Assessing fisheries displacement by other licensed marine activities: good practice guidance

Footnotes

1. For the purposes of this guidance, displacement is defined as occurring as a result of other licenced activity or infrastructure.

2. Offshore Wind Leasing Round 4 | Offshore Wind Leasing Round 4 (thecrownestate.co.uk)

3. Crown Estate Scotland

4. Please note that Scotland's National Marine Plan is under review at the time of writing with a decision on any updates to be made by the end of 2021.

5. Offshore means any location which is non-terrestrial and deeper than Mean High Water Springs (MHWS).

6. Fish and Fisheries Specialist Receptor Group - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

7. Good Practice Guidance for assessing fisheries displacement by other licensed marine activities: Literature Review

8. Scottish Zone encompass the waters out to 200 NM from the Scottish coast, as per the Scotland Act 1998.

9. The terms primary and secondary displacement are not consistently used within commercial fisheries EIAs and it is suggested they are and as such defined here.

10. Good Practice Guidance for assessing fisheries displacement by other licensed marine activities: Literature Review

11. Marine Scotland publish fisheries statistics annually (Marine Scotland, 2020) but these do not provide values or effort by fishing method and are for the Scottish Zone only.

12. Publication Reports - ICES.2018.OSPAR-spatial-data-fishing-intensity.zip...

13. STECF - European Commission (europa.eu)

14. ScotMap - Inshore Fisheries Mapping Project in Scotland | Marine Scotland Information

15. Scotlands Fisheries Management Strategy 2020-2030

16. Marine Scotland Launch of inshore fisheries pilot - Marine Scotland (blogs.gov.scot)

17. As of 2012, EU legislation required all Member State vessels over 12 m in length to have VMS installed. However, there have been delays in the release of this data by MMO and data is only available for vessels > 15 m. Direct data requests can be made to the MMO for 12 – 15 m vessels.

18. Effort in kilowatt hours: calculated by multiplying the time associated with each VMS report in hours by the engine power of the vessel concerned at the time of the activity.

19. Fishing Activity for UK Vessels 15m and over 2016.

20. Further relevant information is available in The Fishing Liaison with Offshore Wind and Wet Renewables Group guidance documents (FLOWW 2014, 2015).

21. The speed range which is used should be specific to the fishing methods which are present in the study area and are often less than 6 knots.

22. Supporting documents - Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2019 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

23. Home - UHI Shetland

24. Home - UHI Shetland

25. UK Home Office, Crown Copyright (2021) Information available from ADMIRALTY Maritime Data Solutions

26. Other regulations apply in England, Wales and Ireland.

27. More information on the Regional Inshore Fisheries Groups is available.

28. The remit of Regional Inshore Fisheries Groups is 0 – 6 NM or 0 – 12 NM where there are marine planning partnerships. More information available at Inshore Fisheries – Regional Inshore Fisheries Groups (RIFGS) Topic Sheet

29. Sectoral Marine Plan for Offshore Wind Energy | Marine Scotland Information

30. Please also note that the SFF also received information from a representative at Seafish to inform this guidance.