4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313631333536 English NRW_DS161478 Natural Resources Wales Maes y Ffynnon Bangor LL57 2DW Wales opendata@cyfoethnaturiolcymru.gov.uk 2026-03-03T12:27:32.861Z NRW 1.0 wel WGS 84 (EPSG:4326) Impacts of bait collection on Welsh Marine Protected Areas (MPAs): Bait Digging Impacts of bait collection on Welsh Marine Protected Areas (MPAs): Bait Digging Impacts of Bait Collection on Welsh MPAs (eb56c392-90f5-45ae-8ecd-c57dc47e3639) 2025-04-11 2025-12-17 NRW_DS161356 Survey to assess the impacts of three bait collection methods on Welsh MPAs - bait digging (Sites : Angle Bay, Four Mile Bridge, Penmon - Beaumaris), boulder turning (Penmon-Beaumaris, West of Great Orme), crab shelters (Deganwy, Bangor Pier). Samples taken from control and impact sites. Infaunal cores, sediment cores, benthic megafauna (i.e. razor clam, cockle) quadrat, worm cast count, seagrass coverage, boulder epifauna, boulder turning classification. This metadata covers the results of the bait digging monitoring at Angle Bay, Four Mile Bridge and Penmon-Beaumaris. Survey to assess the impacts of three bait collection methods on Welsh MPAs - bait digging (Sites : Angle Bay, Four Mile Bridge, Penmon - Beaumaris), boulder turning (Penmon-Beaumaris, West of Great Orme), crab shelters (Deganwy, Bangor Pier). Samples taken from control and impact sites. Infaunal cores, sediment cores, benthic megafauna (i.e. razor clam, cockle) quadrat, worm cast count, seagrass coverage, boulder epifauna, boulder turning classification. This metadata covers the results of the bait digging monitoring at Angle Bay, Four Mile Bridge and Penmon-Beaumaris. Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd Suite B, Waterside House, Town Quay, Southampton, SO14 2AQ, England enquiries@abpmer.co.uk http://www.abpmer.co.uk/ Habitats and biotopes GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.httpinspireeceuropaeutheme-theme marine protected areas(marine consultation areas)(sensitive marine areas)seealso marine conservation&marine nature reserve bait digging (bait collecting) NRW Thesaurus 2025-01-08 geonetwork.thesaurus.local.theme.converted_nrw-keywords Zoobenthos taxonomic abundance SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2024-06-19 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.rdf+xml There are no access restrictions on this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely. © 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. Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved. Open Government Licence English biota Wales (WLS) -5.77 -2.61 51.24 53.50 SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2013-02-05 creation littoral 2023-09-01 2024-08-31 Gihwala, K.N., West, V.A., Frost, N.J, Robbins, K. 2024. Impacts of bait collection on Welsh Marine Protected Areas: Year two survey report. NRW Evidence Report, Report No: 862, 266pp, ABPmer, Southampton Database Raw Survey Data Documents NRW Evidence Report in word or pdf format. https://registry.nbnatlas.org/public/show/dp122 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link View and Download Data 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 This dataset has not been assessed for conformance to the referenced INSPIRE regulation. false Bait digging monitoring was carried out at Angle Bay, Four Mile Bridge and Penmon-Beaumaris. The objective of the survey was to determine any possible impacts of bait digging on muddy gravels and seagrass habitats. Muddy gravel habitats were only sampled at Four Mile Bridge and Penmon-Beaumaris sampling sites whereas seagrass habitats were sampled at Angle Bay. Survey methods included a comparative sampling strategy between areas that were exposed to intensive bait digging and areas that experience less (or no) bait digging activities. Monitoring was carried out at Angle Bay between the 15th and 17th of September 2023. Monitoring was carried out at Four Mile Bridge and Penmon-Beaumaris sites between the 2nd and 7th of June 2024. Bait digging monitoring was carried out at Angle Bay, Four Mile Bridge and Penmon-Beaumaris. The objective of the survey was to determine any possible impacts of bait digging on muddy gravels and seagrass habitats. Muddy gravel habitats were only sampled at Four Mile Bridge and Penmon-Beaumaris sampling sites whereas seagrass habitats were sampled at Angle Bay. Survey methods included a comparative sampling strategy between areas that were exposed to intensive bait digging and areas that experience less (or no) bait digging activities. Monitoring was carried out at Angle Bay between the 15th and 17th of September 2023. Monitoring was carried out at Four Mile Bridge and Penmon-Beaumaris sites between the 2nd and 7th of June 2024.