors

8. Anything else…

End point = guidance / recommendations on what shellfish culture

types most suitable now or in near future – not MUPS!

ASL

Report 2 – Guidance Manual on how to

cultivate shellfish within a wind farm site

Advisory Group & Stakeholder input on:

1. Infrastructure for shellfish cultivation & installation

2. Husbandry types including deposition and harvesting methods

3. Safe access & development of a Safe Access Protocol

4. Operational compatibility of shellfish cultivn. & wind farm operation

5. Shellfish cultivation & nature conservation interests

6. Emergency procedures

7. Anything else…

End point =

A practical & agreed Manual on how to safely cultivate shellfish in

Welsh offshore wind farm sites

Takes into account requirements of wind farm operators & nature

conservation designations

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Contact

Groupings

Status:

November

2012