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Spawning grounds Nursery grounds Feeding grounds
Shellfish production areas
Overwintering areas for crustaceans (e.g. lobster and crab) Migration routes
Conservation Interest
Importance in the food web Relative commercial importance
3.1 Baseline information to inform the assessment 13.
The principle sources of data and information to inform the PEI include (though not limited to):
MMO Landings data (weight and value) by species 2002‐2011 (this data series may be updated depending on the timing of the release of data for 2012)
Spawning and nursery grounds of selected fish species in UK waters mapped by Coull et al 1998 and revised by Ellis et al 2012);
North Sea International Bottom Trawl Survey Data (IBTS) English 3rd quarter North Sea Groundfish Survey Data
IMARES monthly ichthyoplankton surveys in the Southern North Sea April 2010‐March 2011 (van Damme et al. 2011)
East Coast Regional Environmental Characterisation (REC) (Limpenny, 2011) Draft East Marine Plan documents, July 2013 (MMO, 2013)
In accordance with the Cefas (2004) guidance the assessment phase of the EIA will consider the following aspects for fish and shellfish resources:
Evidence plan Fish and Shellfish method statement
East Anglia THREE and East Anglia FOUR Offshore Windfarms
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