France Eyes Role as Tidal Energy Powerhouse
, announced preliminary studies to the launch of a tidal energy tender in Paris yesterday evening. The announcement is an important first step and strong message to the sector. A tender for tidal energy will see France become the global center of tidal energy manufacturing. The tides in northern France are among the most powerful in the world. Following a decade of R&D development, tidal energy technology is now ready to use this resource. Tidal farms will generate predictable renewable energy, while creating significant jobs opportunities and local economic activity. Speaking
Research Vessel Gets 20-year Life Extension
by CMA CGM. Marion Dufresne II carries out oceanographic research under the responsibility of the Institut Polaire Paul-Eimile Victor (IPEV). The client selected Damen Shiprepair & Conversion following a competitive tendering process. Damen opted to carry out the work at the Dunkirk yard in northern France. Khalil Benjelloul, Head of Sales & Marketing at Damen Shiprepair Dunkerque, details the extent of the work the yard will perform, beginning with a replacement of the vessel’s most important scientific apparatus: “One of the major parts of the work will be the replacement
Fisheries Technology for Resource Management
with extinction (3). Even Tuna fisheries, which in the past had high dolphin by-catch levels, are still responsible for the deaths of an estimated one million sharks annually (5). Around the U.K., evidence of the growing scale of by-catch is washed up on beaches around the south west of England and northern France annually in the form of dolphin and porpoise corpses. Progresses in technology for impact reduction has not been as quickly established as technologies designed to increase overall catch. Although modifications to fishing gear or practices have offered an effective means of reducing by-catch
February 2024
