[holding answer 21 October 2009]: Projects which have been funded from the Marine Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund involving work by the Centre of Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science are:
Contract number Full title Contract status Start date End date Direct customer C2228 Assessment of the rehabilitation of the seabed following Marine Aggregate Dredging—Part II: Cefas ALSF funds/Defra Completed 12 May 2004 31 March 2007 MEPF-ALSF C2282 Eastern English Channel large-scale Habitat Mapping (MEPF 04/01): BGS/Cefas ALSF Completed 14 February 2005 10 March 2008 MEPF-ALSF C3092 Initial assessment of the scale and in-situ Impact of fishing activities using geophysical data in the Eastern English Channel: Cefas ALSF Completed 1 September 2007 28 February 2008 MEPF-ALSF C3101 Assessing Ecosystem health following Marine Aggregate dredging-Defra (ALSF)—linked toC2167 Completed 9 July 2007 31 March 2008 MEPF-ALSF C3117 Eastern Seabed Channel Acquisition, processing and interpretation of bathymetric XYZ data to produce digital sea bed bathymetry and 3D surface morphology models Completed 1 October 2007 31 March 2008 British Geological survey C3309 Distribution of Defra Marine Aggregate Levy sustainability funds FY 08/09 to FY 10/11: Defra RPD Current 1 April 2008 31 March 2011 MEPF-ALSF C3312 A Generic investigation into noise profiles of marine aggregate dredging in relation to the acoustic sensitivity of the marine fauna in UK waters: ALSF Completed 1 July 2008 31 March 2009 MEPF-ALSF C3315 Dredging Impacts verified in relation to scientific evidence (DIVERSE): ALSF Current 1 July 2008 28 February 2011 MEPF-ALSF C3324 Best Practice Workshop and Guidelines on Aggregate Ecological Assessments: ALSF-MEPF. MEPF 08/P75 Current 1 July 2008 31 March 2010 MEPF/P75 C3325 Effects of aggregate dredging on marine food web structure and function: ALSF-MEPF Current 1 September 2008 7 December 2010 MEPF-ALSF C3326 Distribution and intensity of fishing activities in the vicinity of aggregate extraction sites: ALSF MEPF Current 21 July 2008 31 January 2011 MEPF-ALSF C3327 Marine Aggregate integrated assessment—a method to quantify ecosystem sustainability ALSF-MEPF Current 1 October 2008 1 June 2010 MEPF-ALSF C3328 MEPF 08/02 South Coast regional environmental characterisation (REC) prog—data analysis and interpretation; BGS Current 1 July 2008 31 March 2010 British Geological survey C3340 East Coast regional Environmental Characterisation (REC) Programme MEPF 08/04 Current 5 August 2008 28 February 2011 MEPF-ALSF C3688 Natural variability of REA Regions, their Ecological significance and Sensitivity Current 1 September 2009 31 December 2010 MEPF-ALSF C3687 MEPF: Development of national data layers on Inshore fishing: ALSF Current 15 September 2009 31 December 2010 MEPF-ALSF C3689 Seabed Restoration: Do the benefits justify the costs? Current 1 September 2009 31 December 2010 MEPF-ALSF Source: Internal CEFAS Management Database Contract