Sand and Gravel Extraction

General Information

North Sea

Baltic Sea

Clyde Marine Region

Adriatic Sea

Sand and Gravel Extraction

Layer Info
Category	Activities
Sub-category	Shipping

Description

Sand and gravel are used for coastal protection and construction. Sand and gravel extraction can occur inland but is more common at sea. Generally, sand extraction is more common than gravel extraction.

MSP Challenge

Sand & Gravel Extraction contribute to the following pressures on the ecosystem:

• Noise
• Bottom Disturbance

According to the "Noordzeeloket", organisations with a permit can extract sand and gravel seawards from -20m depth isoline. About 12 million m³ sand per year is used to maintain the coast and 13 million m³ per year as filling material onshore (Noordzeeloket, accessed on 2022/04/25).

Types

Not applicable.

Metadata

Data Source

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Original Title

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Description

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Creation Date

yyyy-mm-dd North Sea

Methodology

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Types

None

Metadata

Data Source

HELCOM HOLAS II Dataset: Extraction of sand and gravel (2017)

Original Title

Extraction of sand and gravel

Description

"The dataset contains sand and gravel extraction activity during 2011–2015. The dataset is based on data submission by HELCOM Contacting Parties in response to data request. The dataset is quality assured and contains data from all the Baltic Sea countries. Common extraction sites with information on volume of extraction was included in the dataset. The other extraction sites (building sites, exclusive sites) had only summed data for all the sites, as volumes of extraction in specific sites was classified as confidential information. For these sites the volumes was calculated from reported sum of "other extraction areas". The amount was equally divided between corresponding extraction areas. For some common extraction sites a shared amount was reported."

Description retrieved from HELCOM's metadata page for this resource (2021-07-19).

Creation Date

2018-01-15

Methodology

Edited as to not overlap the countries' layer implemented in the platform.

Types

Clyde Marine Region types here

Metadata

Data Source

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Original Title

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Description

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Creation Date

yyyy-mm-dd Clyde Marine Region

Methodology

Enter here how the layer was prepared to be integrated into the MSP Challenge Clyde Marine Region Edition.

Types

None

Metadata

Data Source

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Original Title

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Description

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Creation Date

yyyy-mm-dd Adriatic Sea

Methodology

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