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Eyes on The North Sea
Balancing Energy, Ecology, and Livelihoods of Fishing Communities in the Dutch Energy Transition
The North Sea is a highly contested space, shaped by competing stakeholder interests across energy, ecology, and maritime industries. As the Netherlands accelerates its transition toward renewable energy, primarily through offshore production and storage, these pressures intensify, often overlooking the needs of local communities. Central to this project are Dutch fishing communities, who are marginalised in decision-making processes and disproportionately affected by spatial and regulatory transformations associated with the energy transition at sea and on land, threatening their livelihoods and identities.
The project therefore investigates how the transition toward renewable energy can enable a just future for fishing communities in the Netherlands. Through qualitative media analysis and geospatial mapping, the fears and aspirations of these communities are identified and positioned in relation to dominant stakeholders in order to reveal key conflicts and opportunities for alignment. Based on this, a shared vision for the future is developed, grounded in a justice-oriented framework that guides a transition strategy integrating fisheries into the evolving maritime energy landscape rather than displacing them.
This strategy operates across scales. At the local and regional level, a network of maritime education and industry hubs centred around the IJsselmeer supports economic diversification while maintaining cultural ties to fishing practices. At sea, spatial strategies promote the co-location of renewable energy infrastructure and fishing activities, such as fishing within offshore wind farms, alongside new roles for fishers in offshore maintenance and emerging maritime industries. Simultaneously, the North Sea is reimagined as a regenerative common, sustaining both food and energy production while enabling stakeholders to share infrastructure, resources, and knowledge.
Together, these interventions reposition Dutch fishing communities as active participants in the energy transition, enabling pathways toward a just transition in the Netherlands and the North Sea. By linking spatial design with economic diversification and adaptive governance, the project demonstrates how justice can be operationalised in in cross-scale/macro-regional marine transformations, offering a transferable commoning model for balancing renewable energy development with local livelihoods. ...
The project therefore investigates how the transition toward renewable energy can enable a just future for fishing communities in the Netherlands. Through qualitative media analysis and geospatial mapping, the fears and aspirations of these communities are identified and positioned in relation to dominant stakeholders in order to reveal key conflicts and opportunities for alignment. Based on this, a shared vision for the future is developed, grounded in a justice-oriented framework that guides a transition strategy integrating fisheries into the evolving maritime energy landscape rather than displacing them.
This strategy operates across scales. At the local and regional level, a network of maritime education and industry hubs centred around the IJsselmeer supports economic diversification while maintaining cultural ties to fishing practices. At sea, spatial strategies promote the co-location of renewable energy infrastructure and fishing activities, such as fishing within offshore wind farms, alongside new roles for fishers in offshore maintenance and emerging maritime industries. Simultaneously, the North Sea is reimagined as a regenerative common, sustaining both food and energy production while enabling stakeholders to share infrastructure, resources, and knowledge.
Together, these interventions reposition Dutch fishing communities as active participants in the energy transition, enabling pathways toward a just transition in the Netherlands and the North Sea. By linking spatial design with economic diversification and adaptive governance, the project demonstrates how justice can be operationalised in in cross-scale/macro-regional marine transformations, offering a transferable commoning model for balancing renewable energy development with local livelihoods. ...
The North Sea is a highly contested space, shaped by competing stakeholder interests across energy, ecology, and maritime industries. As the Netherlands accelerates its transition toward renewable energy, primarily through offshore production and storage, these pressures intensify, often overlooking the needs of local communities. Central to this project are Dutch fishing communities, who are marginalised in decision-making processes and disproportionately affected by spatial and regulatory transformations associated with the energy transition at sea and on land, threatening their livelihoods and identities.
The project therefore investigates how the transition toward renewable energy can enable a just future for fishing communities in the Netherlands. Through qualitative media analysis and geospatial mapping, the fears and aspirations of these communities are identified and positioned in relation to dominant stakeholders in order to reveal key conflicts and opportunities for alignment. Based on this, a shared vision for the future is developed, grounded in a justice-oriented framework that guides a transition strategy integrating fisheries into the evolving maritime energy landscape rather than displacing them.
This strategy operates across scales. At the local and regional level, a network of maritime education and industry hubs centred around the IJsselmeer supports economic diversification while maintaining cultural ties to fishing practices. At sea, spatial strategies promote the co-location of renewable energy infrastructure and fishing activities, such as fishing within offshore wind farms, alongside new roles for fishers in offshore maintenance and emerging maritime industries. Simultaneously, the North Sea is reimagined as a regenerative common, sustaining both food and energy production while enabling stakeholders to share infrastructure, resources, and knowledge.
Together, these interventions reposition Dutch fishing communities as active participants in the energy transition, enabling pathways toward a just transition in the Netherlands and the North Sea. By linking spatial design with economic diversification and adaptive governance, the project demonstrates how justice can be operationalised in in cross-scale/macro-regional marine transformations, offering a transferable commoning model for balancing renewable energy development with local livelihoods.
The project therefore investigates how the transition toward renewable energy can enable a just future for fishing communities in the Netherlands. Through qualitative media analysis and geospatial mapping, the fears and aspirations of these communities are identified and positioned in relation to dominant stakeholders in order to reveal key conflicts and opportunities for alignment. Based on this, a shared vision for the future is developed, grounded in a justice-oriented framework that guides a transition strategy integrating fisheries into the evolving maritime energy landscape rather than displacing them.
This strategy operates across scales. At the local and regional level, a network of maritime education and industry hubs centred around the IJsselmeer supports economic diversification while maintaining cultural ties to fishing practices. At sea, spatial strategies promote the co-location of renewable energy infrastructure and fishing activities, such as fishing within offshore wind farms, alongside new roles for fishers in offshore maintenance and emerging maritime industries. Simultaneously, the North Sea is reimagined as a regenerative common, sustaining both food and energy production while enabling stakeholders to share infrastructure, resources, and knowledge.
Together, these interventions reposition Dutch fishing communities as active participants in the energy transition, enabling pathways toward a just transition in the Netherlands and the North Sea. By linking spatial design with economic diversification and adaptive governance, the project demonstrates how justice can be operationalised in in cross-scale/macro-regional marine transformations, offering a transferable commoning model for balancing renewable energy development with local livelihoods.