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Metadata: 2025, North West Wildlife Trust, Marine Internships, Native Oyster Restoration Feasibility
Abstract:
The loss of native oysters (Ostrea edulis) from much of the UK also saw the loss of their ecosystem services. In the face of both climate and biodiversity crises, the restoration of these ecosystem engineers presents a nature-based solution for the recovery of marine ecosystems. High-level national studies have identified limited suitable areas for restoration in the North West of England however, regional assessments reveal greater areas of suitability. Here, I increase the search area in the North West, developing a habitat suitability map (HSM) to assess ecological suitability and examining historic records to establish precedent for restoration. I found 81.2km2 of suitable habitat within the search area of which some areas would pose logistical challenges for restoration. Historic records identified a mapped reef off the coast of Fleetwood, totalling 7.4km2 and overlapping exactly with an area of ecological suitability. This indicates the reliability of the HSM output and provides a strong case for the feasibility of restoration at the site off Fleetwood. Further scoping is needed to better establish feasibility of the site, predominantly through data-collection at the site to ground-truth the HSM. Next steps would ideally include continued scoping of the Fleetwood site while deploying a brood stock in the area to establish an ecological trial and engage with local stakeholders. The following report was produced as part of the Marine Futures Internship; a collaborative project between Natural England, Ørsted, The Crown Estate and the North West Wildlife Trusts, which is funded by The Crown Estate and managed by Cumbria Wildlife Trust.
Data holder:
The Crown Estate
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 19437 |
| 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. | 2025, North West Wildlife Trust, Marine Internships, Native Oyster Restoration Feasibility |
| 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. | df51465b-2a34-4dfb-9717-25d6cf6ae1cf |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | TCE-4465 |
| 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 | 2025-06-23 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2025-12-24 |
| 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 loss of native oysters (Ostrea edulis) from much of the UK also saw the loss of their ecosystem services. In the face of both climate and biodiversity crises, the restoration of these ecosystem engineers presents a nature-based solution for the recovery of marine ecosystems. High-level national studies have identified limited suitable areas for restoration in the North West of England however, regional assessments reveal greater areas of suitability. Here, I increase the search area in the North West, developing a habitat suitability map (HSM) to assess ecological suitability and examining historic records to establish precedent for restoration. I found 81.2km2 of suitable habitat within the search area of which some areas would pose logistical challenges for restoration. Historic records identified a mapped reef off the coast of Fleetwood, totalling 7.4km2 and overlapping exactly with an area of ecological suitability. This indicates the reliability of the HSM output and provides a strong case for the feasibility of restoration at the site off Fleetwood. Further scoping is needed to better establish feasibility of the site, predominantly through data-collection at the site to ground-truth the HSM. Next steps would ideally include continued scoping of the Fleetwood site while deploying a brood stock in the area to establish an ecological trial and engage with local stakeholders. The following report was produced as part of the Marine Futures Internship; a collaborative project between Natural England, Ørsted, The Crown Estate and the North West Wildlife Trusts, which is funded by The Crown Estate and managed by Cumbria Wildlife Trust. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | See report |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Habitat characterisation |
| 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 | Habitats and biotopes | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Protected sites | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 55 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -3 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 53.5 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -5 |
| 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 | Cumbria Wildlife Trust | |
| BethC@cumbriawildlifetrust.org.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 | Cumbria Wildlife Trust | |
| BethC@cumbriawildlifetrust.org.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 | Cumbria Wildlife Trust | |
| BethC@cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk | ||
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/TCE-4465/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 | The Deliverables must be used in accordance with the Marine Data Exchange's Terms of Use | |
| 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. | The Deliverables must be used in accordance with the Marine Data Exchange's Terms of Use |
| 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. | 2026-01-07 |
| 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. | 2026-02-06 |
| 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 |