"This study demonstrates that eDNA-based surveys are a market-ready solution to optimise consenting phase surveys of offshore wind site development, as well as ongoing monitoring and targeted mitigation strategies. Replacing traditional survey methods for fish communities around OWFs with eDNA sampling will offer huge benefits to the industry by providing more efficient and scalable consenting and site survey solutions which can reduce risk of delays to the development of offshore wind farms, whilst reducing costs for developers and operators, ultimately reducing the cost of overall energy production."
"We were excited to see the results of the eDNA sampling undertaken by NatureMetrics as it gave us a unique view into the diversity of the different habitats we have across the estate. Importantly, it gave us a standardised, repeatable baseline of data that we can measure at regular intervals to monitor the impacts of our nature restoration and rewilding efforts. We believe that eDNA has the potential to become a leading standard measure of biodiversity impacts across the world, similar to how carbon is currently measured in tonnes of CO2. We look forward to working with NatureMetrics in the future to see how this develops."












