Integrating social and ecological research on the impacts of offshore wind farms in North America | Preprint for book: Researching people and the sea: methodologies and traditions, Chapter: 11, Palgrave

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Ten Brink et. al. identified insights from their social-ecological study on the impacts of the first offshore wind farm in North America. They analysed ecological data from demersal fish trawl and lobster surveys and qualitative social science data from commercial and recreational fishermen. They found that challenges include the integration of different types of data, temporal and spatial ranges of data, framing of the studies, and mismatch in fish species targeted. Benefits include more comprehensive capture of impacts and guidance on how to design better biological studies. Early stage collaboration during research design, aligned goals, and comprehensive planning can allow for more integrated data collection and analysis and have relevance to other interdisciplinary studies of marine and fisheries domains.