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The following assessment has been undertaken on a fleet by fleet basis. It is
however acknowledged that there may be variations between individual vessels within a specific fleet as some vessels may spend more time fishing in certain areas compared to others. As a consequence of the limitations of the available data and information sources, described in detail in the Appendix 14.1., it is not within the scope of this assessment to consider the extent of an impact on an individual vessel basis. Fishing grounds potentially impacted by the proposed East Anglia THREE project have therefore been considered in the context of their relative importance in the local and regional contexts, as well as to available fishing grounds around the UK and Europe.
30. Impacts arising from the construction, decommissioning and operational phases of
the proposed East Anglia THREE project have the potential to alter the behaviour, abundance and distribution of commercially important fish species. Any such changes could in theory indirectly affect commercial fishing activities. The assessment of the potential impacts of construction, operation and decommissioning upon fish and shellfish species is provided in Chapter 11 Fish and Shellfish Ecology.
14.4.3.2 Significance Criteria The significance criteria used for this assessment are as described below. It is
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acknowledged that the impacts of offshore windfarm developments upon commercial fishing activity are not easily categorised due to the limitations associated with fisheries data and the dynamic nature of the industry. The assigning of receptor sensitivity and impact magnitude is, therefore, to some extent qualitative and reliant on professional experience and judgement.
14.4.3.3 Sensitivity Receptors have been defined by fleet and method and sensitivities assigned on this
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basis. It should be noted that the sensitivity of each fishery/ receptor group could vary with each potential impact, as well as between the construction, operational and decommissioning phases. As a result these are described separately, where necessary and in each instance the characteristics described in Table 14.5 are taken into account.
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