1 Data information

The geodatabase on areas for aggregate extractions in the EU was created in 2018 by AZTI-Tecnalia 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 the EU. It is available for viewing and download on EMODnet - Human Activities web portal (www.emodnet-humanactivities.eu). The database contains polygons representing areas of seabed licensed for exploration or extraction of aggregates, in the following countries: Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden, The Netherlands and United Kingdom. Where available, each polygon has the following attributes: Id (Identifier), Area code, Area name, Country, Sea basin, Starting year (the year when the license starts), End year (the year when the license ends), Site Type (exploration or extraction area), License status (Active, not active, unknown), Material type (e.g.: sand, gravel, maerl), Notes, Distance to coast (in metres), Link to Web Sources.

1.1 Metadata

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1.2 Interactive map

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2 Geographical extent

2.1 Coordinates

## [1] "West-Longitude: -1.43"
## [1] "South-Latitude: 49.23"
## [1] "East-Longitude: 0.49"
## [1] "North-Latitude: 49.77"

2.2 Defined area

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3 Aggregate Extraction Areas

3.1 Access data

The Web Feature Service (WFS) of the EMODnet Human activities portal allows collecting the data:
https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wfs?service=WFS&request=GetCapabilities&version=1.1.0

Available labels:

##  [1] "FID"        "code"       "name"       "material"   "country"   
##  [6] "year_start" "year_end"   "notes"      "sourcetype" "sourcedeta"
## [11] "service"    "sourcelink" "lastaccess" "metadavail" "metalink"  
## [16] "seabasin"   "x_centroid" "y_centroid" "coast_dist" "id"        
## [21] "site_type"  "status"     "the_geom"


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3.2 Map

3.3 Table

The following table displays only a maximum of 10 columns and coordinates. To access the complete data, download the csv or json file.

code name material country year_start year_end metalink seabasin site_type status
GEs Graves de l’Estuaire Sand and gravel France 1989 2008 http://sextant.ifremer.fr/fr/web/granulats-marins/outil-cartographique#/metadata/a96b7ba0-a1bc-11dd-9201-000086f6a62e Greater North Sea Extraction area Not active
BdS Baie de Seine “ancien périmètre” Medium to coarse sand, gravel and pebbles France 2004 2010 http://sextant.ifremer.fr/fr/web/granulats-marins/outil-cartographique#/metadata/a96b7ba0-a1bc-11dd-9201-000086f6a62e Greater North Sea Extraction area Not active
BdS Baie de Seine Medium to coarse sand, gravel and pebbles France 2013 2038 https://sextant.ifremer.fr/fr/web/granulats-marins/outil-cartographique#/metadata/82bc9398-d2ea-47cb-b721-c2098adedb96 Greater North Sea Extraction area (in use) Active
GmH Granulats Marins Havrais Sand and gravel France 2010 0 http://sextant.ifremer.fr/fr/web/granulats-marins/outil-cartographique#/metadata/a96b7ba0-a1bc-11dd-9201-000086f6a62e Greater North Sea Exploration area Unknown
GmH Granulats marins Havrais Sand and gravel France 0 0 https://sextant.ifremer.fr/fr/web/granulats-marins/outil-cartographique#/metadata/82bc9398-d2ea-47cb-b721-c2098adedb96 Greater North Sea Extraction area Unknown
GmH Granulats marins Havrais N/A France 0 0 https://sextant.ifremer.fr/fr/web/granulats-marins/outil-cartographique#/metadata/82bc9398-d2ea-47cb-b721-c2098adedb96 Greater North Sea Extraction area Unknown
GmH Granulats marins Havrais N/A France 0 0 https://sextant.ifremer.fr/fr/web/granulats-marins/outil-cartographique#/metadata/82bc9398-d2ea-47cb-b721-c2098adedb96 Greater North Sea Extraction area Unknown
GmH Granulats marins Havrais N/A France 0 0 https://sextant.ifremer.fr/fr/web/granulats-marins/outil-cartographique#/metadata/82bc9398-d2ea-47cb-b721-c2098adedb96 Greater North Sea Extraction area Unknown

3.4 Map with id