EMODnet Human Activities, Dredge Spoil Dumping
The dataset on offshore dredge dumping sites in the European seas was created in 2015 by CETMAR for the European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet). It is the result of the aggregation and harmonization of datasets provided by several sources. It is updated every year and is available for viewing and download on EMODnet web portal (Human Activities, https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/human-activities). The dataset contains points and/or (where available) polygons representing offshore dredge dumping sites in the following countries: Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom. Each point and polygon has the following attributes (where available): INDEX_ID, Site name, Country, Dredge ID, Dredged material, Year of operation, Information provider, Distance to coast (m) and Distance from centroid to coast (m)(This last attribute only appears for polygon data). The distance to coast (EEA coastline shapefile) has been calculated using the UTM WGS84 Zone projected coordinate system where data fall in.
Data and resources
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EMODnet Human Activities aims to facilitate access to existing marine data on activities carried out in EU waters, by building a single entry point for…HTML Open
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ZIP (File Geodatabase / Shapefile)ZIP Open
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Dredge Spoil Dumping (Points)HTML Open
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Dredge Spoil Dumping (Polygons)HTML Open
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Dredge Spoil Dumping (Points)HTML Open
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Dredge Spoil Dumping (Polygons)HTML Open
Additional information
| Temporal extent | 2015-04-05 – ongoing |
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| Date (publication) | 2015-04-05 |
| Date (creation) | 2015-04-05 |
| Date (revision) | 2025-11-05 |
| Status | onGoing |
| Update frequency | asNeeded |
| Metadata language | en |
| License | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 |
| Source metadata | ISO 19115 XML |
| Last updated | 2026-11-04 |
| Created | 2026-11-04 |
| API | package_show |