14745a75c12b5aa3a72f7ad90fc5cc24 eng series DONG energy Project manager +45 44 80 60 00 +45 44 80 60 10 A. C. Meyers Vænge 9 2450 København SV Denmark kundecenter@dongenergy.dk www.dongenergy.com/burbo pointOfContact 2014-09-15 MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard Version 2.3.8 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 OGP 2006, Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies (CMACS), Burbo Bank Offshore Wind Farm, Pre-Construction Commercial Fish Survey (2m Beam Trawl) 2006-08-14 publication 2235 http://data.offshorewind.co.uk/ This project relates to the specific FEPA requirements for surveys of subtidal benthic (seabed) invertebrate ecology and fish. These are in part addressed by an annual 2m scientific beam trawl survey which complements other work, notably grab sampling and 4m (commercial) beam trawl surveys. The 2m beam trawl survey is undertaken by Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies Ltd (CMACS) on behalf of SeaScape Ltd. The programme commenced with baseline (pre-construction) surveys in autumn 2005 which built upon surveys undertaken in 2002 in support of the project environmental impact assessment. This project relates to the results of monitoring carried out in autumn 2006, during construction of the wind farm, and compares the results with baseline data. The survey outcomes showed some clear differences in benthic fauna sampled by beam trawls that were apparent between baseline survey in 2005 and the during construction survey in 2006. The most notable trend was a marked decrease in abundance of epibenthic invertebrates and infauna sampled by trawls across many sites. DONG energy Project manager +45 44 80 60 00 +45 44 80 60 10 A. C. Meyers Vænge 9 2450 København SV Denmark kundecenter@dongenergy.dk www.dongenergy.com/burbo custodian Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies Ltd +44 (0)151 327 7177 +44 (0)151 327 6344 Head Office, CMACS Ltd, 80 Eastham Village Road, Eastham Wirral CH62 0AW United Kingdom info@cmacsltd.co.uk http://www.cmacsltd.co.uk/ originator notPlanned PDF Renewable Energy Lease area The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Areas 2012-05-15 revision 1 Pre-Construction monitoring The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Phases 2012-05-15 revision 1 Fish taxonomy-related counts SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2017-09-06 revision 103 Fishing by-catch SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2017-09-06 revision 103 Fishery characterisation SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2017-09-06 revision 103 Marine Environmental Data and Information Network Marine Environmental Data and Information Network no conditions apply eng biota economy environment -3.22354287211443 -3.14823996449776 53.470125002674 53.5039100333246 2005-10-07 2005-10-11 Supply media: 001 Origin: Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies Ltd (CMACS) http://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/search?q=#fq=fq%3DProject%253Amde1r1bb002 download https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/174/summary A link to the web service or dataset. https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk A link to the general host site. dataset The survey was conducted over two days on the 7th and 11th of October using the survey vessel ‘Aquadynamic’ operating out of Liverpool Marina returning to berth on a daily basis. A standard CEFAS 2m beam trawl with a 4mm square mesh cod end equipped with a chain matrix was used, being towed at each site for a distance of 300m at a speed of 2 knots to allow sufficient warp for the trawl to “fish” the bottom properly. All tows were undertaken into the prevailing current and 12 sites were surveyed in total (see Figure 1 and Appendix 6.1 for site locations).