2015, MarineSpace, Race Bank, Annex I Habitat Assessment and Micrositing Advice

This document provides identification and assessment of Annex I reef habitats from Phase 1 and 2 surveys and represents advice to DONG Energy in relation to potential Annex I micro-siting requirements. The benthic baseline monitoring, consisting of 148 planned grab samples along the export cable route and within and beyond the wind farm array site, will be documented in a later report. That analysis will form a baseline for subsequent post-construction benthic surveys. Grab samples were not taken along the drop down video transects (as the image clarity was sufficient to support the determination of reef habitat).