Marine Special Area of Conservation (SAC) Features

The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010 provide for the designation and protection of 'European sites', the protection of 'European protected species', and the adaptation of planning and other controls for the protection of European Sites. This dataset is made up of 43 datasets showing the extent of features for which our marine Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) are designated and forms part of the advice packages Natural Resources Wales (NRW) prepares for our marine SACs under Regulation 37 (formerly Regulation 33 and 35) of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations. They show the presence of (extent) of features within our marine SACs at the time of site designation against which statutory advice can be given. They also act as a baseline for feature extent against which changes can be measured during reporting under Article 17 of the Habitats Directive.

Identifier: NRW_DS119101

Alternative Title

Marine Regulation 33 Habitat Features
Marine Regulation 35 Habitat Features
Marine Regulation 37 Habitat Features
SAC Feature Maps
Mapiau Nodweddion Morol Rheoliad

Metadata Language: English

Lineage: The Regulation 37 SAC datasets provide the indicative baseline extent and status of SAC features at the time of site designation. They should be used to assess potential impacts of plans and projects and for casework advice. They also form the baseline against which we measure changes in extent during Habitats Directive reporting. Features include: sandbanks which are slightly covered by seawater all the time, estuaries, mudflats and sandflats not covered by sea water at low tide, coastal lagoons, large shallow inlets and bays, reefs, Salicornia and other annuals colonising mud and sand, Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae), and submerged or partially submerged sea caves. The layers are created by collating records from numerous surveys, monitoring programmes, expert knowledge, and third party providers and then combining them using GIS to produce layers containing points, polygons or lines. The layers are updated when new evidence to inform feature extent becomes available. The original datasets surveys and monitoring events from which the records have been extracted vary widely in dates, going back many decades in some cases. However surveys were undertaken between the dates of 1899 - 2015. This dataset is updated approximately every 6 years.

Additional Information: Descriptions, ecological characteristics and status of Marine SAC features for the UK are published by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)

Dataset Reference Date (Publication): 2018-04-24

Temporal Extent

Begin date: 1900-01-01

End date: 2018-04-24

Topic category

Environment

Owner

Natural Resources Wales (NRW)

Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales

http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en

Originator

Natural Resources Wales (NRW)

Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales

http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en

Extent

Geographic Extent: Wales (WLS)

Vertical Extent

Medin Extent Keyword: benthic boundary layer

Distribution

Format Type and Description

Geographic Information System ()

Specification

ESRI Format

Resource Locator

Web Mapping Service

World Wide Web page

Resource Locator

Download Data and Web Services

World Wide Web page

Data quality

Quality Scope: Dataset

Conformity: 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
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Lineage: The Regulation 37 SAC datasets provide the indicative baseline extent and status of SAC features at the time of site designation. They should be used to assess potential impacts of plans and projects and for casework advice. They also form the baseline against which we measure changes in extent during Habitats Directive reporting. Features include: sandbanks which are slightly covered by seawater all the time, estuaries, mudflats and sandflats not covered by sea water at low tide, coastal lagoons, large shallow inlets and bays, reefs, Salicornia and other annuals colonising mud and sand, Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae), and submerged or partially submerged sea caves. The layers are created by collating records from numerous surveys, monitoring programmes, expert knowledge, and third party providers and then combining them using GIS to produce layers containing points, polygons or lines. The layers are updated when new evidence to inform feature extent becomes available. The original datasets surveys and monitoring events from which the records have been extracted vary widely in dates, going back many decades in some cases. However surveys were undertaken between the dates of 1899 - 2015. This dataset is updated approximately every 6 years.

Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Type: Theme

Citation

Date (Publication): 2008-06-01

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Keywords

NRW Thesaurus

Annex 1 habitats
marine environment (marine habitats) (seas) (oceans) (maritime environment)
marine habitat

Type: Theme

Citation

Date (Publication): 2023-12-31

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Keywords

SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary

Habitat extent

Type: Theme

Citation

Date (Revision): 2021-01-06

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Keywords

NRW SMNR Vocabulary

Animals, Plants and Other Organisms (SMNR)
Natural Resources (incl. Features and Processes) (SMNR)
Ecosystem Services (SMNR)
Ecosystem (SMNR)
Regulating Services (SMNR)
Sea and Coast (SMNR)
Marine (SMNR)
Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR)
Physical Geography (physiography) (SMNR)
Management Areas (SMNR)

Type: Theme

Citation

Date (Revision): 2023-12-27

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Code: British National Grid (EPSG::27700)

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Other constraints: © CNC/NRW All rights Reserved. Contains Ordnance Survey Data. Ordnance Survey Licence number AC0000849444. Crown Copyright and Database Right. Derived in part from data provided under licence by the British Geological Survey © NERC Data may be re-used under the terms of the Open Government Licence providing it is done so, acknowledging both the source and copyright of the owners. It is the recipient's responsibility to ensure the data is fit for the intended purpose.

Attribution Statement

Other constraints: Open Government Licence (OGL)

Licence

Other constraints: Open Government Licence (OGL)

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Metadata Language: English

Resource type: Dataset

Metadata Date: 2024-12-09T12:39:35.965Z

Metadata Standard Name: NRW

Metadata Standard Version: 1.0

pointOfContact

Natural Resources Wales (NRW)

Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales

http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en

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Marine Special Area of Conservation (SAC) Features

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