The European Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries “is almost unanimously of the opinion that fishermen should be consulted about the construction of offshore wind farms”, said Peter van Dalen (EPP, Netherlands), presenting his report on the effects of offshore wind farms and other renewable energy systems on the fisheries sector to the plenary on Monday 5 July.
The rapporteur calls for “real and full participation of fishermen in the question of where to place these wind turbines”.