SECTION 8 AVOID ENTANGLEMENT OF FISHING GEAR AND OFFSHORE WIND FARM EQUIPMENT
台灣西部海岸常見的漁具有刺網、拖網與一支釣。刺網,特別是流刺網,隨海水漂流的特性使其難以在離岸風場基樁之間佈放,是與離岸風場設施相容性最低的漁具。即使在離岸風場周圍海域,航行通過的離岸風場工作船也可能對刺網造成損害。風機基樁間距同樣會影響拖網漁船既有的作業方式,僅一支釣漁民不會受到影響。離岸風電部門應將避免纏繞、損壞漁具納入漁業影響減輕對策與漁業共存方案。
Common fishing gear on the western coast of Taiwan includes gillnets, trawls, and pole and line. However, gillnets, especially drift gillnets, are difficult to deploy between the offshore wind farm foundations due to their drifting nature with the seawater, making them the least compatible fishing gear with offshore wind farm facilities. Even in the waters around offshore wind farms, passing offshore wind farm work vessels can damage gillnets. The spacing between wind turbine foundations will also affect the existing operating methods of trawl fishing vessels, while only pole and line fishermen will be unaffected. The offshore wind sector should include avoiding entanglement and damage to fishing gear in its fishing impact mitigation measures and fishing coexistence plans.