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F I S H E R I E S , M A M M A L S A N D S E A B I R D S S P E C I A L I S T S T U D Y Table 10. A summary of the number of vessels, records and hours a vessel was in an area per day for each of the four fisheries. MONK Year SP1* SP2* SP3* HAKE TRAWL Year SP1* SP2* SP3* HAKE LONGLINE Year SP1* SP2* SP3* HORSE MACKEREL Year Final Report Namibian Marine Phosphate (Pty) Ltd. Number of vessels (Ministry of fisheries 2009 annual report)) Number of records in each area per year Page 78 MFMR DATA records of total hours in each area per year Expected average time per vessel in each area per day 2010 16 31 505.65 16.31 2009 16 96 1763.62 18.37 2008 25 39 684.27 17.55 2010 16 152 2613.97 17.20 2009 16 264 4759.82 18.03 2008 25 205 3572.67 17.43 2010 16 228 4110.88 18.03 2009 16 182 3285.05 18.05 2008 25 262 4726.32 18.04 Number of vessels (Ministry of fisheries 2009 annual report)) Number of records in each area per year MFMR DATA records of total hours in each area per year Expected average time per vessel in each area per day 2009 71 35 486.28 13.89 2008 91 115 1660.37 14.44 2007 87 238 3055.83 12.84 2009 71 61 884.28 14.50 2008 91 176 2765.97 15.72 2007 87 222 3069.28 13.83 2009 71 24 366.22 15.26 2008 91 101 1633.68 16.18 2007 87 33 484.48 14.68 Number of vessels (Ministry of fisheries 2009 annual report)) Number of records in each area per year 2010 18 0 2009 18 0 2008 18 9 2010 18 33 2009 18 41 2008 18 153 2010 18 30 2009 18 37 2008 18 98 Number of vessels (Ministry of fisheries 2009 annual report)) Number of records in each area per year MFMR DATA records of total hours in each area per year MFMR DATA records of total hours in each area per year Expected average time per vessel in each area per day NO DATA NO DATA Expected average time per vessel in each area per day 2011 0 0 0 0 SP1* 2010 2009 0 9 0 5 0 49.50 0 9.90 2008 10 8 99.17 12.40 2011 0 0 0 0 SP2* 2010 2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2008 0 0 0 0 2011 0 0 0 0 SP3* 2010 2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2008 0 0 0 0 * SP1, SP2, SP3 + 19.4 km boundary (boundary area calculated by multiplying speed of trawler (3.5nm) by time (3 hours) to get distance (19.4 nm)) ** Assumed number of vessels according to previos year (2009)
10 CONCLUSIONS F I S H E R I E S , M A M M A L S A N D S E A B I R D S S P E C I A L I S T S T U D Y Overall we emphasize that our assessment of fish resources, fisheries, marine mammals and birds is based on the best available data. In the case of fisheries, data have been provided by the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources. The analyses undertaken using these data are aimed only at informing the EIA as best possible regarding the risks of the proposed mining. We wish to stress also that with respect to the impact on commercial fisheries, our assessment equates more to a broad operational impact rather than an environmental one. With respect to the risk assessment of the impact on the broader ecosystem, the assessment is “data poor” and inadequate to fully assess the likely impacts of dredging on the Namibian marine environment (including biodiversity and trophic ecology). We stress however that this uncertainty could apply equally to other exploited marine resources (such as fishing and diamond mining) where there is much uncertainty regarding ecosystem impacts and the extent to which anthropogenic activities (historical and current) may already have altered the marine environment. Five critical impacts have been identified. The impact on Namibian fisheries will vary depending on the fishing sector. The operations of all fisheries will in some way, and at different levels of intensity, be impacted. Overall however the significance is considered to be negative and medium to low primarily because the area to be mined (annually up to 3 km 2 and for the 20 year mining lifespan up to 60 km 2 ) is a small fraction of the overall Namibian fishing grounds. This fraction may however increase significantly if mining of this nature is to be expanded or alternative mine sites introduced. Of the main commercial fisheries, the monk-directed trawl fishery will be most impacted. The species exploited (monk) prefers muddy/sandy substrate of which the dredging operation as proposed, will remove 60 km 2 for the duration of the mining licence. The monk-directed catch and effort data and trawling locations from 2005-2010 suggest that about 1% of the total monk fishing grounds in SP-2 will be lost, 0.08% in SP-3 and zero % in SP-1 i.e a direct impact in the actual mined site. Further, 19.75 % of the monk fishing grounds in the MLA + Zone 1, may be indirectly impacted. The actual nature and intensity of the impact away from the actual mined sites cannot be definitively stated and is also likely to vary and be reduced in intensity further away from the mining operation. The primary effects of the dredging operation is expected to be disturbance and removal of the preferred monk substrate resulting in either displacement of monk to adjacent ground or actual mortality of monk that may be caught in the dredging process. Similarly the hake trawl and longline fisheries will also lose fishing grounds although this is unlikely to happen in the first phase of mining as the data provided suggest effort in these fisheries has not been directed in the SP-1 mining target area. Expansion of the dredging into the other areas (SP-2 and SP-3) will however increase the exposure of these fisheries to the dredging operations. Final Report Namibian Marine Phosphate (Pty) Ltd. Page 79
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