moderate effort (less than 10 days) is recorded within the East Anglia THREE site and the offshore cable corridor.
76. The netting and the pelagic trawling fleets record a maximum of five days on average
targeting grounds within the East Anglia THREE site, confirming the existence of more intensely targeted grounds (Figure 14.20 and Figure 14.21 respectively). Interestingly pelagic trawlers record low effort but corresponding landings values are relatively high (e.g. one to two days for €25,000 to €50,000). This is because pelagic vessels have a high catching capacity and are capable of landing exceptionally high volumes of the target species (such as horse mackerel) in a single shot of the nets.
14.4.5 Dutch Fishing Activity – Project Specific
14.4.5.1 Annual Variation Seasonal landings and effort datasets and annual statistics have been provided by
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the Dutch authorities up to 2013 for method and species. Therefore the following sections describe these statistics for each analysis area on an annual basis from 2008 to 2013.
14.4.5.1.1Windfarm Analysis Area (34F2) 78. Diagram 14.5 and Diagram 14.6 show the annual variations of landings from the Dutch fleet by species and method in the Windfarm Analysis Area. Diagram 14.7 shows the annual variation of effort by method in the Windfarm Analysis Area.
79. As shown in Diagram 14.5, the highest landings values by the Dutch fleet are for
sole, reflecting the activity of beam trawlers which is the main target species in this fishery. Landings values of sole have slightly decreased from 2010 (€9,162,730) to 2012 (€6,681,660) before increasing again in 2013 (€8,840,410). Plaice is the second most commercially important species for the Dutch fleet and landings values broadly follow those of sole.
80. As shown in Error! Reference source not found. Diagram 14.6 the distribution of
landings values from the Dutch fleet in the Windfarm Analysis Area is similar to that observed in the offshore cable analysis areas with landings from the beam trawl fleet being significantly higher than all other methods, reflecting the high value of sole. Values recorded by beam trawlers in this rectangle have consistently exceeded €7,000,000 in all years. Landings in 2013 (€12,585,300) are approximately 50% greater than the corresponding value from the offshore cable analysis area.
81. Diagram 14.7 supports the predominance of Dutch beam trawlers in the windfarm analysis area. Annual variations of effort broadly reflect landings values, except in 2011 when effort was the highest (1,481 days fished), with no reflection in landings values. This could be explained by high variability in sole market prices.
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