comparison to larger vessels. Most of these vessels deploy a number of different methods depending on season and species targeted.
236. The available data and information obtained suggests that potting is concentrated within the 12nm limit, in the vicinity of the offshore cable corridor and does not normally occur within the East Anglia THREE site. Netting (including gillnets, drift nets and trammel nets) and longlining also occurs mainly within inshore areas inside the 12nm limit including those through which the offshore cable corridor passes. In contrast to potting vessels, some of the longlining and netting vessels have occasionally been recorded fishing within the East Anglia THREE site. It was confirmed during consultation with relevant skippers that there is a very low amount of fishing activity within the East Anglia THREE site when compared to the activity in the vicinity of the offshore cable corridor.
237. Whilst the local under 15m vessels are effectively multi-purpose, due to quota restrictions and seasonal and operational range constraints the sensitivity of the UK under 15m vessels is considered to be medium.
238. From the data obtained and the charts provided by local fishermen, it is apparent that the offshore cable corridor runs though grounds fished by all of the methods deployed by local vessels (Figure 14.52 to Figure 14.73). The majority of the effort by under 15m vessels is within the 6 mile limit. In the case of the offshore cable corridor the magnitude of the effect is therefore expected to be mediumand for the East Anglia THREE site, low. Based on the magnitude and sensitivity described, the impact of the construction of the East Anglia THREE site on UK under 15m vessels will be ofminor adverse significance. The impact of installation of the offshore cable corridor will be ofmoderate adverse significance.
239. A commercial Fisheries Working Group (CFWG) has been established with a representative from each local port for the East Anglia Zone. The CFWG provides a forum for open and meaningful engagement through the project’s lifecycle for the mutual benefit of the fishing industry and EAOL. The CFWG will identify and develop mutually beneficial opportunities between the fishing/renewables industries in the vicinity of the East Anglia Zone.
240. The experience of agreeing mutually acceptable procedures for the relocation of static gears during survey works undertaken during the past 12 months implies that similar mitigation should be achievable for the installation of the offshore export cable (as discussed in the co-existence and fisheries liaison plan). On this assumption it should be possible to reduce potential impacts to minor adverse significance.
Preliminary Environmental Information May 2014
East Anglia THREE Offshore Windfarm
Chapter 14 Commercial Fisheries Page 86
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