Abstract
This document is based on the version of the OMP provided to Natural England and Marine Management Organisation (MMO) for comment in 2011. Comments were then provided via the MMO on 13 January 2012 (reference: REN 014).
This version of the OMP incorporates these comments, which had involved making the following additions:
- Inclusion of little gull as a target species for ‘collision predictions’.
- Proposed goose migration surveys.
In addition, the following additional information has been provided:
- Clarity that each survey will take place over a 1-2 day period.
- Rational for re-arranging the month of survey for mid-winter (from January 2012 to December 2012).
In addition to the information provided in the current version of the OMP, a request was made by Natural England and the MMO for a power analysis to be undertaken in order to estimate the likelihood of detecting changes in bird numbers based on the proposed boat-based transect design. Once data from the Environmental Statement are available, this power analysis will be undertaken; the details of which will be submitted separately to the MMO as an appendix to the OMP.