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How can offshore wind energy and fisheries sustainably coexist in the Nordic Seas?
Myriam Chilvers, Kerstin Bly Joyce, Rebecca Eriksson (Nordregio)
© Nordregio 2025
Layout: Kotryna Juškaitė
Cover Photo: Shutterstock
This publication is part of the Green Energy Meets Blue Food project. The project (2024–2025), financed by the Nordic Council of Ministers, explores sustainable coexistence between offshore renewable energy, especially wind, and Nordic marine food sectors, with a particular focus on fisheries. It addresses conflicts over sea space and seeks to promote synergies, cooperation and collaboration between these green and blue sectors. Taking a governance perspective, the project examines how trade-offs, conflicts and synergies are managed within marine and maritime spatial planning frameworks. Its aim is to strengthen the Nordic knowledge base and support more effective and sustainable management of marine resources.
Contributors: Hedda Thomson Ek (Nordregio); Tabea Jacob (University Centre of the Westfjords, UW, Iceland); Rachel Shucksmith (University of Highlands and Islands, UHI Shetland)
The project is financed by the Nordic Council of Ministers for Fisheries, Aquaculture, Agriculture, Food and Forestry (EK-FJLS).
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Nordregio is a leading Nordic and European research centre for regional development and planning, established by the Nordic Council of Ministers in 1997. We conduct solution-oriented and applied research, addressing current issues from both a research perspective and the viewpoint of policymakers and practitioners. Operating at the international, national, regional and local levels, Nordregio’s research covers a wide geographic scope, emphasising the Nordic and Baltic Sea Regions, Europe and the Arctic.
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