b0a48b2d-21cb-40c5-a4ad-cb1c2974ccfb English dataset Marine Data JNCC Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough Office marinedata@jncc.gov.uk pointOfContact 2026-02-10 MEDIN 3.1.2 EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry 2021-01-06 revision WGS 84 2021 JNCC/CEFAS East of Start Point MCZ verification survey CEND0121 RV Cefas Endeavour CEND0121 East of Start Point 2026-02-10 publication 2021-01-23 creation CEND0121 The CEND0121 survey visited different sites (both inshore and offshore) amongst which East of Start Point MCZ aboard the RV Cefas Endeavour (CEND0121) between 22nd and 23 January 2021 which was a collaborative survey between JNCC and Cefas. The survey aim for this site was to acquire the data for the first point in a Type 1 monitoring time series to enable long-term monitoring. A random sampling design was selected, with benthic grab samples taken across the entire site for infauna and Particle Size analysis. A Broadscale Habitat (BSH) map was also produced following this survey. Cefas Data Manager Cefas Data Manager data.manager@cefas.co.uk owner Marine Data JNCC Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough Office Data manager marinedata@jncc.gov.uk owner Cefas Data Manager Cefas Data Manager data.manager@cefas.co.uk custodian Marine Data JNCC Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough Office Data manager marinedata@jncc.gov.uk custodian Cefas Data Manager Cefas Data Manager data.manager@cefas.co.uk originator Marine Data JNCC Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough Office Data manager marinedata@jncc.gov.uk originator Cefas Data Manager Cefas Data Manager data.manager@cefas.co.uk distributor Marine Data JNCC Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough Office Data manager marinedata@jncc.gov.uk distributor asNeeded Marine Environmental Data and Information Network MEDIN metadata record availability 2026-02-12 revision Geology Habitats and biotopes Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2021-09-28 revision Fauna abundance per unit area of the bed Sediment grain size parameters SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2021-09-28 revision otherRestrictions Available under Open Government Licence v3 otherRestrictions No restrictions to public access English 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 biota geoscientificInformation oceans -3.1489382 -3.0404148 50.3493355 50.4846463 SeaVox salt and freshwater body gazetteer 2021-01-06 creation English Channel Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas 2021-01-06 creation Eastern Channel ICES Rectangles 2021-01-06 creation 29E6 ICES Rectangles 2021-01-06 creation 29E7 ICES Rectangles 2021-01-06 creation 30E6 ICES Statistical Areas 2021-01-06 creation VIIe 2021-01-21 2021-01-23 SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2021-01-06 revision unknown Database https://jncc.gov.uk/resources/c3501fd7-7ae3-42d6-875f-6824b89515b8 CEND0121 East of Start Point report Link to the survey monitoring report metadata where the report can be downloaded information https://jncc.gov.uk/our-work/east-of-start-point-mpa/ East of Start Point Site Information Centre Link to website where users can find more information about the East of Start Point Marine Protected Area dataset MEDIN data guideline for sediment sampling by grab or core for benthos 2011-01-28 publication 'Not fully evaluated, but MEDIN guidelines and Proforma used true 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 Not evaluated Seabed sediment samples for particle size analysis (PSA) and benthic infauna were obtained from each station using a 0.1 m2 Hamon grab (also known as a ‘mini’ Hamon grab). A 500 ml sub-sample for PSA was taken and immediately stored at -20°C. PSA analysis was conducted in accordance with the recommended methodology of the North-East Atlantic Marine Biological Analytical Quality Control (NMBAQC) scheme (Mason, 2016). The less than 1 mm sediment fraction was analysed using laser diffraction and the greater than 1 mm fraction was dried, sieved and weighed at half intervals. The remaining sediment, the infaunal fraction, was processed onboard. The sediment was sieved using a 1 mm mesh, photographed then fixed and preserved in buffered 4% formaldehyde. The infaunal samples were later processed to extract all infauna present, each individual being identified to the lowest taxonomic level possible. Specimens of each taxa were enumerated and weighed (blotted wet weight) to the nearest 0.0001 g following the recommendations of the NMBAQC scheme (Worsfold et al. 2010). An external audit of the processing was conducted, and the infaunal data were corrected following this process.