ZAGRI BOX sand and gravel extraction data (since 1996)
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Operational Directorate Natural Environment (Ostend) |
| Country | Belgium  |
| Time period | From 1996 onwards |
| Ongoing | Yes |
| Geographical area | Southern North Sea, Belgian continental shelf |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Horizontal spatial co-ordinates; Engineering parameters |
| Description | |
| Summary | Since 1996 all vessels that extract sand or gravel on the Belgian continental shelf are obliged to be equipped with a data registration system ( a so called 'black box'). Position, speed of the vessel and sand extraction pump status are stored on SRAM card. The data of these black boxes are transferred on regular basis to MUMM Oostende for analysis and storage. |
| Originators | Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Management Unit of North Sea and Scheldt Estuary Mathematical Models, Ostend |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Operational Directorate Natural Environment (Ostend) |
| Availability | SeaDataNet licence |
| Contact | Scory Serge (Ir) |
| Address | Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Operational Directorate Natural Environment, Belgian Marine Data Centre |
| Telephone | 02/773.21.11 |
| Facsimile | 02/7706972 |
| bmdc@mumm.ac.be | |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC) |
| Local identifier | 11010012 |
| Global identifier | 993 |
| Last revised | 2015-07-27 |
