boundaries of the East Anglia THREE site are Lowestoft and Southwold longliners and netters.
200. During consultation with a Lowestoft longliner it was stated that offshore areas within the East Anglia THREE site are fished only occasionally. Grounds in the vicinity of the Davy and Welland fields (located north and west of the East Anglia THREE site) and certain areas of the deep water route are targeted periodically in the spring when cod migrate through these areas.
201. Longliners and to a lesser extent, netters (e.g. Southwold vessels) tend to target a wider range of grounds located further offshore than other methods and the location of productive grounds may vary from year to year. Charts therefore show the extent of potential grounds targeted by longlining and netting vessels which could be targeted in any given year. It was, however, also stated in consultation with other skippers that areas within the East Anglia THREE site are targeted infrequently.
202. As shown in Figure 14.52 to Figure 14.73 all local skippers consulted produced charts showing the offshore cable corridor passing through their fishing grounds, particularly the inshore section which passes through 33F1. The spatial extent of the grounds potentially impacted varies between fleets by port and method but broadly relates to the position of the port relative to the landfall location. Based on the information provided, the vessels with the highest proportion of their grounds located within the offshore cable corridor are those from Felixstowe Ferry14, Harwich, Orford and Aldeburgh. Vessels from Southwold (particularly netters and longliners) and Lowestoft have a smaller proportion of their grounds located in the offshore cable corridor.
203. The grounds depicted by skippers from Felixstowe are located in discrete areas such as the Sledway, Shipway and Shipwash. Therefore a high proportion are intersected by the offshore cable corridor. The same applies to Harwich netting and potting grounds that are situated in similar areas. Relatively large areas of Orford netting, potting and trawling grounds are also covered by the offshore cable corridor. The same applies to Aldeburgh netting and potting grounds. Southern, eastern and central areas of areas targeted by Southwold vessels working pots, nets and longlines are within the offshore cable corridor, although wider grounds are located further north.
14 During consultation at Felixstowe Ferry, skippers elected to depict areas of the offshore cable corridor in terms of potential degree impact to fishing activity as opposed to indicating specific fishing areas. The location of those grounds depicting more detail was gathered during consultation for the proposed East Anglia ONE project.
Preliminary Environmental Information May 2014
East Anglia THREE Offshore Windfarm
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