Offshore sand and gravel extraction: documentation

Maps

• Usage des espaces marins belges (PDF, 1.47 MB)

Monitoring

• Monitoring report 2021-2024 on the occasion of the study day “Gold in the North Sea: the importance of marine sand and innovations in terms of monitoring and research” (PDF, 7.64 MB)

Documentation 

• Macrobenthos and morpho-sedimentary recovery dynamics in areas following aggregate extraction cessation (PDF, 17.51 MB)
• A simplified semi-empirical model for multifrequency seafloor backscattering angular response (ESAB) (PDF, 4.48 MB)
• A natural reference area for the quality control of multibeam echosounder bathymetry and backscatter measurements: The Kwinte area on the Belgian part of the North Sea (PDF, 70.78 MB)
• Instrumental temperature-dependence of backscatter measurements by a multibeam echosounder: findings and implications (PDF, 3.53 MB)

• OHI Ordre Spécial sondeur multifaisceaux EM3002D (PDF, 1.1 MB)

• Réglementation de l’exploitation de sable et de gravier dans la partie belge de la mer du Nord

• Articles study day 2011 (PDF, 29.24 MB)

• Evolution extraction agrégats marins belges (PDF, 68.36 KB) 

• Concessionnaires (PDF, 35.13 KB)

• Coordonnées des zones de contrôle (PDF, 36.52 KB)

• Guidelines regarding the management of the registration system (PDF, 1.24 MB)

• Un plan d'aménagement pour les espaces marins de notre mer du Nord (PDF, 4.96 MB)

• Articles study day 2014 (PDF, 31.1 MB) 

• Articles study day 9 june 2017 (PDF, 20.56 MB) 

Presentations

• Minimization of the impact of sand extraction on the Belgian part of the North Seaby the introduction of a newly defined reference surface (PDF, 6.35 MB) - Présentation Riga - 23 septembre 2016 

• Présentation EMSAGG juin 2015 (PDF, 4.65 MB)

• Backscatter Patch Test – inter-comparison of systems using shared reference areas for testing, calibration, and quality assessment 
  • GEOHAB 2015 Abstract (PDF, 97.93 KB) 
  • GEOHAB 2015 Presentation (PDF, 3.3 MB) 
• Journée d'étude du 20 octobre 2014 
  • Présentation MARID IV conférence Avril 2013 (PDF, 3.82 MB)
  • Présentation FEMME conférence Avril 2013 (PDF, 3.99 MB) 

• Monitoring the seabed: contstraints and limitations of multibeam echosounders backscatter strength measurements - surveyor and geologist point of view

  • GEOHAB2013 Abstract (PDF, 105.86 KB)

  • GEOHAB2013 Slides workshop (PDF, 28.58 MB) 

• The FPS Economy and the RV Belgica 15 years of successful collaboration (PDF, 3.39 MB) 

Additional information

• Explosives chart (PDF, 306.11 KB)