2004, EMU, Kentish Flats, Monitoring Programme Fisheries Surveys (Oyster)

As part of the monitoring programme stipulated within the FEPA Licence No. 31780/03/0 for the construction of a 30-turbine offshore wind farm on the Kentish Flats, Thames Estuary, Emu Ltd. was commissioned to undertake a pre-construction Native oyster, Ostrea edulis, sampling exercise for the collection of oyster flesh for chemical analysis. This final report presents the aims of the pre-construction oyster sampling exercise, describes the sampling methodology employed by Emu Ltd. and presents the results of the chemical analyses of oyster flesh at Kentish Flats.