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)