Marine litter on the seafloor, on sludge disposal sites and on beaches in support of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) Descriptor 10 (D10C01, 2018 Reporting)

This dataset is part of the 2018 Belgian submission for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) linked to descriptor 10, criterion 1. The seafloor dataset describes the litter gathered between 2012 and 2014 during beam trawl (BTS) fishery surveys in the Belgian part of the North Sea (BPNS). It provides the date, location and haul information, type of litter found and information in the size of the items. Additionally the ship name and cruise references are reported. The data is recorded following ICES guidelines allowing future inclusion in the ICES online database DATRAS (Database of Trawl Survery).

The sludge dataset describes the litter found between 2013 and 2016 on dredge disposal sites located in the coastal area of the Belgian part of the North Sea (BPNS). It provides the date, location, amount and type of litter as well as methodological information (e.g. mesh size). Additionally, the ship name and cruise references are reported.

The beach litter dataset contains information on beach litter for the period 2012-2016 washed ashore on two reference beaches (Oostende Halve Maan & Oostende Raversijde). 40 surveys (100m transects) have been executed until January 2017. Monitoring & data recording has been done according to the OSPAR Guideline for Monitoring Marine Litter on the beaches in the OSPAR maritime area (OSPAR, 2010). Besides the number of litter items, the category is also noted. The dataset is characterized by a high variation in the number of items. The data are reported to OSPAR beach litter database.

Conclusions: see https://odnature.naturalsciences.be/msfd/nl/assessments/2018/page-d10

Date (Creation): 2018-10-10

Date (Revision): 2021-12-08

Date (Publication): 2025-12-12

Title: Digital Object Identifier

Date (Creation): 2016-05-19

Code: https://doi.org/10.24417/bmdc.be:dataset:2102

Citation identifier: http://metadata.naturalsciences.be / bmdc.be:dataset:2102
Belgian Marine Data Centre

Other citation details: This dataset is composed of the following sources: (1) Francis Kerkhof (2018). Beached litter. (2) Bavo De Witte, Lisa Devriese, Loes Vandecasteele, Kris Hostens (2018). Sea floor litter: BTS litter data. (3) Bavo De Witte, Lisa Devriese, Loes Vandecasteele, Kris Hostens (2018). Sea floor litter: sludge disposal. (4) GIS layer for bmdc_be_dataset_2102 (MSFD).

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Organisation name	Electronic mail address	Role
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)	bmdc@naturalsciences.be	Custodian
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)	info@naturalsciences.be	Owner
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)	info@naturalsciences.be	Publisher
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Marine Ecology and Management (MARECO)	odnature@naturalsciences.be	Author
Instituut voor Landbouw- en Visserijonderzoek - Visserij (ILVO)	info@ilvo.be	Author

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Sea regions

Keywords

Sea regions
Federal government
Reporting INSPIRE

European Legislation Identifier

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/138 of 21 December 2022 laying down a list of specific high-value datasets and the arrangements for their publication and re-use (Text with EEA relevance)

Marine Regions

GEMET - Concepts, version 4.2.1

INSPIRE Registry: Priority Datasets

Directive 2008/56/EC

Themes for open data catalogi in Belgium

Environment

INSPIRE Registry: Spatial scope

National

NERC Vocabulary Server - C45 Vocabulary version 3.0

Properties and quantities of marine litter do not cause harm

Eionet Central Data Repository

(Criteria) D10C1 - Litter (excluding micro-litter)

Use constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: No conditions apply to access and use

Other constraints: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Access constraints: Other restrictions

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Classification: Unclassified

Spatial representation type: Vector

Language: English

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gml32:beginPosition: 2012-01-01

gml32:endPosition: 2016-12-31

Reference system identifier: http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4258

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Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)		bmdc@naturalsciences.be	Custodian

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Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)		bmdc@naturalsciences.be	Custodian

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Conformance result

Title: 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

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Explanation: See the referenced specification

Pass: Yes

Statement: Observations of marine litter on beaches are gathered by MUMM, in dredging sludge and on the seafloor by ILVO and are presented to BMDC as excel files. These files are made available via this metadata record without any change.

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File identifier: bmdc.be:dataset:2102 XML

Metadata language: English

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Hierarchy level: Dataset

Date stamp: 2025-12-12T16:12:51.675Z

Metadata standard name: Geographic information -- Metadata

Metadata standard version: ISO 19115:2003/19139

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Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)		bmdc@naturalsciences.be	Point of contact

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