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.

Identifier: NRW_DS124923

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Spatial opportunities for restoring marine and coastal habitats in Wales habitat restoration.lyr
Native Oyster Opportunities.lyr
Saltmarsh and Mudflats Opportunities Floodplains SMPpolicy.lyr

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

•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://datamap.gov.wales/layers/geonode:wnmp_areas

•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

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Begin date: 2021-01-01

End date: 2021-07-01

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Oceans

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Natural Resources Wales (NRW)

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

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

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ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd

Suite B, Waterside House, Town Quay, Southampton, SO14 2AQ, England

http://www.abpmer.co.uk/

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Geographic Extent: Wales (WLS)

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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: 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

•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://datamap.gov.wales/layers/geonode:wnmp_areas

•Records for each species were downloaded from Obis ( https://obis.org/ ) and NBN Atlas ( https://nbnatlas.org/ ).

•Lle disposal sites dataset

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oysters
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ostrea edulis
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saltmarsh ecology
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horse mussel
habitat mapping
habitat restoration
honeycomb worm
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polychaete worms
native oyster
Habitat Restoration Project

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Date (Publication): 2024-06-19

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Coastal geomorphology

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

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

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