“The Manx Fish Producers Organisation wishes to remain as an interested party in this development. Our members, which includes scallop fishermen, have interest in the immediate area and specifically the areas around the development which form the regional study area. In the past, Manx vessel data has not been fully included in the presented datasets for other windfarm presentations both within and outside the regional study area, as typically it is Seafish data for over 15m vessels. While we have 11 over 15m vessels in our organisation we also have 24 under 15m vessels which fish for scallops in the regional study area. While the fishing activity of Manx registered may be limited in the commercial fisheries study area it is significant in the regional study area. The issue facing us is one of cumulative impact. It may be only a small percentage of our activity in a specific area but when all of those areas are added together the impact can be high and this is seldom if ever taken into account.”