Layout of the Westermost Rough wind farm and the HFIG study, near Bridlington
Control sites are located outside of the wind farm and away from the electric cable.
Wind turbine
Substation
Power cable to land
Test sites are located in the interior of the wind farm and along the extension cable transmitting the farm’s power to land.
5 km
0
2.5
Initial results of monitoring lobsters caught in the sites
Wind Farm Control Site
Wind Farm Test Site
Marketable lobsters per line
Lobsters caught per line
150 lobsters
150
While there were fewer lobsters inside the wind farm...
...more or about the same amount of lobsters were brought to land for sale.
100
100
50
50
0
0
2017
2013
2015
2017
2013
2015
Quartz | qz.com | Data: M. Roach et al. ICES Journal of Marine Science (2018)
Layout of the Westermost Rough wind farm and the HFIG study, near Bridlington
Control sites are located outside of the wind farm and away from the electric cable.
Wind turbine
Substation
Power cable to land
Test sites are located in the interior of the wind farm and along the extension cable transmitting the farm’s power to land.
5 km
0
2.5
Initial results of monitoring lobsters caught in the sites
Wind Farm Control Site
Wind Farm Test Site
Lobsters caught per line
150 lobsters
While there were fewer lobsters inside the wind farm...
100
50
0
2017
2015
2013
Marketable lobsters per line
150
...more or about the same amount of lobsters were brought to land for sale.
100
50
0
2017
2013
2015
Quartz | qz.com | Data: M. Roach et al. ICES Journal
of Marine Science (2018)
Layout of the Westermost Rough wind farm and the HFIG study, near Bridlington
Control sites are located outside of the wind farm and away from the electric cable.
Wind turbine
Substation
Power cable to land
Test sites are located in the interior of the wind farm and along the extension cable transmitting the farm’s power to land.
0
2.5
5 km
Initial results of monitoring lobsters caught in the sites
Wind Farm Control Site
Wind Farm Test Site
Lobsters caught per line
150 lobsters
While there were fewer lobsters inside the wind farm...
100
50
0
2017
2015
2013
Marketable lobsters per line
150
...more or about the same amount of lobsters were brought to land for sale.
100
50
0
2017
2015
2013
Quartz | qz.com | Data: M. Roach et al. ICES
Journal of Marine Science (2018)
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Layout of the Westermost Rough wind farm and the HFIG study, near Bridlington
Control sites are located outside of the wind farm and away from the electric cable.
Wind turbine
Substation
Power cable to land
Test sites are located in the interior of the wind farm and along the extension cable transmitting the farm’s power to land.
0
2.5
5 km
Initial results of monitoring lobsters caught in the sites
Wind Farm Control Site
Wind Farm Test Site
Marketable lobsters per line
Lobsters caught per line
150 lobsters
150
While there were fewer lobsters inside the wind farm...
...more or about the same amount of lobsters were brought to land for sale.
100
100
50
50
0
0
2017
2013
2015
2017
2015
2013
Quartz | qz.com | Data: M. Roach et al. ICES Journal of Marine Science (2018)
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Layout of the Westermost Rough wind farm and the HFIG study, near Bridlington
Control sites are located outside of the wind farm and away from the electric cable.
Wind turbine
Substation
Power cable to land
Test sites are located in the interior of the wind farm and along the extension cable transmitting the farm’s power to land.
0
2.5
5 km
Initial results of monitoring lobsters caught in the sites
Wind Farm Control Site
Wind Farm Test Site
Lobsters caught per line
150 lobsters
While there were fewer lobsters inside the wind farm...
100
50
0
2017
2015
2013
Marketable lobsters per line
150
...more or about the same amount of lobsters were brought to land for sale.
100
50
0
2017
2015
2013
Quartz | qz.com | Data: M. Roach et al. ICES
Journal of Marine Science (2018)
Layout of the Westermost Rough wind farm and the HFIG study, near Bridlington
Control sites are located outside of the wind farm and away from the electric cable.
Wind turbine
Substation
Power cable to land
Test sites are located in the interior of the wind farm and along the extension cable transmitting the farm’s power to land.
0
2.5
5 km
Initial results of monitoring lobsters caught in the sites
Wind Farm Control Site
Wind Farm Test Site
Lobsters caught per line
150 lobsters
While there were fewer lobsters inside the wind farm...
100
50
0
2017
2013
2015
Marketable lobsters per line
150
...more or about the same amount of lobsters were brought to land for sale.
100
50
0
2017
2013
2015
Quartz | qz.com | Data: M. Roach et al. ICES Journal
of Marine Science (2018)