Fishermen threaten to stop fishing, take legal action over massive block of offshore wind farms 
By Natasha Donn PT Source: portugalresident 11/12/2023
Natasha Donn
Insist they are “not against renewable energies” but there must be proportion

Fishing boat owners in the north are threatening to stop fishing, and file injunctions with Europe, over the proposed creation of a massive block of offshore wind farms, which they have claimed will turn rich fishing areas into comparative deserts.
 

The situation is that six new windfarms are planned for the areas off Sines, Ericeira, Figueira da Foz, Leixões and Viana do Castelo, where a small offshore wind farm has been operating since 2020, with three turbines that have already produced clean energy to serve the equivalent of 60,000 people, but have also shown fishermen how fish have effectively ‘vanished’ from the waters.

 
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