Collision Risk for Marine Mammals and Tidal Turbines

Annex IV Workshop
Held at International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE)
Edinburgh, UK
February 22, 2016

Summary
A one-day workshop was held in Edinburgh, Scotland, bringing together regulators, marine energy researchers and industry representatives, to identify the key challenges within the consenting process regarding collision risk for marine wildlife with tidal turbines and to produce a coordinated action plan, providing a framework to help reduce risk and uncertainty for developers and regulators. The workshop was hosted by University of Highlands and Islands, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, Marine Scotland, OES Annex IV, ORJIP Ocean Energy and ORE Catapult.

Annex IV Workshop: Collision Risk for Marine Mammals and Tidal Turbines Report

• Hutchinson, I.; Copping, A. (2016). A Coordinated Action Plan for Addressing Collision Risk for Marine Mammals and Tidal Turbines. Annex IV Workshop on Collision Risk for Marine Mammals and Tidal Turbines, Edinburgh, Scotland.