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Developing a fisheries management
proposal for the Dogger Bank SACs
Euan Dunn
Chair, NSRAC Spatial Planning WG
Three Special Areas of Conservation (SACs)
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Institutional framework for fisheries
management proposal
Dogger Bank Steering
Group
(UK, Neths, Germany,
Denmark)
FOREWIND
Liaison
NSRAC SPWG
Focus Group
Fishing
industry
MASPNOSE
NGOs
Five benthic communities
Van Moorsel, GWNM (2011) Species and habitats of the international Dogger Bank. ecosub, Doorn.
Danish sandeel fishing effort 2007-2009
(copyright ICES)
Beam trawl effort 2007-2009
(copyright ICES)
MASPNOSE facilitated stakeholder meetings
(Forewind participation at key stage)
Interactive spatial tools – joint fact finding
Result of NSRAC process
• Significant progress (NSRAC final position paper to DBSG) on mapping options and
rationale but no consensus between NGOs and industry on closures (areas, gears)
• Formulation of proposal to the Commission then defaulted to the DBSG, with NSRAC
stakeholders as observers
Dogger Bank SAC Industry Map
Dogger Bank SAC NGO Map
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Dogger Bank Steering Gp Map
(33.4% closure )
Comparison of
maps
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Forewind zone on the UK cSAC
Fishing industry presented DBSG with amended map
(Oct 2012) on basis of emerging Forewind information
Rationale:
• As Forewind projects are built, these are de facto
closures for bottom trawl gears
• Once the combined coverage of fisheries
management zones and windfarm areas exceeds 30%
(for the whole SAC complex), then the coverage of
fisheries management zones should be reduced in
order to maintain an effective 30% coverage of areas
not accessible to bottom trawl gears
UK govt position on windfarm development
in UK waters
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• Development consent will be considered after
a full environmental impact assessment and, if
necessary, an appropriate assessment under
Article 6(3) of the Habitats Directive
No consensus (NSRAC, DBSG, national fisheries directors) on whether to
exclude Seines from closed areas
- Commission will decide when DBSG submits proposal (end June?)
Scottish (or flyshooter) seine
Forewind Issues for NSRAC
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Spatial planning measures relating to fisheries
Fisheries mitigation measures
Appropriate assessment
Statements of Common Ground
NSRAC would like Forewind’s take on:
• Lay-out options for DB projects and potential fisheries
limitations of those
• Long term perspective on total development (all
potential projects)
• Legal position in relation to potential exclusion of
fisheries from windfarm development areas
• Ecological assessments and implications for project
development
• Future engagement and consultation with NSRAC