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Metadata: DAERA CSEMP Annual Biota Contaminant Monitoring 1999 - present
Abstract:
In Northern Ireland, an annual analysis of a suite of contaminants in shellfish flesh is carried out in all seven of the sea loughs/areas in Northern Ireland in which shellfish are cultivated and harvested. This is a joint programme of monitoring currently in place with FSA (Foods Standards Agency) in Northern Ireland and DAERA (Department of Agriculture Environment and Rural Affairs) to meet both organisations requirements. For DAERA these include; EU legislative requirements, OSPAR (Oslo/Paris convention (for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic)), Shellfish Water Protected Areas and as the Competent Monitoring Authority responsible for reporting Clean Seas Environmental Monitoring Programme (CSEMP) Biota Contaminant Monitoring data in Northern Ireland. The CSEMP is a UK wide monitoring programme coordinated by the Clean, Safe Seas Evidence Group (CSSEG). The suite of contaminants tested for includes trace metals, lipids, dioxins, polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). DAERA reports data to the National Marine Database (MERMAN) annually. The data is used to assess the status and trend of contaminant concentrations in biota, and to support the UK's 2018 assessments for Descriptor 8 of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). The biota data used in the 2018 CSEMP assessment using data from MERMAN may be cited with the citation provided by Marine Scotland https://doi.org/10.7489/12227-1.
Data holder:
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Use constraints:
The biota and sediment data used in the 2018 CSEMP assessment using data from MERMAN may be cited with the citation provided by Marine Scotland https://doi.org/10.7489/12227-1.
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 1339 |
| Title | The title is used to provide a brief and precise description of the dataset such as 'Date', 'Originating organisation/programme', 'Location' and 'Type of survey'. All acronyms and abbreviations should be reproduced in full. | DAERA CSEMP Annual Biota Contaminant Monitoring 1999 - present |
| File Identifier | The File Identifier is a code, preferably a GUID, that is globally unique and remains with the same metadata record even if the record is edited or transferred between portals or tools. | 585b7fe33e4a7381848d7d937b96ff97 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | DAERA-BIOMON |
| Resource type | The resource type will likely be a dataset but could also be a series (collection of datasets with a common specification) or a service. | dataset |
| Start date | This describes the date the resource starts. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 1999-01-01 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2019-10-15 |
| Spatial resolution | This describes the spatial resolution of the dataset or the spatial limitations of the service. | inapplicable |
| Frequency of updates | This describes the frequency with which the resource is modified or updated i.e. a monitoring programme that samples once per year has a frequency that is described as 'annually'. | annually |
| Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | In Northern Ireland, an annual analysis of a suite of contaminants in shellfish flesh is carried out in all seven of the sea loughs/areas in Northern Ireland in which shellfish are cultivated and harvested. This is a joint programme of monitoring currently in place with FSA (Foods Standards Agency) in Northern Ireland and DAERA (Department of Agriculture Environment and Rural Affairs) to meet both organisations requirements. For DAERA these include; EU legislative requirements, OSPAR (Oslo/Paris convention (for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic)), Shellfish Water Protected Areas and as the Competent Monitoring Authority responsible for reporting Clean Seas Environmental Monitoring Programme (CSEMP) Biota Contaminant Monitoring data in Northern Ireland. The CSEMP is a UK wide monitoring programme coordinated by the Clean, Safe Seas Evidence Group (CSSEG). The suite of contaminants tested for includes trace metals, lipids, dioxins, polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). DAERA reports data to the National Marine Database (MERMAN) annually. The data is used to assess the status and trend of contaminant concentrations in biota, and to support the UK's 2018 assessments for Descriptor 8 of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). The biota data used in the 2018 CSEMP assessment using data from MERMAN may be cited with the citation provided by Marine Scotland https://doi.org/10.7489/12227-1. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | Mussel and oyster samples are collected and sent to AFBI for chemical analysis. The analytical results are returned to DAERA and screened for oddities/outliers before being reporting to the National Marine Database (MERMAN). In addition, AFBI as the analytical laboratory, are required to submit the results of corresponding Analytical Quality Control (AQC) and Proficiency Testing (PT) to MERMAN each year. MERMAN uses an in-built data filter to ensure that the submitted data are fit for purpose. The filter calculates a score based on the QC information provided by the analytical laboratory. Only data that pass the AQC process are released to OSPAR/ICES or used in UK assessments (MSFD). |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Environmental Data and Information Network |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Human health and safety | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Species distribution | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in biota | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Metal concentrations in biota | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Concentration of other organic contaminants in biota | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Concentration of polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs) in biota | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Biota lipid concentrations | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | environment | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Aquaculture | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Bivalve molluscs | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Environment Monitoring | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 55.3492 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -5.2739 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 53.9639 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -7.3833 |
| Regional sea | Irish Sea | |
| Minches & Western Scotland | ||
| Responsible organisations | ||
| Role | The point of contact is person or organisation with responsibility for the creation and maintenance of the metadata for the resource. | pointOfContact |
| Organisation name | Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs | |
| Position name | Data contact | |
| Marine.InfoRequests@daera-ni.gov.uk | ||
| Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| Organisation name | Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs | |
| Individual name | MERMAN Data Officer | |
| Position name | Data contact | |
| Phone | +44 (0)23 8059 6666 | |
| Delivery point | University of Southampton Waterfront Campus European Way | |
| Postal code | SO14 3ZH | |
| City | Southampton | |
| Marine.InfoRequests@daera-ni.gov.uk | ||
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs | |
| Position name | Data contact | |
| Marine.InfoRequests@daera-ni.gov.uk | ||
| Role | The custodian is the person or organisation that accepts responsibility for the resource and ensures appropriate care and maintenance. If a dataset has been lodged with a Data Archive Centre for maintenance then this organisation is be entered here. | custodian |
| Organisation name | Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs | |
| Position name | Data contact | |
| Marine.InfoRequests@daera-ni.gov.uk | ||
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/projects/data_management/uk/merman/assessments_and_data_access/ |
| Locator name | Name of the web resource | BODC MERMAN Assessment and Data access |
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | http://data.marine.gov.scot/dataset/contaminant-and-biological-effect-data-1999-2017-2018-csemp-assessment |
| Locator name | Name of the web resource | Contaminant and biological effect data 1999-2017 for the 2018 CSEMP assessment |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 20 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | otherRestrictions | |
| 20 Limitations on Public Access - Other constraints | This states any limitations on access to the data and uses free text. | The biota and sediment data used in the 2018 CSEMP assessment using data from MERMAN may be cited with the citation provided by Marine Scotland https://doi.org/10.7489/12227-1. |
| 21 Conditions for Access and Use - Use limitation | This states any constraints on use of the data. Multiple conditions can be recorded for different parts of the data resource. If no conditions apply, then `No condtions apply` is recorded. This uses free text. | The biota and sediment data used in the 2018 CSEMP assessment using data from MERMAN may be cited with the citation provided by Marine Scotland https://doi.org/10.7489/12227-1. |
| Version info | ||
| Date of publication | The publication date of the resource or if previously unpublished the date that the resource was made publicly available via the MEDIN network. | 2019-10-14 |
| Date of last revision | The most recent date that the resource was revised. | 2019-06-27 |
| Harvest date | The date which this record has been (re)harvested from the provider. | 2026-04-19 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2019-10-15 |
| Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | MEDIN Discovery metadata standard |
| Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | 2.3.8 |