Suitability for the development of flat oyster populations in new offshore wind farm zones and two search areas for restoration projects in the Dutch section of the North Sea

The Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality has requested Deltares and Wageningen Marine Research (WMR) to execute an assessment of areas on suitability for restoration projects of the European flat oyster (Ostrea edulis). The study concerns eight designated wind farm zones for wind farm development before 2030 for their suitability for nature-inclusive design projects and two areas on the Frisian Front in future exclusion zones for bottom trawling, for large-scale restoration projects for oyster reefs. The assessment was made on available information of habitat suitability for oyster... Mehr ...