Table 2 Average catch per unit effort (CPUE) for species recorded in IBTS surveys within the East Anglia Zone (2001 – 2010). Only species shown with CPUE >10


Common name Sprat


Sandeel


Lesser weaver Poor cod


Horse mackerel Herring Whiting


Sand goby


Greater sandeel Smooth sandeel Mackerel Dab


Raitt's sandeel Solenette


8. Latin Name


Sprattus sprattus Ammodytidae


Echiichthys vipera Trisopterus minutus Trachurus trachurus Clupea harengus


Merlangius merlangus Pomatoschistus minutus Hyperoplus lanceolatus


Gymnammodytes semisquamatus Scomber scombrus Limanda limanda


Ammodytes marinus Buglossidium luteum


Average CPUE (individuals) 761 225 154 118 99 77 57 55 46 41 39 34 26 12


Elasmobranch species such as thornback ray R. clavata, blonde ray Raja brachyura, spotted ray Raja montagui, lesser spotted dogfish (also known as small‐spotted catshark) Scyliorhinus canicula, smooth‐hounds Mustelus sp., spurdog S. acanthias, undulate ray Raja undulata and tope Galeorhinus galeus have all been recorded in IBTS samples collected in the Zone (EAOW, 2012a).


9.


Migratory species and species of conservation importance such as European eel Anguilla anguilla, river lamprey Lampetra fluviatilis and sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus, shad Alosa sp., common skate Dipturus batis, sea trout, salmon, shads and smelt have been occasionally recorded in landings data and/or in the IBTS data, and may transit the Zone as part of their migratory or foraging activity. In the particular case of sea trout, the East Anglian coast is thought to be an important feeding area for sea trout (post‐smolts) originating from rivers of north‐east England.


10.


Table 3 summarises those species identified as important at the Zone level. The spawning and nursery grounds for a range of these species are shown in Figure 1 – Figure 8.


Evidence plan Fish and Shellfish method statement


East Anglia THREE & East Anglia FOUR Offshore Windfarms


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