COWRIE is pleased to announce the release of the above report, prepared by Ichthys Marine Ecological Consulting Ltd. 

This research was commissioned to complement the COWRIE project 'Options and opportunities for marine fisheries mitigation associated with windfarms' - available here. 

The aim of this research was to determine if the CIA process described for birds in COWRIE report 'Developing guidance on ornithological cumulative impact assessment for offshore windfarm developers' can be adapted to assessing the cumulative impact of offshore windfarms on commercial marine fisheries. 

The final report can be downloaded here.