Passive fisheries of brown crab (Cancer pagurus) and European lobster (Homarus gammarus) in Dutch offshore wind farms : With reflections on its feasibility as a form of multi-use in offshore wind farms

Passive fisheries of European lobster (Homarus gammarus) and brown crab (Cancer pagurus) have been proposed as viable opportunity to be combined with offshore windfarms (OWFs). However, it is currently unknown whether fisheries of European lobster and brown crab in OWFs in the North Sea are feasible from an ecological and economic point of view. As a desk study we describe three types of passive fishery techniques used for catching European lobster and brown crab (1. fykes; 2. gill nets and 3. pots and creels1) and their applicability to fisheries in North Sea OWFs. Based on the literature and... Mehr ...