[HTML][HTML] Are fish in danger? A review of environmental effects of marine renewable energy on fishes

AE Copping, LG Hemery, H Viehman, AC Seitz… - Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Many fish species are threatened worldwide by overfishing, contamination, coastal
development, climate change, and other anthropogenic activities. Marine renewable energy …

A new framework and tool for ecological risk assessment of wave energy converters projects

I Galparsoro, M Korta, I Subirana, Á Borja… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Marine renewable energy has considerable potential for enhancing the diversity of
renewable sources, to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels and combat climate change. While …

Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management works—How switching from mobile to static fishing gear improves populations of fished and non‐fished species inside …

BFR Davies, L Holmes, A Rees, MJ Attrill… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Designated using a Statutory Instrument in 2008, Lyme Bay marine‐protected area
(MPA) is the UK's first and largest example of an ambitious, whole‐site approach to …

Quantifying habitat provisioning at macroalgal cultivation sites

S Corrigan, AR Brown, IGC Ashton… - Reviews in …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Macroalgal cultivation is expanding rapidly, and promises to contribute significantly towards
future food and energy security, sustainable livelihoods, ecosystem services and habitat …

The restoration potential of offshore mussel farming on degraded seabed habitat

D Bridger, MJ Attrill, BFR Davies… - … , Fish and Fisheries, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The United Kingdom's first large‐scale, offshore, long‐line mussel farm deployed its
first ropes in 2013 in Lyme Bay, southwest United Kingdom, located in an area of seabed …

[HTML][HTML] Rewilding of protected areas enhances resilience of marine ecosystems to extreme climatic events

EV Sheehan, LA Holmes, BFR Davies… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Marine protected areas (MPAs) are employed as tools to manage human impacts, especially
fishing pressure. By excluding the most destructive activities MPAs can rewild degraded …

Assessing the effects of tidal stream marine renewable energy on seabirds: A conceptual framework

N Isaksson, EA Masden, BJ Williamson… - Marine Pollution …, 2020 - Elsevier
We are at a crossroads where many nation states, including the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland (UK), are committing to increased electricity production from …

A decade implementing ecosystem approach to fisheries management improves diversity of taxa and traits within a marine protected area in the UK

BFR Davies, L Holmes, A Bicknell… - Diversity and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aim Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management has highlighted the importance
of studying ecosystem functions and services, and the biological traits that drive them. Yet …

[HTML][HTML] Optimal fishing effort benefits fisheries and conservation

A Rees, EV Sheehan, MJ Attrill - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
The ecosystem effects of all commercial fishing methods need to be fully understood in order
to manage our marine environments more effectively. The impacts associated with the most …

[HTML][HTML] Colonisation of wave power foundations by mobile mega-and macrofauna–a 12 year study

A Bender, O Langhamer, J Sundberg - Marine Environmental Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Environmental impacts from wave energy generators on the local mobile mega-and
macrofauna community have been investigated in the Lysekil project by Uppsala University …