This environmental impact assessment for Kriegers flak ... - Vattenfall

112 PRESENTATION OF THE AREA
These statistics show that the extent of trawling in
all squares is small.
The areas of these squares are 109 414, 36 014 and 8
232 hectares respectively.
If we only compare catches of cod, as this is the
most caught Þ sh, squares 1 and 2 show similar yields,
i.e. 2.27 and 3.56 kg/ha/year respectively.
The smallest square ( no 3), on the other hand,
shows a higher yield, 12.47 kg/ha/year. According to
information it is this area (square 3) which is most
frequently used by the Swedish Þ shermen and as mentioned
earlier the main part of this area will be outside
Weight of cod
[kilos] caught
with yarn
the planned wind farm.
This Þ shing around Kriegers Flak is concentrated
to two periods per annum, see tables below. Fishing is
evenly spread from January to May, as Þ shing lately
has been banned during the summer months of June,
July and August. The second period with a more intense
Þ shing takes place during the month of September.
During the above two periods nearly 90 % of the
annual catch is caught.
The number of Þ shing boats active at Kriegers
Flak amount to 25. Their home ports are spread from
Lomma in the north to Ystad in the east. According
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Total
Jan 9 808 35 040 18 015 33 235 15 935 112 033
Feb 20 675 18 109 33 575 14 823 41 141 128 323
Mar 38 677 23 719 68 345 28 691 50 143 209 575
Apr 14 958 33 360 42 980 48 759 32 327 172 384
May 35 440 24 478 36 307 41 836 25 339 163 400
Jun 4 505 3 247 8 752 2 223 18 727
Jul 20 25 157 1 972 2 174
Aug 2 085 10 401 2 116 1 321 359 16 282
Sep 41 972 28 002 17 722 34 341 19 196 141 233
Oct 4 670 8 370 10 943 5 930 4 233 34 146
Nov 4 795 6 202 7 939 300 1 423 20 659
Dec 400 4 270 12 143 2 690 19 503
Total 178 005 195 223 258 994 209 236 196 981 1 038 439
Area 1, monthly catch of cod by yarn in kg, 1999 – 2003