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Resolving issues with environmental impact assessment of marine renewable energy installations
Inger, R.; Benson, D.; Booth, C.G.; Embling, C.B.; Grecian, W.J.; Heymans, J.J.; Plummer, K.E.; Shackshaft, M.; Sparling, C.E.; Wilson, B.; Wright, L.J.; Bradbury, G.; Christen, N.; Godley, B.J.; Jackson, A.C.; McCluskie, A.; Nicholls-Lee, R.; Bearhop, S. (2014). Resolving issues with environmental impact assessment of marine renewable energy installations. Front. Mar. Sci. 1: 75. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2014.00075
In: Frontiers in Marine Science. Frontiers Media: Lausanne. ISSN 2296-7745; e-ISSN 2296-7745, meer
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  • Inger, R.
  • Benson, D.
  • Booth, C.G.
  • Embling, C.B.
  • Grecian, W.J.
  • Heymans, J.J., meer
  • Plummer, K.E.
  • Shackshaft, M.
  • Sparling, C.E.
  • Wilson, B.
  • Wright, L.J.
  • Bradbury, G.
  • Christen, N.
  • Godley, B.J., meer
  • Jackson, A.C.
  • McCluskie, A.
  • Nicholls-Lee, R.
  • Bearhop, S.
Abstract
    Growing concerns about climate change and energy security have fueled a rapid increase in the development of marine renewable energy installations (MREIs). The potential ecological consequences of increased use of these devices emphasizes the need for high quality environmental impact assessment (EIA). We demonstrate that these processes are hampered severely, primarily because ambiguities in the legislation and lack of clear implementation guidance are such that they do not ensure robust assessment of the significance of impacts and cumulative effects. We highlight why the regulatory framework leads to conceptual ambiguities and propose changes which, for the most part, do not require major adjustments to standard practice. We emphasize the importance of determining the degree of confidence in impacts to permit the likelihood as well as magnitude of impacts to be quantified and propose ways in which assessment of population-level impacts could be incorporated into the EIA process. Overall, however, we argue that, instead of trying to ascertain which particular developments are responsible for tipping an already heavily degraded marine environment into an undesirable state, emphasis should be placed on better strategic assessment.
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