grounds potentially impacted varies between fleets by port and method but broadly relates to the position of the port relative to the landfall location. Based on the information provided, the vessels with the highest proportion of their grounds located within the offshore cable corridor are those from Felixstowe Ferry12, Harwich, Orford and Aldeburgh. Vessels from Southwold (particularly netters and longliners) and Lowestoft have a smaller proportion of their grounds located in the offshore cable corridor.


130. The grounds depicted by skippers from Felixstowe are located in discrete areas such as the Sledway, Shipway and Shipwash. Therefore a high proportion are intersected by the offshore cable corridor. The same applies to Harwich netting and potting grounds that are situated in similar areas. Relatively large areas of Orford netting, potting and trawling grounds are also covered by the offshore cable corridor. The same applies to Aldeburgh netting and potting grounds. Southern, eastern and central areas of areas targeted by Southwold vessels working pots, nets and longlines are within the offshore cable corridor, although wider grounds are located further north.


131. In all cases, due to the wider areas potentially available, longlining has the smallest proportion of grounds potentially intersected by the offshore cable corridor.


14.5.14 French Fishing Activity - Overview 132. 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, Fonds Régional d’Organisation du Marché Nord (OP FROM Nord) and OP CME.


14.5.15 French Fishing Activity - Regional


14.5.15.1 Surveillance Sightings 133. 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


12 During consultation at Felixstowe Ferry, skippers elected to depict areas of the offshore cable corridor in terms of potential degree impact to fishing activity as opposed to indicating specific fishing areas. The location of those grounds depicting more detail was gathered during consultation for the proposed East Anglia ONE project. The use of these charts within this report has been agreed with the relevant skippers.


Preliminary Environmental Information May 2014


East Anglia THREE Offshore Windfarm


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