4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313631343738 English Natural Resources Wales Maes y Ffynnon Bangor LL57 2DW Wales opendata@cyfoethnaturiolcymru.gov.uk 2026-03-03T12:27:32.202Z NRW 1.0 wel WGS 84 (EPSG:4326) Impacts of bait collection on Welsh Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) Impacts of bait collection on Welsh Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) 2025-04-11 2025-12-17 NRW_DS161478 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. Habitat and Species data recorded as part of the assessments are stored in three individual Marine Recorder Online Surveys (bait digging survey, crab shelter survey, boulder turning survey) , each one is decribed in their own individual metadata record (NRW_DS161356, NRW_DS161479 and NRW_DS161480). 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. Habitat and Species data recorded as part of the assessments are stored in three individual Marine Recorder Online Surveys (bait digging survey, crab shelter survey, boulder turning survey) , each one is decribed in their own individual metadata record (NRW_DS161356, NRW_DS161479 and NRW_DS161480). 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/ 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 Habitats and biotopes GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.httpinspireeceuropaeutheme-theme bait digging (bait collecting) crabs boulders marine protected areas(marine consultation areas)(sensitive marine areas)seealso marine conservation&marine nature reserve 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. INSPIRE_Directive_Article13_1a © 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) -5.311 -2.647 51.384 53.427 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 Documents NRW Evidence Report in word or pdf format Database Raw Survey Data in MRO 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 ABPmer was commissioned by Natural Resources Wales (NRW) to provide an assessment of the impacts of various bait collection methods on designated features of Welsh MPAs. The assessment of impacts has been targeted at particular sites in Wales identified by NRW, where features potentially sensitive to bait collection activities have been experiencing frequent bait collection. To achieve this, a series of surveys were planned to investigate the impacts of bait collection techniques at each of the sites identified. A range of survey techniques were employed to assess potential differences in sediment composition (where applicable), infaunal and megafaunal composition between impact (harvested) and control (un-harvested) areas. ABPmer was commissioned by Natural Resources Wales (NRW) to provide an assessment of the impacts of various bait collection methods on designated features of Welsh MPAs. The assessment of impacts has been targeted at particular sites in Wales identified by NRW, where features potentially sensitive to bait collection activities have been experiencing frequent bait collection. To achieve this, a series of surveys were planned to investigate the impacts of bait collection techniques at each of the sites identified. A range of survey techniques were employed to assess potential differences in sediment composition (where applicable), infaunal and megafaunal composition between impact (harvested) and control (un-harvested) areas.