vicinity of the East Anglia THREE project originate from the offshore cable analysis area and the windfarm analysis area. In the windfarm analysis area landings of plaice and sole have remained relatively consistent. For both sole and plaice peak weights were recorded during 2013 (947 tonnes and 1,447 tonnes, respectively).
51. With reference to the ICES rectangles occupied by the offshore export cable, landings of both sole and plaice have been relatively consistent from 2009-2013. For both species the highest landings were recorded in 2011 (sole, 473 tonnes; plaice, 1,390 tonnes).
11.5.5.1.3 Belgian ILVO Landings statistics 52.
Belgian annual landings statistics have only been provided for the years 2006-2010 by ILVO (Diagram 11.8 and Diagram 11.9 in Appendix 11.2 Belgian fishing activity is relatively low within the windfarm analysis area with higher activity within the vicinity of the offshore cable corridor (inshore and offshore cable analysis area). Diagram 11.8 and Diagram 11.9 in Appendix 11.2 show that less than a tonne has been recorded annually for each species between 2006 and 2010, with sole being the highest landed species.
11.5.6 Spawning and Nursery Grounds 53.
The location of spawning grounds and associated spawning intensity have been defined based on Coull et al (1998), and Ellis et al (2010; 2012). As outlined in section 11.5.5 Appendix 11.2 these papers are based on review of published data, and as such provide broad scale descriptions of the spatial and temporal extent of spawning grounds and spawning duration. Therefore, in the context of the East Anglia THREE project, use of these data sources can be considered to represent conservative (maximum) estimates.
54. 55.
Spawning and nursery grounds which overlap with the proposed East Anglia THREE project are shown in Table 11.13.
Spawning grounds for cod, herring, sandeel, plaice, whiting, sole, lemon sole, sandeel, sprat and tope have all been defined within the East Anglia THREE site. Summer spawning grounds of pilchard, a species not included in Coull et al. (1998) and Ellis et al. (2010), have also been defined in the area of the East Anglia THREE site (Pawson 1995).
56. Nursery grounds for all of the above species have been defined within the East Anglia THREE site, with the exception of sole, lemon sole and plaice; for which nursery grounds overlap the offshore cable corridor site only. In addition, nursery
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