a25f0e7f-01cf-439c-9b88-7f3d3c946ac4 eng dataset Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC data@jncc.gov.uk pointOfContact 2018-06-08 Standardised list of human activities in the marine environment 2014 2014 a25f0e7f-01cf-439c-9b88-7f3d3c946ac4 This table is a list of human activities associated with the marine environment and their descriptions. This list was created after a review of previous attempts to link human activities to marine pressures so that a standardised UK pressure-activities matrix could be constructed in which pressure-activities links are identified. This is an agreed list and definitions of human activities in the marine environment. Coastal and marine ecosystems have historically been subjected to a number of human-induced pressures associated with a variety of marine activities and developments. The mechanisms through which specific human activities impact the marine environment, however, are still poorly understood. Additional information source: http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-7136 Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC data@jncc.gov.uk pointOfContact Marine Human Activities Fishing Marina Port Coastal defence & land claim protection Conservation & environmental protection Cultural and heritage sites (Wrecks) Dredge and spoil disposal Extraction – Navigational dredging (capital & maintenance) Extraction – Sand and gravel (aggregates) Extraction – Water (abstraction) Extraction of genetic resources Gas storage operations (carbon capture & natural gas storage) Industrial and agricultural liquid discharges Marine Research Military activities Municipal waste Power station incl. nuclear Recreational activities Renewables - Tidal Renewables - Wave Renewables - Wind Sewerage disposal Shipping – General (at sea) Shipping – Port operations Submarine cable and pipeline operations Waste gas emissions Coastal development Quarrying (mining) Aquaculture Harvesting NA UK marine human activities Released under the Open Government Licence v3.0 otherRestrictions None. eng oceans -8.62 1.76 49.88 60.84 2014 2014 http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-7136 Acrobat Portable Document Format Unknown http://data.jncc.gov.uk/data/a25f0e7f-01cf-439c-9b88-7f3d3c946ac4-Standard-Activity-Definitions.zip Standard-Activity-Definitions.zip This list has been formally agreed by: the Marine Assessment and Reporting Group (MARG), the Healthy and Biologically Diverse Seas Evidence Group (HBDSEG) and the UK Marine Monitoring and Assessment Stategy (UKMMAS) sub-group on spatial data collation on human activities and pressures. Numerous studies have attempted to describe human activities believed to be associated with marine pressures however to date no standardised list of human activities exists. In an attempt to identify the most appropriate human activities list to take forward for use in the standardised UK pressure-activities matrix, this study compared multiple lists of human activities compiled from a variety of sources \\jncc-corpfile\JNCC Corporate Data\Marine\Evidence\PressuresImpacts\3. Pressures_Activities\Combined_P-A_MatrixCombined_P_A_Matrix)data_sourcesw.csv The human activities lists compared within this assessment differed between studies. Key differences included: - How activities were grouped e.g. whether ports were in shipping or coastal infrastructure categories. - Terminology - Scale of detail e.g. broad categories such as ‘Fisheries’ vs. sub-categories such as ‘Fishing – demersal trawling’ and ‘Fishing – dredging’. Most of these differences would not ultimately result in different datasets contributing to a single pressure.