Offshore windfarms - monitoring impacts on the commercial fishing industry: good practice guidance
Good practice guidance for offshore wind developers on how to monitor the impacts of offshore wind farms on the commercial fishing industry. This includes how to identify appropriate monitoring datasets, develop monitoring methodologies and to identify the best means of disseminating outputs.
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