Restoring marine and coastal habitats in Wales: identifying spatial opportunities and benefits

In order to better understand opportunities to build resilience in the Welsh marine environment, a report was commissioned by Natural Resources Wales to identify potential spatial opportunities to restore valuable marine habitats. The report created spatial products (Arc Geo database) for: areas in the floodplain that might be suitable for the creation of mudflat and saltmarsh through managed realignment and areas where the right conditions might exist for native oyster habitat and horse mussel bed restoration. The horse mussel data was provided from JNCC. The report also addresses restoration potential for Sabellaria alveolata reefs although no spatial data was created for this habitat and seagrass habitat although this was provided as a map image from JNCC. These spatial Data layers should be considered as initial aides to identifying potential locations or areas but come with several limitations which have been discussed in the report. Any restoration projects should undergo further site validation and local engagement before proceeding with any specific site. The following GIS datasets were created for this: Saltmarsh_Mudflat_Opportunities_Opportunities_Floodplains_SMPpolicy Native_Oyster_Opportunities Wave_Height_Grid_ABPmerSeastates Current_Speed_Grid_ABPmerSeastates Historic_Saltmarsh_Extents S_alveolata_records_historic_and_current O_edulis_records_historic_and_current M_modiolus_records_historic_and_current Potential_Beneficial_Use_Sources

Identification

Identifier
NRW_DS124923
Alternative Title
  • Spatial opportunities for restoring marine and coastal habitats in Wales habitat restoration.lyr
  • Adfer cynefinoedd morol ac arfordirol yng Nghymru: adnabod cyfleoedd a manteision gofodol
Metadata Language
English
Lineage

A variety of source data was used and merged to create a selection of GIS Layers listed in the abstract to identify spatial opportunities for restoration of marine and coastal habitats and species. •NRW Flood Zone 3 - •NRW SMP - http://lle.gov.wales/catalogue/item/ShorelineManagementPlan2/?lang=en •OS Foreshore - https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-government/products/vectormap-district •EA SMP - https://data.gov.uk/dataset/0c492f70-8d54-42d9-ba2c-23cd2e513737/shoreline-management-plan-mapping •OS MHWS - https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-government/products/terrain-50 •EMODnet Bathymetry - https://portal.emodnet-bathymetry.eu/ •Habmap Bathymetry (estuaries only) •Kinetic Energy / current speed - Developed by ABPmer •JNCC Combined habitat map - http://gis.ices.dk/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/f7d5a168-0097-4437-944e-cc63111d15c6 •Welsh National Marine Plan Area: https://lle.gov.wales/catalogue/item/WelshNationalMarinePlanArea/?lang=en •Records for each species were downloaded from Obis ( https://obis.org/ ) and NBN Atlas ( https://nbnatlas.org/ ). •Lle disposal sites dataset

Additional Information

Armstrong, S., Pearson, Z., Williamson, D., Frost, N., Scott, C. 2021. Restoring marine and coastal habitats in Wales: identifying spatial opportunities and benefits. NRW Report No: 554 NRW, Cardiff.
Dataset Reference Date (Publication)
2022-07-21
Owner
  Natural Resources Wales (NRW)
Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales
http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en
Originator
  ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd
Suite B, Waterside House, Town Quay, Southampton, SO14 2AQ, England
http://www.abpmer.co.uk/
 

Extent

Extent

Geographic Extent
Wales (WLS)
N
W
E
S
Map representing the geographic extent of the dataset


 

Vertical Extent

Medin Extent Keyword

circalittoral; infralittoral; littoral
 
 

Distribution

Distribution

Format Type and Description
  • Geographic Information System ()

    Specification

    ESRI Feature Classes

Resource Locator
View and Download

World Wide Web page

Resource Locator
Web Service

World Wide Web page

 

Quality

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
Explanation
Degree
false
Lineage

A variety of source data was used and merged to create a selection of GIS Layers listed in the abstract to identify spatial opportunities for restoration of marine and coastal habitats and species. •NRW Flood Zone 3 - •NRW SMP - http://lle.gov.wales/catalogue/item/ShorelineManagementPlan2/?lang=en •OS Foreshore - https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-government/products/vectormap-district •EA SMP - https://data.gov.uk/dataset/0c492f70-8d54-42d9-ba2c-23cd2e513737/shoreline-management-plan-mapping •OS MHWS - https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-government/products/terrain-50 •EMODnet Bathymetry - https://portal.emodnet-bathymetry.eu/ •Habmap Bathymetry (estuaries only) •Kinetic Energy / current speed - Developed by ABPmer •JNCC Combined habitat map - http://gis.ices.dk/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/f7d5a168-0097-4437-944e-cc63111d15c6 •Welsh National Marine Plan Area: https://lle.gov.wales/catalogue/item/WelshNationalMarinePlanArea/?lang=en •Records for each species were downloaded from Obis ( https://obis.org/ ) and NBN Atlas ( https://nbnatlas.org/ ). •Lle disposal sites dataset

 

Keywords

Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Type
Theme

Citation

Date (Publication)
2008-06-01
Code
geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.httpinspireeceuropaeutheme-theme

Keywords

NRW Thesaurus
  • horse mussel
  • modiolus modiolus
  • Habitat Restoration Project
  • habitat restoration
  • oysters
  • ostrea edulis
  • native oyster
  • ostrea edulis
  • mudflats
  • saltmarsh (salt-marsh) (salt marsh)
  • saltmarsh ecology
  • sabellaria alveolata
  • polychaete worms
  • honeycomb worm
  • habitat mapping
Type
Theme

Citation

Date (Publication)
2023-12-31
Code
geonetwork.thesaurus.local.theme.converted_nrw-keywords

Keywords

SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary
  • Coastal geomorphology
  • Habitat extent
  • Habitat characterisation
Type
Theme

Citation

Date (Revision)
2021-01-06
Code
geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.rdf+xml
 

Spatial Reference System

Code
Latitude and Longitude (EPSG::4326)
 

Content

Content Information

NRW Profile

Custom Elements

NRW Related Title

Restoring marine and coastal habitats in Wales: identifying spatial opportunities and benefits
 

Constraints

Constraints

Limitations on Public Access and Use

Restriction type
Other restrictions
 

Access Constraints Directive

Limitations
no limitations
 

Access Constraints Text

Other constraints

Part of this dataset is sensitive and restricted as it contains data exempt from general release under EIR. Unrestricted parts of the dataset can be released under an Open Government Licence (OGL)
 

Use Constraints

Use constraints type
Other restrictions
Other constraints

© CNC/NRW and JNCC????? (unsure on this) Data may only be re-used externally under provision and in line with the terms of a NRW licence following an assessment of the data. © CNC/NRW Data may be re-used under the terms of the Open Government Licence providing it is done so, acknowledging both the source and NRW's copyright. 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)
 
 
 

Metadata

Metadata

File Identifier
4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313234393233 XML
Metadata Language
English
Resource type
Dataset
Metadata Date
2024-05-31T09:42:41.633Z
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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