He has been at work since 3 in the morning. An hour and a half from Sandefjord, he has been trawling for prawns. Ten hours later, he docks with the day’s catch. – 90 kilos of boiled and 120 kilos of baby prawns, he smiles. There were also some crayfish. It’s a good day. But really, he is both disappointed and angry. Stream or shrimp? NVE has been commissioned to assess various areas in Norway that could be suitable for creating offshore wind farms. The aim is for 30 GW of electricity to be produced by 2040. Example of offshore wind turbines. Several possible locations along the entire coast of Norway have been assessed. It is both about expanding exciting areas in the far south of the North Sea and north of Utsira. But new areas have also been proposed. Tomorrow, Tuesday, the result will come. These are some of the areas that have been proposed to be assessed Coast of Møre and Romsdal South of Stadt 2 miles outside Øygarden/Bergen Helgeland Outer Outside Marstein lighthouse 3 miles outside Stavanger/Sandnes 1 mile outside Egersund 7 miles outside Aukra 5 miles outside Kollsnes Barents Sea South outside Hammerfest The Skaga field in outside Larvik Træna Vest One of them is the Skaga field just off the coast of Vestfold. There, an application has been made to set up 76 wind turbines. They will be over 200 meters high and on good weather days the turbines can be seen on the stretch from World’s End to Jomfruland. The Skaga field: The proposed park will be located approx. 11 km from Stavern and 6 km from Svenner lighthouse. Photo: ILLUSTRATION / news The turbines can provide approximately 4 percent of all the electricity Norway produces in a year. The electricity is needed, among other things, by the industry on Herøya in Telemark. The problem for the shrimp fishermen is that this is exactly where they fish. Reiulf Halvorsen is one of around 50 other fishermen who make a living from this. They come from both Østfold, Vestfold and Sørlandet. Reiulf Halvorsen fears that the knowledge of coastal fishing will disappear with his generation, whose turbines will be placed on the Skaga field. Photo: Mette Stensholt Schau / news – Skaga is in the middle of the best fishing grounds, says the fisherman. If the wind turbines come up, it will not be possible for the fishing boats to trawl around them, he claims. There will be both installations and cables that must not be disturbed. He feels that coastal fishermen are being sacrificed in the hunt for electricity in Europe. – There aren’t that many of us left. The knowledge we have is gone if we disappear, says Halvorsen. Supported by researcher Researcher Guldborg Søvik looks up the overview of where fishing takes place and what comes ashore. Researcher Guldborg Søvik at the Institute of Marine Research Photo: news She says she agrees with the fishermen. – This Skaga field is one of the most important areas in the inner part of the Skagerrak. There are also other areas, but they are further out to sea. – Those who live in that area will lose their fishing grounds, says the researcher. The reason is that they work from small boats and cannot go even further out to get their hands on shrimp. End of short-distance seafood Kjell Henry Olsen at Brødrene Berggren in Sandefjord. Photo: Mette Stensholt Schau / news Kjell Henry Olsen runs a fish reception and shop on the pier in Sandefjord. He accepts both crayfish and prawns from Reiulf Halvorsen. At Brødrene Berggren there is a steady flow of customers. – We are a family business that has been around for over 100 years. It is strange that we should end up in such a situation, he says. The prawns he gets from the Oslo Fjord cannot easily be replaced. – They travel a short distance and it will be difficult to get hold of similar prawns, says Olsen. news has tried to get a comment from the Directorate of Fisheries, the Ministry of Oil and Energy and NVE. NVE refers to the press conference on Tuesday at 15. Straight from the boat to the counter. Photo: Mette Stensholt Schau / news
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Shrimp fishermen fear they will lose to wind turbines in the Oslofjord – news Vestfold and Telemark – Local news, TV and radio
