204. In all cases, due to the wider areas potentially available, longlining has the smallest proportion of grounds potentially intersected by the offshore cable corridor.
14.4.14 French Fishing Activity - Overview 205. Despite a number of requests to the relevant authorities, it has not been possible to obtain the detailed fisheries statistics or VMS data for French registered fishing vessels. The following description of activity by French vessels is therefore based on available published information and from consultation undertaken during 2013 with representatives of CRPMEM, Nord-Pas de Calais, OP FROM Nord and OP CME.
14.4.15 French Fishing Activity - Regional
14.4.15.1 Surveillance Sightings 206. MMO Surveillance sightings of vessels from the French fleet observed in the vicinity of the proposed East Anglia THREE project are shown in Figure 14.74. The principal gear types employed are as follows:
Trawler (unspecified); and Demersal trawler.
207. Figure 14.74 shows that overall sightings of French vessels within in the proposed East Anglia THREE project are low. The highest concentrations of French vessels are recorded some distance from the proposed East Anglia THREE project, south of the East Anglia Zone off the coasts of Essex and Kent.
208. Over the five year period for which data is presented, no French vessels have been recorded in the East Anglia THREE site. The highest number of sightings have been recorded in the inshore cable analysis area, immediately north of the cable corridor. As non-UK vessels are prohibited from fishing within the UK 6nm limit, it is assumed that observations recorded within this boundary are by vessels not actively fishing. During consultation it was noted that a number of larger French vessels have the capability to switch between pelagic and demersal trawl gear during a single trip. Although not possible to quantify, the category ‘unspecified trawler’ is therefore likely to comprise a proportion of vessels carrying both gear types.
14.4.15.2 VMS Data 209. In response to initial consultation and the publication of the Round 3 Zone locations and boundaries, CNPMEM in association with IFREMER, produced “French Answer to the Consultation on Round 3 UK Windfarms Proposal 2009”. In 2012, the Comité Régional des PêchesMaritimes et des Elevages Marins (CRPMEM) produced a paper, also in association with IFREMER: “Components of Activity of French Vessels in 2008 to 2009 Near the East Anglia Offshore Windfarm Project Zone”.
Preliminary Environmental Information May 2014
East Anglia THREE Offshore Windfarm
Chapter 14 Commercial Fisheries Page 90
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