• ‘Secondary entanglement’ refers to marine megafauna becoming entangled in Abandoned, Lost or Discarded Fishing Gear (ALDFG), or other marine debris (Macfadyen et al. 2009; Farr et al. 2021), which has itself become snagged on marine infrastructure. • We find that the true risk of ‘secondary entanglement’ in floating offshore wind farms (FOW) is poorly quantified due to lack of data. • We developed a stepwise framework to evaluate the risks of secondary entanglement in FOW – we hope this framework will provide a useful tool for use in Environmental Risk Assessments and will help focus future research efforts.
Período
15 abr. 2024 → 19 abr. 2024
Título do evento
Environmental Interactions with Marine Renewables (EIMR) 2024