14.5.11.3.1 MMO Data 106. Figure 14.47 and Figure 14.48 show the distribution of fishing activity by the over- 15m fleet as represented by VMS value and effort, respectively.
107. The proposed East Anglia THREE project is located in an area of relatively low fishing activity by UK registered vessels, with higher value areas located to the west in the Wash and to the north around the Silver Pit. VMS densities within the East Anglia THREE site are low and fall within the lowest value category (less than £6,000). Higher values are recorded immediately south-west of the East Anglia THREE site, within the offshore cable corridor, as well as immediately to the east of the East Anglia THREE site, on the edge of the East Anglia Zone. Although UK VMS data is not categorised by gear type, based on previous analyses of MMO statistics a considerable proportion of this offshore activity is by beam trawlers, significant numbers of which will be from the Anglo-Dutch fleet. Further areas of relatively high UK VMS densities are located closer to shore over the inshore cable corridor.
108. In general, areas of highest UK VMS effort densities mirror those observed for value: areas of high effort within the proposed East Anglia THREE project are located in the south-west of the East Anglia THREE site and in the vicinity of the inshore area of the cable corridor. Effort is generally low in other areas.
14.5.12 UK Fishing Activity – Project Specific 14.5.12.1
Annual Variation
109. In all years, except 2007 and 2010, beam trawler landings values have been higher than other landings values by other methods in the windfarm analysis area, as shown in Diagram 14.9. It is assumed that a significant proportion of beam trawl landings values within the windfarm analysis area are from the Anglo-Dutch fleet. Landings values from vessels engaged in longlining have been subject to high annual variability and generally follow the same distribution pattern as those recorded for cod. Landings of sprat were recorded by midwater pair trawls in 2011 only.
110. With respect to the offshore cable analysis area, Diagram 14.10 shows that in most years annual average landings values from the beam trawl fishery are an order of magnitude greater than those recorded by any other method. Landings values from the fishery exceeded £1,300,000 in 2004, 2005 and 2006, but were considerably lower in subsequent years following the same pattern of decline observed in sole values. A broadly similar pattern is apparent between the value of landings derived from gillnets, longlines and those of cod (both used to target the species) which show a general reduction from 2003 to 2007. Landings values originating from vessels operating midwater pair trawls only occur in 2005 (£140,013), 2008
Preliminary Environmental Information May 2014
East Anglia THREE Offshore Windfarm
Chapter 14 Commercial Fisheries Page 53
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