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

12.9.3 Assessment
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
Very big impact (high value – high impact)
• The structure will lead to that commercial
fi shing no longer can be pursued in an area of
national or international interest for fi shing
Big impact (high value – reasonable impact/
reasonable value – high impact)
• The structure will cause big impact on fi shing
in an area of national or international interest
for fi shing.
Reasonable impact (reasonable value – reasonable
impact)
• The structure leads to that only reduced fi shing
in an area of national or international interest
or in other areas of importance for fi shing.
Small impact (reasonable risk – minor impact/minor
risk – reasonable impact).
• The structure leads to that only less fi shing to a
lesser extent can be pursued within an area of
less importance for fi shing.
Minor/no impact (minor value – minor impact)
• The structure has no impact on the ability to
fi sh.
Conclusions
It is uncertain what impact the wind farm will have on
commercial Þ shing. This is mainly due to that it is not
yet decided whether trafÞ c and commercial Þ shing will
be allowed within the wind farm area.
If a protective zone is established, it will cause big,
direct impact for affected Þ shermen. As the wind farm
area only constitutes 1,5 % of the area designated to
be of national interest for commercial Þ shing, this
cannot be considered to make commercial Þ shing more
difÞ cult within the area of national interest. Negotiations
for compensation are ongoing in order to pay the
Þ shermen for potential loss of income.
CONSEQUENSES OF THE WIND FARM 145
In the longer run, commercial Þ shing as an industry,
may beneÞ t from a security zone through higher
reproduction in combination with a so called “spill
over effect”.
In summary, the maximum impact caused by the
wind farm, may be considered as reasonable.
12.10 Recreation and outdoor life
12.10.1 Impact
As the area is very far from the coast, it has little impact
on recreation.
Leisure boats seldom follow the shipping lanes and
the wind farm, primarily, is a navigational hazard for
this type of trafÞ c. The freely available sea surface will
be reduced, the character of “wilderness” in the area
will be lost and will, instead, be dominated by technical
structures. For some, this will be regarded as disturbing
and by others as interesting. In a study made in
the Torsås community in 2001, 400 persons were asked
about what impact the Utgrunden wind farm had on
the landscape picture. 37 % thought the wind farm had
a positive impact and only 6 % thought that wind farm
had a negative impact. 39 % thought that no impact
was caused and 18 % had no view on the subject.
Whether a potential protective zone will be applicable
also for leisure Þ shing has currently not been
decided.
Intensive trafÞ c of work ships and vessels to and
from the area during the construction and dismantling
phases will cause a certain disturbance for leisure
boats.
12.10.2 Mitigating measures
There are no mitigating measures proposed.