Impacts of Offshore Wind Farms on Marine Ecosystems, Fisheries and Societies
A special issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (ISSN 2077-1312). This special issue belongs to the section "Marine Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2023) | Viewed by 5582
Special Issue Editors
Interests: population dynamic; resource assessment; fisheries science
Interests: marine policy; law of the sea; laws and policy on wind energy
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the worldwide quest for renewable energy sources, the offshore wind industry is booming globally and will continue growing to fill the demands of increasing electricity. The wind force produced at sea could reach a higher and more constant speed due to the absence of land barriers, resulting in more energy output than onshore wind force. In order to utilize most of this clean and un-limited resource, offshore wind farms have developed rapidly during last decade; this brings its own particular challenges and potential impacts on marine ecosystems, fisheries and societies that were not necessarily seen during the development phase. This Special Issue on the “Impact of Offshore Wind Farm on Marine Ecosystems, Fisheries and Societies” will consider a number of areas that are important for the development of offshore wind energy, including, though not restricted to: marine environment and ecosystems, fishery resource and dynamics; acoustic impact on animals; society, economic, laws, and public policy. This Issue will provide a compilation of the current state-of-the-art and future perspectives related to environmental impact assessments on marine ecosystems, fisheries and societies in the field of offshore wind energy research.
Dr. Nan-Jay Su
Dr. Shih-Ming Kao
Dr. Wei-Chuan Chiang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Offshore wind energy
- Environmental impact assessment
- Marine ecosystem
- Fisheries resource
- Acoustic impacts
- Development and design
- Society and economic
- Laws and policy-making
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