CEFASd31f7ec5-7690-42db-80f4-b4467692dd19 English dataset Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory Pakefield Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0HT UK data.manager@cefas.co.uk pointOfContact 2023-06-07T01:36:18 EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry 2022-01-07 revision WGS 84 EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry 2022-01-07 revision WGS 84 / UTM zone 30N UK Disposal Site Layer 2016-02-02 publication 2023-06-07 revision 2012-05-14 creation CEFAS407 https://data.cefas.co.uk A GIS Shapefile showing the extents of the Licenced Marine Disposal Sites for all of UK, including England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man. Marine Disposal Sites are regulated under the London Convention / London Protocol of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), wherein disposal of waste at sea ("disposal at sea") is prohibited except for certain exempt materials (Annex 1 at `https://www.imo.org/en/OurWork/Environment/Pages/London-Convention-Protocol.aspx`_ [accessed 6th June 2023]). To dispose of an exempt material at sea, a disposal site must be identified, characterised and designated, such that reporting of annual disposal at sea volumes can be made to the IMO biennially, and OSPAR annually. This dataset comprises the repository of these designated sites. Upon designation, a site is considered "Open"; available to that regulator for licensing. If the site has had no licensed disposals in more than 5 years, it is considered "Disused"; available to that regulator for licensing but may require additional supporting evidence. If the site has had no licensed disposals in more than 10 years, it is considered "Closed"; not available to that regulator for licensing. A regulator can also request that an Open or Disused site with disposal activity within 10 years be considered Closed on request. A number of these sites are considered "historic" or "legacy" disposal sites, which whilst being officially designated with the UK's ratification of the London Convention / London Protocol, were used before the treaty came into force. Sites identified, characterised and designated after the UK's ratification are considered new disposal sites. .. _`https://www.imo.org/en/ourwork/environment/pages/london-convention-protocol.aspx`: https://www.imo.org/en/OurWork/Environment/Pages/London-Convention-Protocol.aspx Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory Pakefield Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0HT UK data.manager@cefas.co.uk originator Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory Pakefield Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0HT UK data.manager@cefas.co.uk custodian Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory Pakefield Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0HT UK data.manager@cefas.co.uk distributor Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) data.manager@cefas.co.uk owner Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) defra.helpline@defra.gov.uk owner annually Human activity SeaDataNet P03 parameter discovery vocabulary 2011-03-25 revision Advice Dredging & disposal Human impacts Licence Monitoring Planning Waste GEMET, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Benthic boundary Sediment SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2010-05-18 revision Marine Environmental Data and Information Network MEDIN metadata record availability 2012-01-11 publication data.gov.uk MEDIN metadata record availability 2012-01-11 publication otherRestrictions noLimitations otherRestrictions Public data - no limitations to reuse English boundaries -35.00 5.00 35.00 60.75 2012-01-08 2022-08-31 Delimited Geographic Information System Unknown https://data.cefas.co.uk/view/407 Cefas Data Portal download The Cefas Data Portal contains metadata records and data sets available to download and connect to in support of our commitment to open science. Data is available in the following formats: CSV, ESRI Shapefile. The data can also be accessed via the WFS and WMS protocols. dataset INSPIRE Data Specification on Area Management/Restriction/Regulation Zones and Reporting Units – Technical Guidelines 2013-12-10 publication false See the referenced specification Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 publication true See the referenced specification Defra - the relevant departmental body of the UK government for the London Convention / London Protocol - commission Cefas to manage this resource in conjunction with the marine licensing framework for the UK under the Marine and Coastal Access Act (2009) and the Scotland Act (1998) and for UK Crown Dependencies. Each sub-national regulator is responsible for the designation of disposal sites within their respective jurisdictions. Each year, Cefas requests each regulator's submission of disposal returns for the previous calendar year, including the designation or amendment of any disposal site. Cefas consolidates this information to report to the IMO and OSPAR secretariats, and upon completing the submission, Cefas run an SQL query to determine for which sites the "status" should be changed. Disposal sites are openly licensable entities, in that they are not owned or leased by developers or port operators, rather they remain areas of the marine environment which are approved by the Crown Estate and sub-national regulators (Marine Management ORganisation, Marine Scotland etc). Data should be used only in WGS84 as circular sites will appear elliptical in other projections. MEDIN 3.1.1