6.1.1.1
The fisheries impact assessment conducted for this EIA concluded that
impacts from the Trunk Road T2 project would be associated with the temporary
loss of about 0.5ha marine area in Kwun Tong Typhoon Shelter
(KTTS) due to the operation of the Trunk Road T2 barging point. However, given that no adult fish or fry
production were recorded in the existing KTTS (Port Survey 2006), the small
size of the temporary barging point and the fact that the marine area would be
occupied only temporarily and could be available for fishing after
construction, subject to the trawling ban in place from December 2012, no
significant impacts in respect to the loss of fishing grounds would occur.
Therefore, the Trunk Road T2 project would not give rise to any significant
impacts to fisheries during the construction and operation phase.
6.1.1.2
Indirect impacts associated with changes to water quality arising from
the Trunk Road T2 project would be temporary and localised. With the implementation of the recommended
water quality control measures, no significant adverse indirect impact on
fisheries resources would be expected from the Trunk Road T2 project.
6.2.1.1
Impacts to fisheries resources and fishing operations have largely been
avoided during the construction and operation of the Trunk Road T2 project by
the adoption of a subsea tunnel constructed by TBM which avoids of dredging,
reclamation, filling activities and permanent above seabed structures in the
marine environment. The mitigation
measures to be recommended in the water quality impact assessment (Section 6 of the EIA Report) to control
water quality would serve, also, to protect fisheries resources from indirect
impacts and ensure no adverse impact on fisheries resources would result from
the Trunk Road T2 project. Details of
the mitigation measures are presented in Appendix A.
6.2.1.2
Hence, no fisheries specific mitigation measures are required during
construction and operation of the Trunk Road T2.
6.3.1.1
The implementation of the water quality mitigation measures stated in
the Water Quality Impact Assessment (Refer to Section 6 of the EIA Report) will be audited as part of the
Environmental Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) procedures during the
construction period and the details are presented in Section 4 of this Environmental Monitoring and Audit Manual.
6.3.1.2
There are no significant fisheries impacts predicted from the
construction and operation of the Trunk Road T2 and therefore, no specific
fisheries monitoring and auditing programme is required.