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activity is generally constricted to a small area of low to moderate intensity to the south of the East Anglia THREE site, within the offshore cable corridor. The areas of highest fishing intensity by this fleet are located off the German and Danish coasts, although activity is also relatively high within Dutch waters.


14.5.18 German Fishing Activity - Regional


14.5.18.1 Surveillance Sightings 147. Surveillance sightings of German registered vessels by gear type are provided in Figure 14.86. Activity by the fleet in the vicinity of the proposed East Anglia THREE project is generally low and is dominated by beam trawlers; sightings of vessels using other gears are much lower.


148. In the five years spanning 2008 to 2012 a single beam trawler was recorded by surveillance sightings, within the East Anglia THREE site. Higher numbers of beam trawlers have been recorded in north-western and central areas of the offshore cable corridor. Sightings of demersal trawlers and vessels working gillnets have been recorded only occasionally within the East Anglia Zone.


14.5.18.2 Landings Values 149. Landings values by species and method are shown respectively in Figure 14.87 and Figure 14.88. Landings values originating from rectangles north of the East Anglia Zone (35F2, 35F3, 36F2 and 36F3) are composed principally by sole and flatfish, with lower value landings of turbot also being recorded. As would be expected beam trawlers account for the majority of flatfish landings.


150. In those rectangles to the east and south of the East Anglia Zone, sole represent the majority of landings values with plaice of reduced importance. In these areas gillnets replace demersal towed gears (beam and otter trawls) as the principal method used to target the sole fishery. Landings from areas south-west of the East Anglia Zone are low (32F1; €24,140, 32F1; €7,988) and comprised mainly of horse mackerel apparently caught by demersal otter trawls.


151. Landings by the German fleet in the proposed East Anglia THREE project show considerable variation between analysis areas. For example, in the inshore cable analysis area landings of beam trawled plaice and sole are negligible (€336). This can partially be explained by the fact that Germany holds no historic rights off the East Anglian coast and the majority of the inshore cable analysis area is located within the 12nm limit. Only a very small proportion of the grounds in 33F1 are therefore available to the fleet. Within the windfarm analysis area (34F2) landings values are also low (€3,027) and comprised by sole, whiting and cod from vessels working


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