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Metadata: 2022, The Crown Estate , The Crown Estate Research, Using Marine Industry Data for UK Marine Assessment and Reporting (Scoping Report)
Abstract:
In response to the intensifying global climate crisis, the British government has arrived at its “Net Zero Strategy: Build Back Greener”, which sets out strategic goals of decarbonising all sectors of the UK economy to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. As part of these goals, the UK government has set a target of achieving 50GW of offshore wind by 2030. However, nations worldwide are facing twin crises of both climate change and biodiversity loss. The UK’s 25 Year Environment Plan (2018) outlines a natural capital approach to the protection and management of the marine environment that centres on comprehensive and reliable data. In addition, the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) calls on governments worldwide to conserve and protect biodiversity, and outlines commitments such as identifying important components of biological diversity and the importance of high-level biodiversity reporting and assessment. Without proper management and monitoring, increasing offshore activities could have adverse effects on marine biodiversity. However, as marine sectors expand so does the spatial footprint of survey data collected by offshore industries. Industry data can therefore help to inform monitoring programmes put in place as part of the UK Marine Strategy (2012), which aims to achieve good environmental status (GES) in British Seas. The Marine Data Exchange (MDE) is the world’s largest database of offshore survey data, research and evidence, and includes over 2,600 survey campaigns collated from feasibility through to decommissioning studies. Survey data includes information collected from the offshore wind and renewables industries, in addition to marine aggregates and dredging. The data collected as part of these surveys could be re-used to help inform GES reporting, providing an improved evidence base for decision making and regional assessment, and could play a critical role in helping the UK in achieving more comprehensive marine reporting. This study outlines potential uses of marine industry data for marine assessment and reporting. Existing studies that explore the use of industry data were examined, including projects such as OneBenthic, The Joint Cetacean Data Programme and the Office for National Statistic's Marine Natural Capital Accounts. The existing studies were reviewed to explore whether UK Marine Strategy descriptors were included and whether industry data had been utilised. There were notable gaps in the number of studies which had explored industry data containing information regarding UK Marine Strategy Descriptors, such as “commercial fish”, “contaminants”, “hydrography” and “non-indigenous species”. An initial search of the industry data that is made available through the MDE produced a large range of surveys that contained key words relevant to important UK marine assessments (such as Good Environmental Status (GES) reporting), highlighting potentially useful data for inclusion in said assessments. To explore how data collected by offshore industries can support data aggregation for marine monitoring and assessment, this study recommends five future pilot study themes, including searching industry data held on the MDE for: >Commercial and non-commercial fish species >UK Marine Strategy (GES) and 25 Year Environment Plan indicators >Water quality surveys and habitat mapping data to inform natural capital accounting >Trends in data collected from offshore wind postconstruction monitoring surveys >And to explore how discoverable and accessible information is within surveys and reports The study concludes that there are several opportunities where inclusion of industry data in marine assessments and reporting could contribute to the development of natural capital and ecosystem service approaches, helping the UK in progressing towards its aim of ecologically diverse and productive oceans. If you have any feedback or comments on the report, please get in touch: Mde@thecrownestate.co.uk
Data holder:
The Crown Estate
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 19311 |
| 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. | 2022, The Crown Estate , The Crown Estate Research, Using Marine Industry Data for UK Marine Assessment and Reporting (Scoping Report) |
| Alternative title | The purpose of alternative title is to record any additional names by which the dataset may be known. | Using Marine Industry Data for UK Marine Assessment and Reporting (Scoping 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. | 9ef2c909-cda7-466b-b8e9-08bec8563df4 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | TCE-3661 |
| 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 | 2022-06-01 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2022-11-14 |
| 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. | In response to the intensifying global climate crisis, the British government has arrived at its “Net Zero Strategy: Build Back Greener”, which sets out strategic goals of decarbonising all sectors of the UK economy to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. As part of these goals, the UK government has set a target of achieving 50GW of offshore wind by 2030. However, nations worldwide are facing twin crises of both climate change and biodiversity loss. The UK’s 25 Year Environment Plan (2018) outlines a natural capital approach to the protection and management of the marine environment that centres on comprehensive and reliable data. In addition, the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) calls on governments worldwide to conserve and protect biodiversity, and outlines commitments such as identifying important components of biological diversity and the importance of high-level biodiversity reporting and assessment. Without proper management and monitoring, increasing offshore activities could have adverse effects on marine biodiversity. However, as marine sectors expand so does the spatial footprint of survey data collected by offshore industries. Industry data can therefore help to inform monitoring programmes put in place as part of the UK Marine Strategy (2012), which aims to achieve good environmental status (GES) in British Seas. The Marine Data Exchange (MDE) is the world’s largest database of offshore survey data, research and evidence, and includes over 2,600 survey campaigns collated from feasibility through to decommissioning studies. Survey data includes information collected from the offshore wind and renewables industries, in addition to marine aggregates and dredging. The data collected as part of these surveys could be re-used to help inform GES reporting, providing an improved evidence base for decision making and regional assessment, and could play a critical role in helping the UK in achieving more comprehensive marine reporting. This study outlines potential uses of marine industry data for marine assessment and reporting. Existing studies that explore the use of industry data were examined, including projects such as OneBenthic, The Joint Cetacean Data Programme and the Office for National Statistic's Marine Natural Capital Accounts. The existing studies were reviewed to explore whether UK Marine Strategy descriptors were included and whether industry data had been utilised. There were notable gaps in the number of studies which had explored industry data containing information regarding UK Marine Strategy Descriptors, such as “commercial fish”, “contaminants”, “hydrography” and “non-indigenous species”. An initial search of the industry data that is made available through the MDE produced a large range of surveys that contained key words relevant to important UK marine assessments (such as Good Environmental Status (GES) reporting), highlighting potentially useful data for inclusion in said assessments. To explore how data collected by offshore industries can support data aggregation for marine monitoring and assessment, this study recommends five future pilot study themes, including searching industry data held on the MDE for: >Commercial and non-commercial fish species >UK Marine Strategy (GES) and 25 Year Environment Plan indicators >Water quality surveys and habitat mapping data to inform natural capital accounting >Trends in data collected from offshore wind postconstruction monitoring surveys >And to explore how discoverable and accessible information is within surveys and reports The study concludes that there are several opportunities where inclusion of industry data in marine assessments and reporting could contribute to the development of natural capital and ecosystem service approaches, helping the UK in progressing towards its aim of ecologically diverse and productive oceans. If you have any feedback or comments on the report, please get in touch: Mde@thecrownestate.co.uk |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | The present study outlines the potential use of industry data and presents future industry data pilot studies, in line with the current policy context and regulatory environment. |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Biodiversity indices |
| 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 | Species distribution | |
| 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 | |
| Individual name | Harriet Baldwin | |
| 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-3661/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. | 2022-11-22 |
| Date of last revision | The most recent date that the resource was revised. | 2022-11-14 |
| Date of creation | The date that the resource was created. | 2022-06-01 |
| 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. | 2026-02-05 |
| 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 |