Seal monitoring and evaluation for the Gemini offshore windpark: Pre-construction, T0 - 2014 report

• Main Authors: Brasseur, S.M.J.M., Kirkwood, R.J.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: IMARES 2015
• Subjects: animal behaviour; foraging; habitats; monitoring; regional planning; seals; wadden sea; wind farms; diergedrag; foerageren; regionale planning; waddenzee; windmolenpark; zeehonden; Gemini; harbour seal; Phoca vitulina
• Online Access: https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/seal-monitoring-and-evaluation-for-the-gemini-offshore-windpark-p

Two species of seals live in Dutch waters: the grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) and the harbour seal (Phoca vitulina). Although hauling out on near-shore tidal sandbanks, both species forage predominantly in the North Sea. Anthropogenic activities within the North Sea have the potential to overlap wit...