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Marine Samples and Cores

This is the collection of cores and samples held by BGS for the sea areas around the UK. It includes material collected by BGS during its mapping projects and material donated to BGS by other...

2002 Strategic Environmental Assessment SEA3 Technical report - Marine mammals, North Sea (Addendum to SEA2 report)

This report is a contribution to the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA3) conducted by the Department of Trade and Industry (now Department of Energy and Climate Change) and is an addendum to...

2015 Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA) Wembury South Devon Introduction to Seaweeds course sightings

A list of seaweed species found at Wembury Point, South Devon was collated during an introductory course on Seaweeds held at the Marine Biological Association on 17th May 2015 during low tide.

2015 Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA) Wembury South Devon Introduction to Seaweeds course sightings

A list of seaweed species found at Wembury Point, South Devon was collated during an introductory course on Seaweeds held at the Marine Biological Association on 17th May 2015 during low tide.

Marine geotechnical data from around the UK (1975 onwards)

Results of geotechnical testing carried out, at various depth intervals, on shallow cores or boreholes collected by BGS from the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). The bulk of the data north of 56N are...

MicroRESPIRE - A global dataset of marine pelagic microbial respiration

This dataset includes measurements of marine microbial respiration and associated environmental variables contributed before July 2025 and collated within the UK research project MicroRESPIRE and...

Future aggregates resource areas defining boundary of policy AGG3 in the East Inshore and East Offshore marine plans

This dataset has been created to define future aggregate resource areas (AGG3) as shown in the MMO East Inshore and East Offshore marine plans. The data represents key outputs from the British...

Marine BedRock Geological Map Data - UK waters - 250K (DigRock250)

This dataset is now superseded by Marine bedrock dataset (DiGRock250k) version 3. The BedRock data shows polygonal and selected linear geological information, sourced from published BGS 1:250 000...

Area management - areas where commercial fishing is prohibited or restricted (marine fisheries closed areas) - includes measures which contribute to the Marine Protected Area (MPA) network

Fishing pressures can be managed using spatial measures such as prohibiting or restricting certain types of fishing, target species, or vessel capacity. This dataset depicts restrictions defined by...

The evolution of modern marine ecosystems: environmental controls on their structure and function (NERC grant NE/I005641/1)

The data is in the form of excel spreadsheets and a word document of supplementary material. Publications: Foster, W.J., Danise, S., Sedlacek, A., Price, G.D., Hips, K. and Twitchett, R.J. 2015....

Energy Resources - Sectoral Marine Plan - Offshore Wind Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas - Areas of Search and exclusions

The Areas of Search and exclusions identify early Sectoral Marine Planning considerations for suitable offshore wind development. These locations will be progressed through a Sectoral Marine...

1970 - 1975 Lundy Field Society The Marine Fauna of Lundy Pycnogonida

Collation of marine Pycnogonida records collected during the Summer months between 1970 and 1975 by taxonomic group experts, occasionally by shore collecting but more frequently by diving. In both...

1970 - 1975 Lundy Field Society The Marine Fauna of Lundy Pycnogonida

Collation of marine Pycnogonida records collected during the Summer months between 1970 and 1975 by taxonomic group experts, occasionally by shore collecting but more frequently by diving. In both...

2002 The Marine Conservation Society - Seasearch, Various locations in Dorset, Diver observations and detailed survey records

Seasearch survey of Dorset using mostly amateur recorders. Records subsequently validated by an expert post-survey assessor and biotopes assigned according to the MNCR 04.05 key. Seasearch is...

2000 The Marine Conservation Society - Seasearch, Various locations in Dorset, Diver observations and detailed survey records

Seasearch records from Dorset in 2000. Seasearch is a marine habitat and species recording project for recreational SCUBA divers in the UK. The main aim of these surveys is to gather...

2002 The Marine Conservation Society - Seasearch, Various locations in Dorset, Diver observations and detailed survey records

Seasearch survey of Dorset using mostly amateur recorders. Records subsequently validated by an expert post-survey assessor and biotopes assigned according to the MNCR 04.05 key. Seasearch is...

2000 The Marine Conservation Society - Seasearch, Various locations in Dorset, Diver observations and detailed survey records

Seasearch records from Dorset in 2000. Seasearch is a marine habitat and species recording project for recreational SCUBA divers in the UK. The main aim of these surveys is to gather...

2001 The Marine Conservation Society - Seasearch, Various locations in Dorset, Diver observations and detailed survey records

Seasearch survey dives undertaken in Dorset in 2001. Seasearch is a marine habitat and species recording project for recreational SCUBA divers in the UK. The main aim of these surveys is to...

2001 The Marine Conservation Society - Seasearch, Various locations in Dorset, Diver observations and detailed survey records

Seasearch survey dives undertaken in Dorset in 2001. Seasearch is a marine habitat and species recording project for recreational SCUBA divers in the UK. The main aim of these surveys is to...

2016 - 2016 Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas) Dover to Folkestone - Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) Survey Infauna Data - 2016

Counts and presence/absence of species of macrofauna identified from 42 grab samples collected at Dover to Folkestone Marine Conservation site between the 17 ... and 25 ... of August 2016 The...