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Oysters placed at the base of wind turbines
In the Borssele III & IV wind farm in Zeeland, 2400 flat oysters were placed around the foundations of wind turbines. The trial will investigate whether oysters can establish themselves permanently in the wind farm and whether this attracts new nature. Erwin Coolen, programme director of De Rijke Noordzee: 'This will give wind farms a dual function: supplying energy and strengthening nature. It would be fantastic if in the future an oyster reef could grow at the foot of every wind turbine.’
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Underwater life during dive mission wreck REM 3
On September 29, The Rich North Sea went on a diving mission to the wreck of the REM 3. This wreck has been on the North Sea seabed since World War II and gives a good idea of what kind of marine life develops when you leave large hard-substrate structures untouched for years.
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Research into the seabed in the North Sea
A breakthrough from The Rich North Sea in collaboration with TU Delft. Using existing data, we have located spots with harder sediments within the offshore area Hollandse Kust Zuid and Borssele. These spots possibly refer to the presence of biogenic reefs (structure of skeletons of plant or animal species). Now we can investigate these spots directly, which increases the chance of success and is more efficient.
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Prof. Tinka Murk (Wageningen University Research) on North Sea changes and future prospects
In the NPO radio show Focus, toxicologist and professor of marine ecology at Wageningen University Tinka Murk was interviewed about how the North Sea has changed over the past decades and her perspective on the future.
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Life cycle of European flat oysters
An introduction on the life cycle of European flat oysters has been written that specifically addresses the methods that predict spawning time.
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The start of The Rich North Sea oyster breeding programme
A sample taken from the Zeeland breeding grounds found that 65% of the oysters were free of the Bonamia parasite.
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The Rich North Sea starts with Offshore Test Site
The "Offshore Test Site" of The Rich North Sea consists of various test locations where we try-out our work for wind farms on a small scale. This gives us good insights into what works best at sea and we will soon reap the benefits of this when we start working directly in wind farms in the North Sea.
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Pilot project in wind farm Luchterduinen shows promising results
In the Luchterduinen wind farm, the first pilot project of the Rich North Sea commenced in 2018. The aim of the project is to identify the factors influencing the success of nature restoration using oysters and to contribute to a blueprint for the possibilities of nature enhancement in wind farms in the North Sea. In July 2019, a monitoring mission was carried out on this project, on the basis of which a research report was drawn up in collaboration with Wageningen University & Research.
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