14.5.2 Overview of Fishing Activity (All Nationalities) Figure 14.3 shows the distribution of surveillance sightings of fishing vessels
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recorded in the area of the proposed East Anglia THREE project by nationality. The number and respective proportion of total observations each nationality represents in ICES rectangles occupied by the East Anglia Zone and the proposed East Anglia THREE project is shown in Table 14.9.
43. Sightings within the vicinity of the proposed East Anglia THREE project are comprised
principally of UK, Dutch and Belgian vessels. Observations of German and French vessels are also recorded but in considerably lower numbers (2008 to 2012).
44. Dutch vessels have been recorded in highest numbers within the East Anglia Zone in comparison to other nationalities with activity concentrated within the northern half of the East Anglia Zone. The highest densities of Dutch vessel sightings are recorded outside of the proposed East Anglia THREE project, in the north-west of the East Anglia Zone. Table 14.9 shows 84.2% of all observations within the windfarm analysis area (34F2) are of Dutch vessels and this fleet is also the most frequently observed within the East Anglia THREE site. Sightings of Belgian vessels represent 11.5% of observations in the windfarm analysis area (34F2), although none of these were from within the East Anglia THREE site. UK and German vessels have been recorded infrequently in the windfarm analysis area (15 and nine observations between 2008 and 2012, respectively). In both cases only a single observation was within the East Anglia THREE site.
45. Belgian sightings represent over half of those recorded within the offshore cable
analysis area (33F2) (52.2%). Significantly fewer Dutch registered vessels were observed within the offshore cable analysis area (33F2) compared to the windfarm analysis area (27.7%), although activity is still considerably higher than that recorded by both the UK (9.2%) and German (5.4%) fleets. French and Danish vessels are recorded less frequently, respectively accounting for 3.3% and 1.6% of observations in this area.
46. Vessels of UK registration represent the majority of sightings in the inshore cable
analysis area (33F1) (80.2%), as a considerable proportion of this ICES rectangle is inside the 6nm limit. Sightings of non-UK vessels within the inshore cable analysis area are considerably lower than in other areas. As a small area lies within the 6 to 12nm limit, however, Belgian vessels (12.8%), due to their historical rights, are more active in the inshore cable analysis area (33F1) than the Dutch (41; 5.4%).
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