d6cb4708-7343-4a76-9e29-86d6d4fe9908 English dataset Marine Data JNCC Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough Office marinedata@jncc.gov.uk pointOfContact 2025-07-29 MEDIN 3.1.2 EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry 2021-01-06 revision WGS 84 2024 Marine Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment programme (mNCEA) St Kilda survey COR0924 2025-07-29 publication COR0924 The Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), in collaboration with the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI), conducted an offshore seabed survey on the Scottish Continental Shelf (OSPAR Region III - Celtic Seas) in September / October 2024. Fifteen days of sampling was conducted under the marine Natural Capital and Ecosystems Assessment (mNCEA) programme, with a focus on data collection to address significant information gaps in marine offshore habitats, providing greater value to data already obtained. As a secondary objective, this survey provided an opportunity to trial options for marine mammal data collection on a platform primarily mobilised for benthic survey activity. Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs helpline@defra.gsi.gov.uk owner Marine Data JNCC Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough Office Data manager marinedata@jncc.gov.uk custodian Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute +44 (0)28 90 255689 info@afbini.gov.uk originator Marine Data JNCC Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough Office Data manager marinedata@jncc.gov.uk originator 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 2025-07-29 revision Habitats and biotopes Protected sites Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2021-09-28 revision Cetacean abundance Fish taxonomy-related counts Habitat characterisation Habitat extent Seabed photography Sediment acoustics SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2021-09-28 revision otherRestrictions Data is made available under Open Government Licence v3 (https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/) otherRestrictions Data is freely available provided appropriate attribution statements are used to acknowledge the data providers in onward publications. English 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 biota environment geoscientificInformation oceans -8.900000 -4.860839 54.250980 57.740378 SeaVox salt and freshwater body gazetteer 2021-01-06 creation Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland SeaVox salt and freshwater body gazetteer 2021-01-06 creation Irish Sea SeaVox salt and freshwater body gazetteer 2021-01-06 creation Northeast Atlantic Ocean (40W) Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas 2021-01-06 creation Irish Sea Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas 2021-01-06 creation Minches and Western Scotland Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas 2021-01-06 creation Scottish Continental Shelf ICES Statistical Areas 2021-01-06 creation VIa ICES Statistical Areas 2021-01-06 creation VIIa 2024-09-27 2024-10-11 SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2021-01-06 revision unknown Delimited Documents Geographic Information System Image Movie dataset 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 These datasets were collected by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), in collaboration with the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) under the marine Natural Capital and Ecosystems Assessment (mNCEA) programme. The datasets are compliant with JNCC’s Evidence Quality Assurance Policy. For details of quality assurance for individual datasets please see the relevant child metadata resources.