Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) MCZ: Padstow Bay and Surrounds: Benthic Sampling and Video survey PBSR_sngn0113: Western Channel & Celtic Sea (13/02/2013 to 03/04/2013)

This Survey records the sampling undertaken by the EA within the inshore area (within 20 metre depth contour) of the Padstow Bay and Surrounds MCZ, to allow adequate verification and characterisation of the surface sediment and benthic communities within the site. The Briggs Marine coastal survey vessels ‘Severn Guardian’ and ‘Solent Guardian’ were used to carry out the survey work. These data are archived with the Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN) Data Archive Centres (DACs) including the British Geological Survey (BGS) DAC for geology and geophysics, The Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data (DASSH) and the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) bathymetry DAC. The full site data package including raw is also available on request from BGS.