14 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES
14.1 Introduction This appendix has been prepared by Brown and May Marine Ltd (BMM) and
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describes the current commercial fisheries baseline in relation to the proposed East Anglia THREE project being developed by East Anglia THREE Limited (EATL). Chapter 14 Commercial Fisheries of the Preliminary Environmental Information Report (PEIR) includes a summary of this baseline and also includes an assessment of potential impacts from the proposed East Anglia THREE project on commercial fisheries.
2. For the purpose of this report only commercial fishing activity is considered, which is
defined as the activity by licensed fishing vessels undertaken for the legitimate capture and sale of finfish and shellfish. The following baseline focusses specifically on those fleets which are active in the vicinity of the proposed East Anglia THREE project. These include the local inshore fleet and larger vessels which operate further offshore and have homeports in the UK and elsewhere in Europe.
3. There is no single data source or recognised model for establishing commercial
fisheries baselines within small, discrete sea areas such as offshore windfarms. The description of the baseline has therefore been derived using data and information from a number of sources. In addition to analysis of fisheries statistical datasets, additional emphasis has been placed on undertaking direct consultation with the relevant national fishermen’s federations, regional producer organisations (POs), local associations and skippers whose fishing grounds are located within the vicinity of the proposed East Anglia THREE project.
14.2 Study Area The overall study area for the assessment of commercial fishing is shown in Figure
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14.1. The proposed East Anglia THREE project is located within International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) Division IVc (Southern North Sea). Pressure stocks1 are managed by ICES Division and quota is also allocated at this scale. Fisheries data are recorded, collated and analysed by ICES rectangles within each division. ICES rectangles are the smallest spatial unit available for the collation of fisheries data and have therefore been used to define the analysis areas for the proposed East Anglia THREE project.
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For the purposes of assessment, the offshore cable corridor has been divided into the offshore and inshore areas. This is due to distinct differences in fishing patterns
1 Stocks identified as under pressure from fishing mortality (e.g. overfishing) and therefore requiring management at the EU level through a system of Total Allowable Catches (TACs) and Quota (described further in section 14.4.1.3.1).
Preliminary Environmental Information May 2014
East Anglia THREE Offshore Windfarm
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