2013 Marine Surveys for Wash and North Norfolk Conservation Areas

Natural England collated surveys from marine environments to gather evidence for conservation zones. Survey purposes include Marine Conservation Zone verification, condition assessments, and Benthic grab surveys. All surveys were carried out to specified standards and established methodologies.

Use Cases

• Verify Marine Conservation Zone boundaries based on survey data.
• Assess habitat condition for Natura 2000 sites.
• Analyze benthic community data from grab surveys.
• Support intertidal zone management planning.
• Collate evidence for environmental impact assessments.

Strengths

• Survey data collected to specified standards.
• Collation includes data from a variety of marine environments.
• Follows established methodologies for data collection.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Natural England

Collection Method

Collation of surveys carried out to specified standards.

Time Range

2013

Geography

Large Shallow Inlets and Bays within the Wash and North Norfolk SAC