Native Oyster Potential Restoration Areas
This dataset has been developed to determine where there are suitable environmental conditions for native oyster restoration . It has been developed as part of the Wales Native Oyster Action Plan.
The dataset builds upon work carried out by ABPMer for Natural Resources Wales (NRW) with additional work by NRW. It is a composite dataset of suitable physical parameters and suitable habitat for oysters to live. This includes current energy <130nm-2, water depths of under 80m and subtidal mixed, coarse or macrophyte dominated sediments. Inshore areas were added where the model input layers were too coarse and the areas were considered suitable by NRW specialists.
It is important to note that the native oyster potential restoration areas have been produced using environmental variables only. Consideration has not been given to any human induced environmental (e.g. climate change, overexploitation, pollution etc.) or human capacity constraints (e.g. seabed use, licences, regulations and policies etc.) that may impact any restoration efforts. The outputs therefore represent a starting point in which to focus effort, with a view that further investigations will need to be undertaken before proceeding with a plan or project to restore or create native oyster habitat in any given location.
Further work is being carried out by NRW in partnership with others to determine where these possible areas might be refined into more feasible as part of a wider work stream to deliver enhanced resilience of Welsh seas in line with the Environment Act objectives and Section 6 duty (‘to maintain and enhance resilience of ecosystems’). The wider programme will focus on co-development of tools including narratives, maps and data that identify and communicate where and what the most significant opportunities are to enhance the resilience of marine and coastal ecosystems in Wales.
Only a redacted version of this data is available under the Open Governance Licence and available for public use, see Limitation on Public Access and Use Constraints.
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Identification
- Identifier
- NRW_DS161414
- Alternative Title
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- ABPMer and NRW native oyster Ostrea edulis potential habitat.lyr
- Metadata Language
- English
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Sources of data include EMODNet (current energy), GEBCO (UK bathymetry), JNCC UKASH combined map.
- Dataset Reference Date (Publication)
- 2026-03-05
Temporal Extent
- Begin date
- 2005-05-19
- End date
- 2019-09-12
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- Environment
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Distribution
Distribution
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Geographic Information System
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Unknown
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- Resource Locator
- View and Download Data ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )
- Resource Locator
- WMS Service ( OGC:WMS )
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
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This dataset has not been assessed for conformance to the referenced INSPIRE regulation.
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Sources of data include EMODNet (current energy), GEBCO (UK bathymetry), JNCC UKASH combined map.
Keywords
Keywords
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Citation
- Date (Publication)
- 2008-06-01
Keywords
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NRW Thesaurus
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- HABITATS
- environmental restoration
- oysters
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Citation
- Date (Publication)
- 2026-03-04
Keywords
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Citation
- Date (Publication)
- 2024-06-19
Spatial Reference System
Content
Content Information
NRW Profile
Custom Elements
Constraints
Constraints
Limitations on Public Access and Use
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Access Constraints Directive
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Access Constraints Text
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Part of this dataset is sensitive, and access may be restricted under relevant legislation. The sensitive data is the exact location of existing native oyster records. NRW may NOT publish or disseminate the sensitive data. Requests should be referred to NRW's Access to Information Officer. However, there are no access restrictions on non-sensitive data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate a redacted version of the data freely.
Use Constraints
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© CNC/NRW. NRW does NOT grant permission to third parties to re-use or disseminate the full dataset. A redacted version of the 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
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Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved. This includes some information based on data provided by: © European Union, 1995-2026 Copyright © 2020-2026, GEBCO, © JNCC and other data providers as set out in their data inventory.
Licence
- Other constraints
- Open Government Licence