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Alderney Regional Environmental Assessment of Renewable Energy:
Environmental Report
Stakeholder Comment Action (Including Clarification
Sought/Received, if Applicable)
Section(s) in
REA
The report anticipates restricted access to
slipways and births during all phases of the
works. Commercial fishermen require
unrestricted access to load and unload gear
particularly at times of low water.
Noted. Reference made to best practice
measures including consultation with the local
fishing community ensure such issues are
addressed.
7.2.2.6
Atlantic Crayfish are a species caught in
Alderney waters. One local boat has scallop
dredging gear.
Point noted. 7.2.1
The most important point to make is that the
entire fulltime commercial fisherman has to
multitask to make a living. To lose one aspect
of their fishing methods makes inshore
commercial fishing uneconomic therefore not
viable. The proposed areas of development
shown in figure 1 exclude such a large area of
potting ground that potting for lobster and crab
will not be commercially viable. The areas left
will not sustain enough pots. The loss of
lobster and crab income will put fulltime
fisherman out of business. In the scoping
report there is not another business that faces
this prospect due to this development.
Point noted. Please note Figure 1 does not
represent the extent of area to be excluded by
fishermen. This can be addressed further at a
project specific level.
The Commercial and Recreational Fisheries
impact assessment provides further
information on the temporary and long term
displacement of fishing activities as a result of
the Draft Plan.
7.2.2.1
The issue of financial compensation will no
doubt be raised as a means of placating the
commercial fisherman but how do you
compensate for the loss of a traditional
industry at present or in the future?
Noted. Reference and to be discussed further
at a project specific level including consultation
with the local fishing community ensure such
issues are addressed.
7.2.2.6
Mike Harrisson,
Alderney Maritime Trust
(received 20-04-13)
Please be so kind as to explain how this
Scoping Survey might affect the Maritime Trust
and in particular the two Exclusion Zone areas
North of Mannez Lighthouse and round the
Casquets, including details of sub-sea
monitoring equipment to be used and probable
dates.
It is not possible to determine the implications
of the Draft Plan on the two Exclusion Zone
areas given the lack of project-specific
information at the plan level. This will need
further consideration at the project-level by
individual developers.
Details of possible baseline surveys that may
be required at the project-level have been
outlined in Section 6.1.1.2 of the REA.
6.1.1.2
Alderney Renewable Energy Ltd
(received 02-05-13)
Page 2 (paragraph 2) - Limited should be
included in the Alderney Renewable title - Also
on page (i) in abbreviations.
Noted and amended in REA to Alderney
Renewable Energy Limited
All Sections
where
necessary
Page 2 (paragraph 4) - Transmission Capital
should be Transmission Investment LLP - this
occurs several times throughout the document.
Noted and amended to Transmission
Investment LLP throughout REA
All Sections
where
necessary
Page 2 (paragraph 4) - FAB Link in two words
and not FABLink - this occurs several times
throughout the document.
Noted and amended to FAB Link throughout
REA
All Sections
where
necessary
Page 6 (Section 2.1.2, paragraph 1) - No
mention of National Grid connection
agreements in the UK.
There is no mention of the National Grid
connection agreements in the UK because the
Draft Plan is only considering the potential
export cable route to France.
1.2.3
Page 6 (Section 2.1.2, paragraph 1) - The
cable size will be no less than 2000 MW.
Noted 1.2.3
Page 9 (Section 5.1.1, paragraph 2, line 4) -
The sentence beginning “Sandy bays...” does
not seem to make sense.
Noted N/A to REA
David Thornburrow,
Vice President, The Alderney
Society
(received 02-05-13)
In recent years the integrity of the protective
Green Belt laws has increasingly been
undermined both by property owners and by
the States' planning committees. As it became
very obvious The Alderney Society, The
Alderney wildlife Trust and increasingly the
public are very worried about building within
the existing boundaries of the Green Belt.
Land based impacts of the April 2013 Scoping
Report.
Point noted N/A
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