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Metadata: 2021-2023, National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations, Offshore Wind Evidence and Change Programme (OWEC), Virtual Floating Offshore Wind (FOW) Project
Abstract:
As offshore renewable energy continues to develop in order to meet Government targets and contribute to Net Zero, there is the potential for overlap between areas of interest for development and areas used for fishing. In order to avert this potential conflict there has been agreement, between stakeholders from both the fishing and offshore renewables industries, that dialogue is needed to share information (both ways) in order to promote and strive for an approach where the shared goal is co-existence. Recognising the importance of co-existence, The Crown Estate, through its Offshore Wind Evidence and Change (OWEC) programme, has therefore supported the National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations (NFFO) to undertake a series of workshops to facilitate such dialogue, the outputs and recommendations from which are contained within this report. The aim of the project was to take positive, practical steps to support the drive for co-existence between the offshore renewable industry and UK fishing industry. The project enabled evidence supported dialogue and knowledge sharing with the aim of improving the planning process and development of offshore wind through greater co-operation and mutual understanding of sector needs of the fishing industry and the offshore wind sector. It is hoped that the results of this exercise will in turn foster greater understanding among industry stakeholders and Floating windfarm developers and technology developers, and planners , informed by physical, operational, and environmental constraints, and in what ways and by what means they may be optimized to reduce potential conflict and facilitate co-existence with fisheries.
Data holder:
The Crown Estate
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 19110 |
| Title | The title is used to provide a brief and precise description of the dataset such as 'Date', 'Originating organisation/programme', 'Location' and 'Type of survey'. All acronyms and abbreviations should be reproduced in full. | 2021-2023, National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations, Offshore Wind Evidence and Change Programme (OWEC), Virtual Floating Offshore Wind (FOW) Project |
| Alternative title | The purpose of alternative title is to record any additional names by which the dataset may be known. | Virtual Floating Offshore Wind (FOW) Project |
| File Identifier | The File Identifier is a code, preferably a GUID, that is globally unique and remains with the same metadata record even if the record is edited or transferred between portals or tools. | 44b1c9ed-9c30-477e-8ef8-29bbdff5d080 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | TCE-3664 |
| Resource type | The resource type will likely be a dataset but could also be a series (collection of datasets with a common specification) or a service. | series |
| Start date | This describes the date the resource starts. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2021-12-02 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2023-01-20 |
| Frequency of updates | This describes the frequency with which the resource is modified or updated i.e. a monitoring programme that samples once per year has a frequency that is described as 'annually'. | notPlanned |
| Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | As offshore renewable energy continues to develop in order to meet Government targets and contribute to Net Zero, there is the potential for overlap between areas of interest for development and areas used for fishing. In order to avert this potential conflict there has been agreement, between stakeholders from both the fishing and offshore renewables industries, that dialogue is needed to share information (both ways) in order to promote and strive for an approach where the shared goal is co-existence. Recognising the importance of co-existence, The Crown Estate, through its Offshore Wind Evidence and Change (OWEC) programme, has therefore supported the National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations (NFFO) to undertake a series of workshops to facilitate such dialogue, the outputs and recommendations from which are contained within this report. The aim of the project was to take positive, practical steps to support the drive for co-existence between the offshore renewable industry and UK fishing industry. The project enabled evidence supported dialogue and knowledge sharing with the aim of improving the planning process and development of offshore wind through greater co-operation and mutual understanding of sector needs of the fishing industry and the offshore wind sector. It is hoped that the results of this exercise will in turn foster greater understanding among industry stakeholders and Floating windfarm developers and technology developers, and planners , informed by physical, operational, and environmental constraints, and in what ways and by what means they may be optimized to reduce potential conflict and facilitate co-existence with fisheries. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | NFFO identified that, to determine methods to enable fisheries involvement in site selection and project design and maximise the potential for co-existence would require a pilot exercise at a pre-commercial / competitive stage outwith current offshore wind leasing rounds aimed at informing the planning of a virtual windfarmfree from commercial influence, and hard red lines on charts. This would allow all stakeholders to explore each others principles, specialist technical knowledge and problem-solving capabilities in a more co-operative fashion than would be possible in a live planning exercise, but with the lessons from the exercise then being used in the actual planning processes as they advance. The project enabled evidence supported dialogue and knowledge sharing with the aim of improving the planning process and development of offshore wind through greater co-operation and mutual understanding of sector needs of the fishing industry and the offshore wind sector. To achieve this a collaborative pilot project was developed, that through a series of three evidence-led, expert workshops explored â??real lifeâ?? constraints in the planning of a virtualoffshore wind energy planning exercise with fishing industry and offshore wind energy stakeholders. The virtual site considered would theoretically be capable of producing 100MW of power. The key benefits were agreed as follows: i. Minimise economic disruption to both industries ii. Optimise timeline for planning approvals iii. Provide possible opportunities for win-win outcome |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Fishing effort |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Fishing by-catch | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Fishery characterisation | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Research | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Research and Development Activity | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Habitats and biotopes | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Sea regions | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Species distribution | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 64 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 4 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 47 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -16 |
| Responsible organisations | ||
| Role | The point of contact is person or organisation with responsibility for the creation and maintenance of the metadata for the resource. | pointOfContact |
| Organisation name | The Crown Estate | |
| Individual name | Katy Cawkell | |
| Phone | +44 020 7851 5000 | |
| enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk | ||
| Role | The custodian is the person or organisation that accepts responsibility for the resource and ensures appropriate care and maintenance. If a dataset has been lodged with a Data Archive Centre for maintenance then this organisation is be entered here. | custodian |
| Organisation name | The Crown Estate | |
| Phone | +44 020 7851 5000 | |
| enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk | ||
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | The Crown Estate | |
| Phone | +44 020 7851 5000 | |
| enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk | ||
| Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| Organisation name | The Crown Estate | |
| Phone | +44 020 7851 5000 | |
| enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk | ||
| Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
| Organisation name | The Crown Estate | |
| enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk | ||
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/TCE-3664/summary |
| Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk | |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 20.1 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | This states `otherRestrictions` from ISO vocabulary RestrictionCode and is an INSPIRE/GEMINI requirement. | otherRestrictions |
| 20.2 Limitations on Public Access - Other constraints | Once published, there will be no limitations on public access. Data must be used in accordance with the Marine Data Exchanges Terms of Use which can be found on the website. | |
| 21.1 Conditions for Access and Use - Use constraints | This states `otherRestrictions` from ISO vocabulary RestrictionCode and is an INSPIRE/GEMINI requirement. | otherRestrictions |
| 21.2 Conditions for Access and Use - Other constraints | This states any constraints on use of the data. Multiple conditions can be recorded for different parts of the data resource. If no conditions apply, then `No condtions apply` is recorded. This uses free text. | Once published, there will be no constraints on access and use. Data must be used in accordance with the Marine Data Exchanges Terms of Use which can be found on the website. |
| Version info | ||
| Date of publication | The publication date of the resource or if previously unpublished the date that the resource was made publicly available via the MEDIN network. | 2023-01-23 |
| Harvest date | The date which this record has been (re)harvested from the provider. | 2026-04-12 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2026-02-09 |
| Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | MEDIN |
| Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | 3.1.2 |