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Metadata: 2024, The Crown Estate, Whole of Seabed Programme, Summary Methodology Report
Abstract:
The Whole of Seabed Programme is an ongoing, iterative process of data collection, spatial analysis and stakeholder engagement. It aims to provide a highly sophisticated understanding of how the UK might utilise its marine resources to 2050, including a more detailed spatial understanding of marine resources than has ever been available in the UK before. The Programme is exploring different future-facing spatial scenarios about how the seabed might be used, to better understand the marine environment’s role in achieving net zero, as well as supporting thriving marine ecosystems and economies to 2050. Our analysis maps potential areas of opportunity across English, Welsh and Northern Irish waters for a wide range of sectors, for example, carbon capture and storage, marine aggregates, offshore wind, other marine energies, and telecommunication cables. Critically, the analysis considers the protection and restoration of nature as an activity and fundamental goal in its own right, rather than solely considering the potential future impact of other sectors on nature. The Programme represents a unique ambition to consider the diverse objectives of different sectors to 2050 and how they might interact. The scenarios we model allow us to understand the various possible interactions across our marine environment, the challenges they might pose, as well as potential enabling actions to resolve them through long-term collaborative planning. The outputs of the Programme constitute high quality spatial evidence informed by hundreds of spatial datasets, providing a clearer understanding of the areas required to support offshore and coastal sectors, as well as the marine environment. We will look to communicate this understanding by engaging both on the spatial outputs but crucially the statistics, caveats and issues they highlight for further discussion. The following report summarises the methodology used to date in the Whole of Seabed Programme.
Data holder:
The Crown Estate
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 19098 |
| 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. | 2024, The Crown Estate, Whole of Seabed Programme, Summary Methodology Report |
| Alternative title | The purpose of alternative title is to record any additional names by which the dataset may be known. | Summary Methodology Report |
| 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. | 41ed577f-76e1-4681-b741-3542f0dfcc92 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | TCE-4043 |
| 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. | series |
| Start date | This describes the date the resource starts. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2024-01-01 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2024-07-30 |
| 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'. | notPlanned |
| Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | The Whole of Seabed Programme is an ongoing, iterative process of data collection, spatial analysis and stakeholder engagement. It aims to provide a highly sophisticated understanding of how the UK might utilise its marine resources to 2050, including a more detailed spatial understanding of marine resources than has ever been available in the UK before. The Programme is exploring different future-facing spatial scenarios about how the seabed might be used, to better understand the marine environment’s role in achieving net zero, as well as supporting thriving marine ecosystems and economies to 2050. Our analysis maps potential areas of opportunity across English, Welsh and Northern Irish waters for a wide range of sectors, for example, carbon capture and storage, marine aggregates, offshore wind, other marine energies, and telecommunication cables. Critically, the analysis considers the protection and restoration of nature as an activity and fundamental goal in its own right, rather than solely considering the potential future impact of other sectors on nature. The Programme represents a unique ambition to consider the diverse objectives of different sectors to 2050 and how they might interact. The scenarios we model allow us to understand the various possible interactions across our marine environment, the challenges they might pose, as well as potential enabling actions to resolve them through long-term collaborative planning. The outputs of the Programme constitute high quality spatial evidence informed by hundreds of spatial datasets, providing a clearer understanding of the areas required to support offshore and coastal sectors, as well as the marine environment. We will look to communicate this understanding by engaging both on the spatial outputs but crucially the statistics, caveats and issues they highlight for further discussion. The following report summarises the methodology used to date in the Whole of Seabed Programme. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | The spatial analysis processes and modelling used to identify PAOs for each sector (such as offshore wind, nature, tidal range etc.) require the acquisition of a diverse range of data and the identification of how much resource is needed per sector. Social, economic and environmental datasets are included, to ensure that the outputs from the Programme are as representative as real-world scenarios as possible. We engage with government, industry and other key marine stakeholders, to ensure that we include the best available data and evidence in the Programme, and that the data that feeds into our analysis is reliable and trusted by leading experts in the field. |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Industrial activity |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Habitat extent | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Research | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Research and Development Activity | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Habitats and biotopes | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Land use | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 56.6 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -3.4 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 47.5 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -9.9 |
| 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 | The Crown Estate | |
| Position name | Marine Data Advisor | |
| Phone | +44 020 7851 5000 | |
| enquiries@thecrownestate.co.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 | The Crown Estate | |
| Phone | +44 020 7851 5000 | |
| enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk | ||
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | The Crown Estate | |
| Phone | +44 020 7851 5000 | |
| enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk | ||
| Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| Organisation name | The Crown Estate | |
| Phone | +44 020 7851 5000 | |
| enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk | ||
| Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
| Organisation name | The Crown Estate | |
| enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk | ||
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/TCE-4043/summary |
| Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk | |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 20.1 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | This states `otherRestrictions` from ISO vocabulary RestrictionCode and is an INSPIRE/GEMINI requirement. | otherRestrictions |
| 20.2 Limitations on Public Access - Other constraints | Once published, there will be no limitations on public access. Data must be used in accordance with the Marine Data Exchanges Terms of Use which can be found on the website. | |
| 21.1 Conditions for Access and Use - Use constraints | This states `otherRestrictions` from ISO vocabulary RestrictionCode and is an INSPIRE/GEMINI requirement. | otherRestrictions |
| 21.2 Conditions for Access and Use - Other constraints | 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. | Once published, there will be no constraints on access and use. Data must be used in accordance with the Marine Data Exchanges Terms of Use which can be found on the website. |
| 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. | 2024-08-05 |
| Date of last revision | The most recent date that the resource was revised. | 2024-08-05 |
| Date of creation | The date that the resource was created. | 2024-07-14 |
| 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. | 2026-02-04 |
| Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | MEDIN |
| Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | 3.1.2 |