Beam Trawling 224. The patterns and practices of the UK registered beam trawl fleet including the Anglo- Dutch fleet are considered to be the same as the Dutch registered beam trawl fleet (excluding those vessels operating pulse wing gear) and therefore the sensitivity of these receptors is ascribed as low.
225. As shown by Figure 14.40, the operational area of UK beam trawlers covers a wide area including the Central and Southern North Sea, the English Channel and Western Approaches and parts of the Celtic Sea. Information gathered during consultation confirmed that the majority of the activity in the vicinity of the proposed East Anglia THREE project is by Anglo-Dutch vessels whose fishing effort is for the most part concentrated well to the north- northeast.
226. The UK beam trawl fleet (excluding Anglo-Dutch vessels) mainly operates out of south-west ports such as Brixham, Penzance and Newlyn with effort tending to be concentrated in the Celtic Sea and English Channel. A limited number of these vessels occasionally target sole off the coast of East Anglia. Based on AIS observations during April / May 2013 (
Marinetraffic.com), activity by these vessels is predominantly within the 6nm and 12nm limit in the vicinity of the inshore cable analysis area. MMO landings statistics (Table 14.13 and Table 14.14) indicate that in excess of 50% of landings from the offshore cable and windfarm analysis areas are into Dutch ports, further highlighting that the majority of recorded UK beam trawling activity in these areas is by the Anglo-Dutch fleet as opposed to UK owned vessels. Taken in combination with the temporary nature of the effect, the magnitude is assessed as low.
227. Given the low receptor sensitivity and low magnitude of the effect, the impact of temporary loss or restricted access to fishing grounds for the Anglo-Dutch beam trawl fleet is assessed to be ofminor adverse significance.
228. For the UK fleet based at south-west ports, due to the proportionally low levels of effort recorded in the vicinity of the proposed East Anglia THREE project compared to other areas the proportional loss of landings associated with loss of fishing areas is so small so as to render the magnitude of the effect as negligible.
229. In view of the above, the impact of temporary loss or restricted access to fishing grounds for the UK owned beam trawl fleet is therefore assessed to be negligible.
Demersal Otter Trawling 230. UK vessels demersal otter trawling for sole and, to a lesser extent, cod, skate, rays and bass, are generally under-15m in length and fish grounds in the vicinity of the
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