Amherst News/Citizen-Record cites UMaine analysis on tidal turbine impacts
Amherst News and the Citizen-Record out of Nova Scotia, Canada, cited a data analysis by the University of Maine in an article on fish monitoring at the Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) tidal power site in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia. The UMaine analysis found mean relative fish densities were the same after deployment of the Cape Sharp turbine in November 2016 as they were before deployment, the article states. “So far, no effect of the turbine has been found, but more sampling is needed to document fish density variation over time and to determine any effects,” said Gayle Zydlewski, an associate professor at UMaine’s School of Marine Sciences. “This report includes only the first survey analyzed after deployment; as we collect and analyze more data, a clearer picture will emerge.”