Identification

Title

UK Disposal Site Layer

Abstract

A GIS Shapefile showing the extents of the Licenced Marine Disposal Sites for all of UK, including England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man. Marine Disposal Sites are regulated under the London Convention / London Protocol of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), wherein disposal of waste at sea ("disposal at sea") is prohibited except for certain exempt materials (Annex 1 at `https://www.imo.org/en/OurWork/Environment/Pages/London-Convention-Protocol.aspx`_ [accessed 6th June 2023]). To dispose of an exempt material at sea, a disposal site must be identified, characterised and designated, such that reporting of annual disposal at sea volumes can be made to the IMO biennially, and OSPAR annually. This dataset comprises the repository of these designated sites. Upon designation, a site is considered "Open"; available to that regulator for licensing. If the site has had no licensed disposals in more than 5 years, it is considered "Disused"; available to that regulator for licensing but may require additional supporting evidence. If the site has had no licensed disposals in more than 10 years, it is considered "Closed"; not available to that regulator for licensing. A regulator can also request that an Open or Disused site with disposal activity within 10 years be considered Closed on request. A number of these sites are considered "historic" or "legacy" disposal sites, which whilst being officially designated with the UK's ratification of the London Convention / London Protocol, were used before the treaty came into force. Sites identified, characterised and designated after the UK's ratification are considered new disposal sites. .. _`https://www.imo.org/en/ourwork/environment/pages/london-convention-protocol.aspx`: https://www.imo.org/en/OurWork/Environment/Pages/London-Convention-Protocol.aspx

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data.cefas.co.uk/view/407

name: Cefas Data Portal

description: The Cefas Data Portal contains metadata records and data sets available to download and connect to in support of our commitment to open science. Data is available in the following formats: CSV, ESRI Shapefile. The data can also be accessed via the WFS and WMS protocols.

function: download

Unique resource identifier

code

CEFAS407

codeSpace

https://data.cefas.co.uk

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

boundaries

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

SeaDataNet P03 parameter discovery vocabulary

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2011-03-25

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2010-05-18

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

MEDIN metadata record availability

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2012-01-11

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

MEDIN metadata record availability

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2012-01-11

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-35.00

East bounding longitude

5.00

North bounding latitude

60.75

South bounding latitude

35.00

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2012-01-08

End position

2022-08-31

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2016-02-02

date type

revision

effective date

2023-06-07

date type

creation

effective date

2012-05-14

Frequency of update

annually

Quality and validity

Lineage

Defra - the relevant departmental body of the UK government for the London Convention / London Protocol - commission Cefas to manage this resource in conjunction with the marine licensing framework for the UK under the Marine and Coastal Access Act (2009) and the Scotland Act (1998) and for UK Crown Dependencies. Each sub-national regulator is responsible for the designation of disposal sites within their respective jurisdictions. Each year, Cefas requests each regulator's submission of disposal returns for the previous calendar year, including the designation or amendment of any disposal site. Cefas consolidates this information to report to the IMO and OSPAR secretariats, and upon completing the submission, Cefas run an SQL query to determine for which sites the "status" should be changed. Disposal sites are openly licensable entities, in that they are not owned or leased by developers or port operators, rather they remain areas of the marine environment which are approved by the Crown Estate and sub-national regulators (Marine Management ORganisation, Marine Scotland etc). Data should be used only in WGS84 as circular sites will appear elliptical in other projections.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

INSPIRE Data Specification on Area Management/Restriction/Regulation Zones and Reporting Units – Technical Guidelines

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2013-12-10

degree

false

explanation

See the referenced specification

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

true

explanation

See the referenced specification

Data format

name of format

Unknown

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS)

full postal address

Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory

Pakefield Road

Lowestoft

NR33 0HT

UK

email address

data.manager@cefas.co.uk

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

organisation name

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS)

full postal address

Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory

Pakefield Road

Lowestoft

NR33 0HT

UK

email address

data.manager@cefas.co.uk

responsible party role

custodian

Responsible party

organisation name

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS)

full postal address

Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory

Pakefield Road

Lowestoft

NR33 0HT

UK

email address

data.manager@cefas.co.uk

responsible party role

distributor

Responsible party

organisation name

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS)

email address

data.manager@cefas.co.uk

responsible party role

owner

Responsible party

organisation name

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)

email address

defra.helpline@defra.gov.uk

responsible party role

owner

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS)

full postal address

Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory

Pakefield Road

Lowestoft

NR33 0HT

UK

email address

data.manager@cefas.co.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2023-06-07T01:36:18

Metadata language

eng