Equinor to trial safe fishing within floating wind farm off coast of Aberdeenshire

  • Date: 29-Jul-2021
  • Source: Energy Voice
  • Sector:Agriculture
  • Country:Gulf
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Equinor to trial safe fishing within floating wind farm off coast of Aberdeenshire

Equinor has launched a study to better understand how fishers can safely operate around and within floating offshore wind farms.

In collaboration with Marine Scotland, fishing gear will be tested at the Norwegian energy giant's Hywind Scotland development, off Aberdeenshire.

A survey is scheduled at the floating wind farm for next year when three different pieces of kit will be tried – creels, fishtraps and jigging lines.