gillnets, as well those utilising demersal otter trawls and beam trawls. Landings values in the offshore cable analysis area (32F2; €303,725) are considerably higher, increasing by around two orders of magnitude compared to 34F2. In this area the majority of landings are of sole and horse mackerel targeted by beam trawl and demersal otter trawl, respectively.


14.5.18.3 VMS Data 152. VMS density of German registered vessels operating in the vicinity of the proposed East Anglia THREE project is shown in Figure 14.89. The data shows that VMS by densities less than two recorded position plots throughout almost the entire East Anglia THREE site. The intensity of activity increases (five to 20) immediately south of the East Anglia THREE site over the north-eastern area of the offshore cable corridor, corresponding to the higher landings values shown previously in 32F2.


14.5.19 German Fishing Activity – Project Specific 153. Due to the very low average landings recorded by the German Fleet in the inshore cable analysis area (€336), annual and seasonal variations in landings values are shown only for the offshore cable and windfarm analysis areas.


14.5.19.1 Annual Variation 154. Diagram 14.15 shows that in the windfarm analysis area, landings from demersal otter trawls (horse mackerel), beam trawl and gillnets (sole, cod and whiting) were significantly higher from2002 to 2006. Total landings values (all methods and species combined) were low in both 2010 (€11,164) and 2011 (€3,837).


155. Annual landings from the German fleet in the offshore cable analysis area (Diagram 14.16) show that landings from demersal otter trawls (horse mackerel) peaked in 2002 (€580,728), then declined in subsequent years. With the exception of 2008, landings of beam trawlers (sole and other flatfish) have shown a pattern of increasing value, particularly in the latter part of the dataset. Gillnets follow a similar distribution, tracking fluctuations in sole landings from 2004 onwards.


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