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Metadata: 2021, NRW, NE, and JNCC, The Crown Estate Research, Guidance on key ecological sensitivities to Marine Aggregate extraction
Abstract:
Natural Resources Wales (NRW), Natural England (NE) and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) have produced advice documents providing an overview of the ecological sensitivities to marine aggregate extraction within Welsh and English inshore and offshore waters. These documents contain detail on the pressures and environmental impacts associated with aggregate dredging, including the habitats, species and marine protected areas most sensitive to these impacts. The aim of these documents is to help inform prospective lease applicants in the siting of potential marine aggregate extraction activities as part of The Crown Estate’s 2021/22 aggregates licensing round. These documents were produced for The Crown Estate. The advice provided is not exhaustive and does not replace the need for a detailed assessment of individual projects. It is therefore non-binding and provided without prejudice to any further advice given or decisions made by NRW, NE and the JNCC. It is recommended that operators engage with the relevant statutory nature conservation body as early as possible when planning marine aggregate extraction to avoid significant environmental and consenting risks.
Data holder:
The Crown Estate
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 19262 |
| 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. | 2021, NRW, NE, and JNCC, The Crown Estate Research, Guidance on key ecological sensitivities to Marine Aggregate extraction |
| Alternative title | The purpose of alternative title is to record any additional names by which the dataset may be known. | Guidance on key ecological sensitivities to marine aggregate extraction |
| 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. | 88b8ccfe-917c-464e-8a94-157fdd491a5d |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | TCE-3497 |
| 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 | 2021-09-01 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2021-09-01 |
| 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. | Natural Resources Wales (NRW), Natural England (NE) and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) have produced advice documents providing an overview of the ecological sensitivities to marine aggregate extraction within Welsh and English inshore and offshore waters. These documents contain detail on the pressures and environmental impacts associated with aggregate dredging, including the habitats, species and marine protected areas most sensitive to these impacts. The aim of these documents is to help inform prospective lease applicants in the siting of potential marine aggregate extraction activities as part of The Crown Estate’s 2021/22 aggregates licensing round. These documents were produced for The Crown Estate. The advice provided is not exhaustive and does not replace the need for a detailed assessment of individual projects. It is therefore non-binding and provided without prejudice to any further advice given or decisions made by NRW, NE and the JNCC. It is recommended that operators engage with the relevant statutory nature conservation body as early as possible when planning marine aggregate extraction to avoid significant environmental and consenting risks. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | The document is intended to help applicants in the following ways: - To describe potential environmental impacts of marine aggregate extraction in Welsh waters and to alert developers to possible consenting risks - To inform the final choice of locations for individual extraction campaigns - To support developers with the preparation of assessments that accompany marine licence applications The advice within this document does not cover: - The impacts of any additional port infrastructure that might be necessary to support extraction activities - The onward transport or use of marine aggregate materials - Advice on the marine licensing process This document aims to identify the marine ecosystem features that are particularly sensitive and vulnerable to aggregate extraction in Welsh inshore and offshore areas. It therefore focuses on the effects upon physical processes, benthic habitats, fish, birds and marine mammals as the main sensitivities to this activity. Of these, physical processes and benthic habitats are most likely to be affected by extraction activity. Consideration is given to the effects of development upon fish, birds and marine mammals although the likelihood of effects on these receptors will depend on the nature of individual extraction campaigns, and so the sections covering these receptors are less detailed. The advice necessarily focuses on the implications for sites and species of nature conservation importance but also references other important environmental receptors that are subject to some form of legal protection and are vulnerable and sensitive to aggregate extraction. The focus has been to provide detailed information about the effects of development upon physical processes and benthic habitats which are most commonly considered in the assessment of applications. It should be noted that the information provided is not exhaustive and the range of effects of specific marine aggregate extraction campaigns may vary from campaign to campaign â?? effects being dependent upon the nature, location and timing of activities. The advice is generic and is not intended as a substitute for consultation with NRW marine licensing or advisory teams or for the detailed environmental assessment that will be needed for each application. |
| 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 | 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 | Land use | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 64 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 4 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 47 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -16 |
| 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 | |
| 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 | Natural Resources Wales | |
| test@test.com | ||
| 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-3497/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. | 2021-09-03 |
| Date of last revision | The most recent date that the resource was revised. | 2021-09-01 |
| Date of creation | The date that the resource was created. | 2021-09-01 |
| Harvest date | The date which this record has been (re)harvested from the provider. | 2026-04-12 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2026-02-06 |
| 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 |