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Inshore Cable Analysis Area
164. Annual landings values by species and method are provided in Diagram 14.38Error! Reference source not found. and Diagram 14.39. With the exception of 2003, sole landings have consistently recorded the highest values with distinct peaks recorded in 2006 (£570,895), 2009 (£725,772) and 2010 (£912,520). Landings of cod have shown considerable fluctuation decreasing from £300,800 in 2003 to £84,082 in 2005, then increasing in subsequent years to a peak of £422,445 in 2010. Values in 2011 were among the lowest recorded in any year (£92,408) before increasing again in 2012 (£133,980). The decline in recorded landings values of skates and rays from 2007 (corresponding to a rise in thornback ray values) is due to a request by the EU commission that skate and ray species be recorded individually as opposed to in a generic category (P.Wintz, (MMO) pers. comm. 2013). Sprat landings increased markedly from 2003 (£78,791) to 2005 (£248,475) but were substantially reduced in subsequent years. Landings values of bass have remained relatively stable although particularly high values were recorded in 2008 (£93,246).
165. The decline in spurdog landings is related to successive quota reductions and the introduction of a minimum landing size in response to concerns regarding overexploitation of the stock. This eventually culminated in no TAC provision (and therefore no UK quota allocation) in 2011 and the fishery remains closed to date.
166. Landings of lobster and crab have shown considerable variation over the ten year period for which data is shown. This is particularly so for crab landings values which peaked in 2003 (£124,527) but recorded less than a quarter of this value consistently until 2008 (£25,625), before falling again in 2009 (£2,082).
167. With respect to method, longlines, gillnets and beam trawls record the highest values. Longline landings values broadly track those observed for cod (which is one of the principal methods used to target the species) peaking in 2003 (£399,886) and 2010 (£489,719). The fact that the value of longlining exceeds that observed for cod reflects the fact that the method also accounts for significant landings of thornback ray, bass, spurdog (pre-2011) and other demersal species. Beam trawl landings show distinct peaks in 2009 (£340,719) and 2010 (£611,004) reflecting those observed for landings of sole. The peak in landings for midwater pair trawls during 2005 (£247,013) matches that recorded for sprats although landings by this method were absent entirely from 2007 onwards.
168. Variation of effort by method broadly reflects landing values (Diagram 14.40). Static gears are predominantly used in the inshore cable analysis area in terms of effort but do not generate the highest landings values, which can be explained either by less profitable target species or lower catch per unit of effort (CPUE).
Preliminary Environmental Information May 2014
East Anglia THREE Offshore Windfarm
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