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The territorial waters surrounding the UK support a significant proportion of the UK's biodiversity and are home to a wide range of species and habitats. This section outlines the potential effects on marine ecology that could result from marine aggregate extraction. The discussion focuses on benthic resources, marine mammals, fish resources and seabirds. A variety of mitigation and monitoring techniques adopted to reduce these potential impacts on marine species are outlined.