Members & Funding

The study steering group includes members from:

• Welsh Assembly Government
• Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM)
• Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS)
• Mineral Industry Research Organisation (MIRO)
• National Museums & Galleries of Wales (NMGW)
• British Geological Survey (BGS)
• University of Wales Bangor (UWB)
• Countryside Council for Wales (CCW)
• Marine Conservation Society (MCS)
• Wildlife Trust of South & West Wales
• South Wales Sea Fisheries Committee (SWSFC)
• City & County of Swansea
• University of Wales Swansea
• Gower Society
• Crown Estate
• British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA)
• Hanson Aggregates Marine
• RMC Marine
• United Marine Aggregates Ltd (UMA)
• Llanelli Sand Dredging Ltd

Study funded by grants from:

• The Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund (ALSF) for Wales (48%), administered by Welsh Assembly Government
• The Sustainable Land-Won and Marine Dredged Aggregate Minerals Programme (SAMP) in England (30%), administered by the Mineral Industry Research Organisation (MIRO) on behalf of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM).

Additional funding provided by:

• National Museums & Galleries of Wales (NMGW)
• Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)/British Geological Survey (BGS)
• Crown Estate
• British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA)

Additional data in kind from:

• British Geological Survey (BGS)
• Maritime & Coast Guard Agency
• Hanson Aggregates Marine
• RMC Marine
• United Marine Aggregates (UMA)
• Llanelli Sand Dredging Ltd.

Contact:

Dr Andrew S. Y. Mackie, National Museums & Galleries of Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3NP (Andrew.Mackie@museumwales.ac.uk)

J. W. Ceri James, British Geological Survey, Kingsley Dunham Centre, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG (jwcj@bgs.ac.uk)