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Introduction ................................................................................................... 7 Background to East Anglia THREE and East Anglia FOUR. ................................ 7
Project Description ......................................................................................... 7 The East Anglia Zone ...................................................................................... 9
Finfish ............................................................................................................ 9
Shellfish ........................................................................................................ 20 Approach to asessment ................................................................................ 21
Baseline information to inform the assessment ........................................... 21 Site specific Fish Surveys (2013) .................................................................... 22
Potential Impacts ......................................................................................... 22 Potential impacts during construction ............................................................... 28 Potential impacts during operation .................................................................... 31 Potential impacts during decommissioning ....................................................... 34 Potential cumulative impacts ............................................................................. 34 Other activities ................................................................................................... 35 Transboundary impacts ...................................................................................... 35 Evidence plan programme and strategy ....................................................... 36 References ................................................................................................... 37 APPENDIX 1: BENTHIC AND FISH SURVEY TERMS OF REFERENCE ....................................... 39
Fish and Shellfish Background Sept 2013
East Anglia THREE & East Anglia FOUR Offshore Windfarms
September 2013
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