Identification

Title

Standardised list of human activities in the marine environment

Abstract

This table is a list of human activities associated with the marine environment and their descriptions. This list was created after a review of previous attempts to link human activities to marine pressures so that a standardised UK pressure-activities matrix could be constructed in which pressure-activities links are identified. This is an agreed list and definitions of human activities in the marine environment. Coastal and marine ecosystems have historically been subjected to a number of human-induced pressures associated with a variety of marine activities and developments. The mechanisms through which specific human activities impact the marine environment, however, are still poorly understood. Additional information source: http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-7136

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://data.jncc.gov.uk/data/a25f0e7f-01cf-439c-9b88-7f3d3c946ac4-Standard-Activity-Definitions.zip

name: Standard-Activity-Definitions.zip

Unique resource identifier

code

a25f0e7f-01cf-439c-9b88-7f3d3c946ac4

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Additional information source

http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-7136

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

oceans

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Marine

Human Activities

Fishing

Marina

Port

Coastal defence & land claim protection

Conservation & environmental protection

Cultural and heritage sites (Wrecks)

Dredge and spoil disposal

Extraction – Navigational dredging (capital & maintenance)

Extraction – Sand and gravel (aggregates)

Extraction – Water (abstraction)

Extraction of genetic resources

Gas storage operations (carbon capture & natural gas storage)

Industrial and agricultural liquid discharges

Marine Research

Military activities

Municipal waste

Power station incl. nuclear

Recreational activities

Renewables - Tidal

Renewables - Wave

Renewables - Wind

Sewerage disposal

Shipping – General (at sea)

Shipping – Port operations

Submarine cable and pipeline operations

Waste gas emissions

Coastal development

Quarrying (mining)

Aquaculture

Harvesting

NA

UK marine human activities

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-8.62

East bounding longitude

1.76

North bounding latitude

60.84

South bounding latitude

49.88

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2014

End position

2014

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2014

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

This list has been formally agreed by: the Marine Assessment and Reporting Group (MARG), the Healthy and Biologically Diverse Seas Evidence Group (HBDSEG) and the UK Marine Monitoring and Assessment Stategy (UKMMAS) sub-group on spatial data collation on human activities and pressures. Numerous studies have attempted to describe human activities believed to be associated with marine pressures however to date no standardised list of human activities exists. In an attempt to identify the most appropriate human activities list to take forward for use in the standardised UK pressure-activities matrix, this study compared multiple lists of human activities compiled from a variety of sources \\jncc-corpfile\JNCC Corporate Data\Marine\Evidence\PressuresImpacts\3. Pressures_Activities\Combined_P-A_MatrixCombined_P_A_Matrix)data_sourcesw.csv The human activities lists compared within this assessment differed between studies. Key differences included: - How activities were grouped e.g. whether ports were in shipping or coastal infrastructure categories. - Terminology - Scale of detail e.g. broad categories such as ‘Fisheries’ vs. sub-categories such as ‘Fishing – demersal trawling’ and ‘Fishing – dredging’. Most of these differences would not ultimately result in different datasets contributing to a single pressure.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Acrobat Portable Document Format

version of format

Unknown

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Released under the Open Government Licence v3.0

Limitations on public access

None.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC

email address

data@jncc.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC

email address

data@jncc.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2018-06-08

Metadata language

eng