Estimates of collision risk of harbour porpoises and marine renewable energy devices at sites of high tidal-stream energy.

• Main Authors: Wilson, Ben, Benjamins, Steven, Elliott, Jim, Gordon, Jonathan, Macauley, Jamie, Calderan, Susannah
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: The Scottish Government 2014
• Subjects: harbour porpoise; collision; tidal stream; marine renewable energy; Islay; Jura; Harbour porpoise
• Online Access: https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/en/publications/ae92df8b-d3d8-478e-b499-2cc3a08d23ff; http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0046/00462378.pdf; http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2014/11/6894/downloads

Extracting renewable energy from the sea is an attractive alternative to burning fossil fuels. Like any marine industry, obtaining energy from wind, waves or tidal-streams could have impacts on the marine environment (positive or otherwise). One frequently cited area of uncertainty for extracting en...