d56fd49dad25543ea84df2d6c179fc15 English series Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science Contracts Manager +44(0)1502562244 Lowestoft Laboratory secretariat@alsf-mepf.org.uk http://www.cefas.co.uk/ pointOfContact 2008-03-18 MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard Version 2.3.5 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::27700 OGP 2008, HR Wallingford, Development of the Marine Aggregate Extraction Risk Assessment framework (MARA) MEPF 04/03 Extension 2008-03-31 publication 2007-01-01 creation 20395 The Marine Aggregate Extraction Risk Assessment Framework (MARA) provides a framework to help assess risks to the marine environment arising from dredging of the seabed. The Framework involves analysis of the probability of potentially harmful events occurring due to dredging activity and of sensitivities of various receptors to these hazards. It enables the risk of environmental impact due to dredging to be quantified and mapped. The approach helps decision-makers evaluate dredging licence applications and supports dredging operators to manage the dredging activity. It does however involve a significant amount of data processing. The MARA GIS project addresses this issue by developing a software package to operate the Framework data input requirements and the calculations, enabling the Framework to be conveniently and easily operated. The Crown Estate +44 020 7851 5000 16 New Burlington Place London W1S 2HX United Kingdom enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk http://www.thecrownestate.co.uk custodian HR Wallingford Group Ltd. +44 (0) 1491 835381 +44 (0) 1491 832233 HR Wallingford Ltd. Howbery Park Oxon OX10 8BA United Kingdom info@hrwallingford.co.uk http://www.hrwallingford.co.uk/ originator notPlanned Government Funded Research The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Phases 2012-05-15 revision 1 Research and Development Activity The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Areas 2012-05-15 revision 1 Depositional environment SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2018-02-13 revision 107 Sediment resuspension Shellfish abundance and biomass in water bodies SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2017-09-06 revision 103 Marine Environmental Data and Information Network Marine Environmental Data and Information Network no conditions apply 1 eng environment geoscientificInformation oceans -7.5572338114 -7.55719702927 49.7672598192 49.7672631874 2008-09 2008-09 Presentation type: digital representation of a primarily textual item (can contain illustrations also) Spatial representation type: 001 Supply media: 001 Origin: HR Wallingford Ltd http://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/search?q=#fq=fq%3DProject%253Amde4malsf100 download https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/1199/summary A link to the web service or dataset. https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk A link to the general host site. dataset The current project has been commissioned by the ALSF to develop the software tool MARA-GIS to enable the MARA Framework to be implemented more readily.