{"id":3894,"date":"2026-04-06T12:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T11:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/smru\/?page_id=3894"},"modified":"2026-04-06T15:35:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T14:35:23","slug":"theme-i","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/smru\/reports-to-scottish-government\/theme-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Theme I"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span>Theme I \u2013 Marine Renewable Energy (MRE)<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span>Uncertainty over the nature of any impacts highlights the need to evaluate potential interactions between seals and cetaceans and various tidal, wind and wave devices.\u00a0 The investigation of suitable mitigation measures is also a priority. There is a need to develop robust assessment and monitoring methods and management approaches for marine mammals to minimise any potential adverse effects of renewable energy devices. This work aims to build upon previous work funded by the Scottish Government. The tasks in this theme include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>fine scale marine mammal behaviour around tidal energy devices<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>harbour seal movement modelling<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>estimating collision risk using available information<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>individual consequences of tidal turbine impacts<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/marine-mammals-specialist-receptor-group\/\">Marine Mammals ScotMER Receptor Group in the Scottish Government<\/a> has worked together to identify and prioritise evidence gaps associated with the planning and consenting processes for offshore renewable developments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Outputs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MMSS Report<\/li>\n<li>WATER publications<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Theme I \u2013 Marine Renewable Energy (MRE) Uncertainty over the nature of any impacts highlights the need to evaluate potential interactions between seals and cetaceans and various tidal, wind and wave devices.\u00a0 The investigation of suitable mitigation measures is also a priority. There is a need to develop robust assessment and monitoring methods and management&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":98,"featured_media":0,"parent":145,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3894","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/smru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/smru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/smru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/smru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/98"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/smru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/smru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3894\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/smru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/smru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}