14.4.2 Overview of Fishing Activity (All Nationalities) Figure 14.3 shows the distribution of surveillance sightings of fishing vessels
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recorded in the area of the proposed East Anglia THREE project by nationality. The number and respective proportion of total observations each nationality represents in ICES rectangles occupied by the East Anglia Zone and the proposed East Anglia THREE project is shown in Table 14.3.
52. Sightings within the vicinity of the proposed East Anglia THREE project are comprised
principally of UK, Dutch and Belgian vessels. Observations of German and French vessels are also recorded but in considerably lower numbers (2008 to 2012).
53. Dutch vessels are the dominant fleet recorded within the East Anglia Zone and are most active within the northern half. The highest densities of Dutch vessel sightings are recorded outside of the East Anglia THREE project area, in the north west of the zone. Over 80% of all observations within the windfarm analysis area are of Dutch vessels and this fleet is also the most frequently observed within the East Anglia THREE site. Sightings of Belgian vessels represent 11.5% of observations in the windfarm analysis area, although none of these originate from within the East Anglia THREE site. UK and German vessels have been recorded only infrequently in this area (15 and nine observations, respectively). In both cases only a single observation was from within East Anglia THREE site. Activity by vessels of other nationalities has been negligible.
54. Recorded Belgian activity is greatest within the offshore cable analysis area, where
vessels of this fleet represent over half all sightings (398; 52.2%). Significantly less Dutch registered vessels are recorded from this rectangle (211; 27.7%) compared to the windfarm analysis area, although activity is still considerably higher than that recorded by both the UK (70; 9.2%) and German (41; 5.4%) fleets. French and Danish vessels are recorded less frequently, respectively accounting for 3.3% and 1.6% of observations in this area.
55. Vessels of UK registration represent the majority of sightings in the inshore area of
the cable corridor (609; 80.2%). As a considerable proportion of this ICES rectangle is inside the 6nm limit, sightings of non-UK vessels are considerably lower than in other areas. As a small area lies within the 6 to 12nm limit, however, Belgian vessels (97; 12.8%) are more active than the Dutch (41; 5.4%).
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