This report provides the first drafting of guidelines intended to assist understanding of the trade-offs between offshore renewable energy and fisheries in an ecosystem-based approach. Aimed primarily, but not exclusively, at ICES experts to ensure that when considering trade-offs be-tween the sectors they include all relevant dimensions and aspects to ensure a holistic and sys-tematic approach in line with the overarching guidelines and strategies of ICES.
The guidelines presented in this report are the first draft produced by ICES experts in the Work-shop to develop guidelines on how to approach the ecological, economic and social trade-offs between offshore renewable energy developments (wind farms) and fisheries (WKWIND). The workshop is the first step to implement the ICES ORE roadmap and the start of a series of ICES activities to refine and implement the ORE roadmap.