fde45abd-7bf3-4f05-869c-d1ce77f4ac63 English AZTI osolaun@azti.es AZTI nmontero@azti.es 2025-11-06T10:24:04.196686Z ISO19115 2003/Cor.1:2006 EPSG:4326 ISO 19108 calendar EMODnet Human Activities, Aggregate Extraction 2014-06-20 2025-09-02 2014-06-17 EMODnet_HA_AggregatesExtraction_20250902 The dataset on aggregate extractions in the European seas was created in 2014 by AZTI for the European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet). It is the result of the aggregation and harmonization of datasets provided by several sources from all across Europe. It is available for viewing and download on EMODnet web portal (Human Activities, https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/human-activities). The dataset contains points representing aggregate extraction sites, by year (although some data are indicated by a period of years), in the following countries: Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands and United Kingdom. Where available, each point has the following attributes: Id (Identifier), Position Info (e.g.: Estimated, Original, Polygon centroid of dredging area, Estimated polygon centroid of dredging area), Country, Sea basin, Sea, Name of the extraction area, Area of activity (km2), Year (the year when the extraction took place; when a time period is available, the first year of the period is indicated), Permitted Amount (m3) (permitted amount of material to be extracted, in m3), Permitted Amount (t) (permitted amount of material to be extracted, in tonnes), Requested Amount (m3) (requested amount of material to be extracted, in m3), Requested Amount (t) (requested amount of material to be extracted, in tonnes), Extracted Amount (m3) (extracted amount of material, in m3), Extracted Amount (t) (extracted amount of material, in tonnes), Extraction Type (Marine sediment extraction), Purpose (e.g.: Commercial, Others, N/A), End Use (e.g.: Beach nourishment, Construction, Reclamation fill, N/A), Material type (e.g.: sand, gravel, maerl), Notes, Link to Web Sources. In 2018, a feature on areas for aggregate extractions was included. It contains polygons representing areas of seabed licensed for exploration or extraction of aggregates, in the following countries: Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands and United Kingdom. Where available, each polygon has the following attributes: Id (Identifier), Area code, Area name, Country, Sea basin, Sea, Starting year (the year when the license starts), End year (the year when the license ends), Site Type (exploration area, extraction area, extraction area (in use)), License status (Active, not active, expired, unknown), Material type (e.g.: sand, gravel, maerl), Notes, Distance to coast (in metres), Link to Web Sources. In the 2025 update, extraction data until 2024 and new areas have been included. AZTI osolaun@azti.es Denmark - Ministry of Environment and Food of Denmark, Nature Agency har@nst.dk United Kingdom - The Crown Estate (Minerals and Dredging) Nick.Everington@thecrownestate.co.uk Italy - Regione Lazio, Direzione ambiente, Centro di Monitoraggio GIZC / ISPRA mariaconcetta.giunta@isprambiente.it Belgium - MUMM-Managenet Unit of the Norht Sea Mathematical Models, The Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences S.Scory@mumm.ac.be Spain - Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico (MITECO), Dirección General de la Costa y el Mar buzon-dgc@mapama.es France - IFREMER Laure.Simplet@ifremer.fr ICES-Working Group on the Effects of Extraction of Marine Sediments on the Marine Ecosystem (WGEXT) Maria.Lifentseva@ices.dk HELCOM - Map and Data service (Extraction of sand and gravel) helcom.data@helcom.fi Belgium - Belgian Federal Government, FPS Economy (Offshore sand and gravel extraction, Control) webmaster@economie.fgov.be France - Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises: Données maillées représentant l'intensité de l'activité d'extraction de granulats à l'échelle métropolitaine (grille 1' par 1') - Carpediem 03/08/2018 gabriel.contin@univ-brest.fr Germany - Landesportal Schleswig-Holstein landesportal@stk.landsh.de Portugal - Instituto Hidrográfico (IH) Rui.Quartau@hidrografico.pt Portugal - Portuguese Environmental Agency sebastiao.teixeira@apambiente.pt The Netherlands - Rijkswaterstaat - Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management - Wingebieden op de Noordzee servicedesk-data@rws.nl Belgium - Flemish Institute for the Sea info@kustportaal.be Denmark - Miljøstyrelsen - The Danish Environmental Protection Agency (Råstofindvinding på havet) mst@mst.dk Germany - Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency of Germany, BSH - CONTIS GeoSeaPortal kai.truempler@bsh.de Germany - NIBIS® KARTENSERVER. Landesamt für Bergbau, Energie und Geologie (LBEG) Kartenserver@lbeg.niedersachsen.de Poland - Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej (BIP), Ministerstwo Środowiska info@mos.gov.pl Spain - Sistema de Información sobre el Medio Marino (InfoMAR) infomar@cedex.es AZTI nmontero@azti.es https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/geonetwork/srv/api/records/fde45abd-7bf3-4f05-869c-d1ce77f4ac63/attachments/aggregatesextraction.jpg Mineral resources GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 English utilitiesCommunication -31.28 29.92 28.83 62.02 1932-01-01 2051-12-31 No limitations on public access Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This data was downloaded from the EMODnet Portal (https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/). The data originator is AZTI. 0 https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/human-activities WWW:LINK EMODnet Human Activities EMODnet Human Activities aims to facilitate access to existing marine data on activities carried out in EU waters, by building a single entry point for geographic information on human uses of the ocean. The portal makes available information such as geographical position, spatial extent of a series of activities related to the sea, their temporal variation, time when data was provided, and attributes to indicate the intensity of each activity. The data are aggregated and presented so as to preserve personal privacy and commercially-sensitive information. The data also include a time interval so that historic as well as current activities can be included. https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wms? OGC:WMS aggregateareas Aggregate Extraction Areas https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wms? OGC:WMS aggregates Aggregate Extraction Locations https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wfs? OGC:WFS emodnet:aggregateareas Aggregate Extraction Areas https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wfs? OGC:WFS emodnet:aggregates Aggregate Extraction Locations https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/geonetwork/srv/api/records/fde45abd-7bf3-4f05-869c-d1ce77f4ac63/attachments/EMODnet_HA_AggregatesExtraction_20250902.zip WWW:DOWNLOAD EMODnet_HA_AggregatesExtraction_20250902.zip ZIP (File Geodatabase / Shapefile) Esri geodatabase gco:nilReason="unknown"> Esri shapefile gco:nilReason="unknown"> COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1205/2008 of 3 December 2008 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards metadata 2008-12-04 See the referenced specification Corrigendum to INSPIRE Metadata Regulation published in the Official Journal of the European Union, L 328, page 83 2009-12-15 See the referenced specification 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 See the referenced specification Data were retrived from different sources. Validation and quality assurance remain up to primary data sources, while harmonization is carried out by AZTI. The harmonisation process consisted of identifying a set of attributes common to all the different datasets, thus creating a single data model. To do so, it was necessary to define a homogenous set of variables for each attribute. Therefore, raw data attributes may use a different terminology, although the information contained remains basically the same. When the extraction site was not georrefered in the original dataset, coordinates were estimated based on the available information (e.g., the name of the area). For further information on validation and quality assurance, it is suggested that primary data sources are contacted. Generally speaking data are to be considered very reliable, because they come from national sources officially in charge for their collection.