14.6.4.3 Impact 2: Safety Issues for Fishing Vessels 384. It is assumed that other windfarms and other offshore developments would adhere to the same safety standards in respect of fishing vessels and gears as described for the proposed East Anglia THREE project and these would therefore also be within acceptable limits. As such there should not be a cumulative impact.
14.6.4.4 Impact 3: Increased Steaming Times to Fishing Grounds 385. The implementation of temporary transitory safety zones and advisory exclusion zones around construction and maintenance works and vessels could, in theory, result in some short term increases in steaming distances and times, and therefore higher operational costs for fishing vessels.
386. In the case of local vessels which for the most part concentrate their activity within the 12nm limit, a limited number of vessels occasionally fish within the East Anglia THREE site. Figure 14.105 shows that there is little potential for the project to contribute any significant cumulative impact to increased steaming times of those longlining and netting vessels which occasionally target the East Anglia THREE site. Similarly, there should be no material adverse impacts on increased steaming times as a result of the installation of the offshore export cable.
387. As shown by Figure 14.98- 14.102, due to the presence of a number of proposed windfarms off the Dutch coast and their position relative to some of the main Dutch landing ports and key fishing grounds, there is some potential for an impact on increased steaming times for Dutch fishing vessels. However, due to the position of the East Anglia THREE site, it would not contribute to the overall cumulative impacts of increased steaming times either during the construction or operational phase.
388. With respect of the Belgian fleet, Figure 14.103- 14.104 indicate that traditional steaming routes to fishing grounds could involve passages through aggregate dredging areas and proposed windfarm sites to the south of the offshore cable corridor. However, the installation of the offshore cable corridor would not contribute to the cumulative impact of increased steaming times for either Eurocutters or vessels over 24m. The area to be occupied by the East Anglia THREE site is not actively fished by the Belgian fleet and therefore has no potential to contribute any cumulative increase to steaming times.
389. Similarly, the majority of the fishing grounds of the Danish, French, Norwegian and German fishing vessels, relative to the location of their base ports would generally not involve steaming routes that would pass through the East Anglia THREE project. Therefore, the East Anglia THREE project is not expected to contribute to the cumulative impact of increased steaming times.
Preliminary Environmental Information May 2014
East Anglia THREE Offshore Windfarm
Chapter 14 Commercial Fisheries Page 114
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