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Metadata: 2025-2026, Strategic Net Gain Task and Finish Group, Offshore Wind Evidence and Change Programme (OWEC), Piloting Strategic Marine Net Gain in the East Marine Plan area
Abstract:
In 2021, a Task and Finish Group (T&F Group) was established with funding from the Offshore Wind Evidence and Change (OWEC) Programme to conduct extensive evidence and research gathering, aimed at supporting the effective delivery of Marine Net Gain (MNG) and maximising the impact of future net gain obligations. Since the T&F Group’s establishment, two phases of work have been completed; Phase one examined the current state of marine and coastal environments nationally, and through extensive stakeholder consultation identified a set of strategic MNG targets that could have the greatest impact in reversing marine and intertidal biodiversity loss. Phase two examined a range of restoration and conservation efforts around the UK, as well as estimated future demand for MNG. This work aimed to understand the successes, failures and challenges of initiatives, in order to refine the strategic MNG targets. In 2025, a third phase was undertaken that focused on applying the strategic MNG targets at a local level within the East Marine Plan (EMP) areas. Across all phases of the work, a consistent conclusion has emerged: a strategic approach to MNG is essential to deliver meaningful and lasting benefits for the marine environment. This phase, consistent with previous work, presents two Evidence and Research Gathering reports, and a Final Report that includes a package of recommendations intended to be considered collectively by Defra and other stakeholders. The recommendations aim to ensure that any future MNG policy is industry-backed, evidence-based, and supported by those directly and indirectly affected by its implementation.
Data holder:
The Crown Estate
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 19481 |
| 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. | 2025-2026, Strategic Net Gain Task and Finish Group, Offshore Wind Evidence and Change Programme (OWEC), Piloting Strategic Marine Net Gain in the East Marine Plan area |
| 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. | f8c40ac1-294b-40b9-a147-b5dc216b695b |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | TCE-4482 |
| 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 | 2025-02-01 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2026-01-31 |
| 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 2021, a Task and Finish Group (T&F Group) was established with funding from the Offshore Wind Evidence and Change (OWEC) Programme to conduct extensive evidence and research gathering, aimed at supporting the effective delivery of Marine Net Gain (MNG) and maximising the impact of future net gain obligations. Since the T&F Group’s establishment, two phases of work have been completed; Phase one examined the current state of marine and coastal environments nationally, and through extensive stakeholder consultation identified a set of strategic MNG targets that could have the greatest impact in reversing marine and intertidal biodiversity loss. Phase two examined a range of restoration and conservation efforts around the UK, as well as estimated future demand for MNG. This work aimed to understand the successes, failures and challenges of initiatives, in order to refine the strategic MNG targets. In 2025, a third phase was undertaken that focused on applying the strategic MNG targets at a local level within the East Marine Plan (EMP) areas. Across all phases of the work, a consistent conclusion has emerged: a strategic approach to MNG is essential to deliver meaningful and lasting benefits for the marine environment. This phase, consistent with previous work, presents two Evidence and Research Gathering reports, and a Final Report that includes a package of recommendations intended to be considered collectively by Defra and other stakeholders. The recommendations aim to ensure that any future MNG policy is industry-backed, evidence-based, and supported by those directly and indirectly affected by its implementation. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | Phase Three was structured around two discrete tasks: Evidence and Research Gathering 1 and 2. The first activity focused on building a baseline understanding of the East Marine Plan (EMP) areas, including identification of priorities, pressures, constraints, and opportunities for the marine and coastal environment. This was achieved through targeted consultation and comprehensive engagement with key local stakeholders, including conservation bodies, fisheries regulators, marine industry representatives, and Coastal Partnerships. The second evidence gathering exercise built on the first and focused on qualitatively analysing a ‘long list’ of potential Strategic Marine Net Gain (SMNG) measures identified during the consultation process in Evidence and Research Gathering 1, which ranged from habitat restoration and species recovery, to pressure reduction and policy engagement. The outcome of this exercise was high-value opportunities for SMNG in the EMP areas. The T&F Group use the term SMNG to describe an approach to MNG delivered through a strategic framework, distinguishing it from MNG policy and MNG that may be implemented at an individual project level. However, this distinction does not prevent individual project-level MNG from contributing to, or aligning with, the broader principles of SMNG. The Final Report brought together the outcomes from the two tasks, and the previous phases of work by the T&F Group, and includes a comprehensive package of recommendations in developing principles and procedures for MNG and SMNG, as well as guidance to support the implementation of SMNG. |
| 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 | Research | |
| 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 | 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 | SUDG | |
| info@sudg.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 | SUDG | |
| info@sudg.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 | The Crown Estate | |
| Individual name | Emma Harrison | |
| Emma.Harrison@thecrownestate.co.uk | ||
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/TCE-4482/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 | These reports need to be used in accordance with the Marine Data Exchange 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. | These reports need to be used in accordance with the Marine Data Exchange 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. | 2026-02-23 |
| 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. | 2026-02-23 |
| 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 |