Thanks for outpointing this interesting research, as well as underscoring there’s more work to be done with local fisheries in Japan to assure they view offshore wind projects as beneficial. I talked with several industry associations from the fisher community in Hokkaido, and they remain wary of offshore wind projects. But it’s notable that they aren’t opposing them, either. They’re waiting to see how these play out and still need to be sold on them.
Companies planning to build large offshore wind farms may need to adopt a model similar to agreements between local fishery cooperatives holding fishery rights for the waters impacted by power plant discharges and electric power operators that bought the fishery rights. The link is to a report that proposes an alternative approach. As you note, the developers need to communicate with the local communities and fishery coops to understand what the locals need and what the developers will need to do obtain the understanding and cooperation of the local communities.
Thanks for outpointing this interesting research, as well as underscoring there’s more work to be done with local fisheries in Japan to assure they view offshore wind projects as beneficial. I talked with several industry associations from the fisher community in Hokkaido, and they remain wary of offshore wind projects. But it’s notable that they aren’t opposing them, either. They’re waiting to see how these play out and still need to be sold on them.
Companies planning to build large offshore wind farms may need to adopt a model similar to agreements between local fishery cooperatives holding fishery rights for the waters impacted by power plant discharges and electric power operators that bought the fishery rights. The link is to a report that proposes an alternative approach. As you note, the developers need to communicate with the local communities and fishery coops to understand what the locals need and what the developers will need to do obtain the understanding and cooperation of the local communities.
https://www.jfir.or.jp/en/studygroup_article/3844/