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Metadata: 2011, ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd., Direct and Indirect Impacts of Aggregate Dredging
Abstract:
Approximately 20 million tonnes of sand and gravel are dredged from the seabed in England and Wales each year. The area of seabed dredged in 2008 was around 138 km2 representing a tiny overall proportion of the UK Continental Shelf (around 0.01%). The industry provides major economic and social benefits through its overall contribution to the UK economy, sustainability and its role of beach replenishment in flood protection. This monograph considers the direct and indirect impacts that arise from aggregate dredging on the physical environment, marine wildlife, historic deposits and other marine users. It is concluded that, in a regional context, the impacts arising from individual aggregate dredging areas are likely to be not significant as they are minimised through management and mitigation measures by the planning process. Further research is required to assess cumulative impacts and evaluate impacts on ecosystem function in light of these.
Data holder:
The Crown Estate
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 5591 |
| 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. | 2011, ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd., Direct and Indirect Impacts of Aggregate Dredging |
| 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. | e72f9c67-b88f-47a5-bd28-8c577f51bd9f |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | MEPF 10/P144 |
| 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 | 2011 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2011 |
| 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'. | unknown |
| Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | Approximately 20 million tonnes of sand and gravel are dredged from the seabed in England and Wales each year. The area of seabed dredged in 2008 was around 138 km2 representing a tiny overall proportion of the UK Continental Shelf (around 0.01%). The industry provides major economic and social benefits through its overall contribution to the UK economy, sustainability and its role of beach replenishment in flood protection. This monograph considers the direct and indirect impacts that arise from aggregate dredging on the physical environment, marine wildlife, historic deposits and other marine users. It is concluded that, in a regional context, the impacts arising from individual aggregate dredging areas are likely to be not significant as they are minimised through management and mitigation measures by the planning process. Further research is required to assess cumulative impacts and evaluate impacts on ecosystem function in light of these. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | This monograph provides a synthesis of current knowledge drawing on the scientific literature, other studies and reviews (including MALSF supported reviews) and reports of original research. The recent publication ‘Marine aggregate extraction; Helping to determine good practice’ provides a concise review of research mainly funded through the Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund between 2004 – 2007 (MALSF, 2009). |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Sediment accumulation rate |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Transport activity | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Fishery characterisation | |
| 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 | Sedimentary structure | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Sediment grain size parameters | |
| 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 | Marine Environmental Data and Information Network | |
| Keyword title | MEDIN | |
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Environmental Data and Information Network |
| Keyword title | MEDIN | |
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Research and Development Activity |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 55.811304 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 1.762849 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 49.882252 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -6.372828 |
| 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 | ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd | |
| Individual name | Heidi M. Tillin | |
| Phone | +44 (0)2380 711 858 | |
| Delivery point | Suite B, Waterside House Town Quay Southampton | |
| htillin@abpmer.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 | |
| Delivery point | 16 New Burlington Place | |
| Postal code | W1S 2HX | |
| City | London | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk | ||
| URL | http://www.thecrownestate.co.uk | |
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd | |
| Individual name | Heidi M. Tillin | |
| Phone | +44 (0)2380 711 858 | |
| Delivery point | Suite B, Waterside House Town Quay Southampton | |
| htillin@abpmer.co.uk | ||
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/1613/summary |
| Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk | |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 20 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | restricted | |
| 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. | http://www.marinedataexchange.com/pages/terms-of-use.aspx |
| 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. | http://www.marinedataexchange.com/pages/terms-of-use.aspx | |
| Version info | ||
| Date of creation | The date that the resource was created. | 2026-04-17 |
| 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. | 2015-05-20 |
| Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | MEDIN Discovery Profile |
| Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | 2.3.8 |