U.S. Marine Protected Areas Boundaries: MPA Inventory, 2014

Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office Of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS), National Marine Protected Areas Center (MPAC)

U.S. Marine Protected Areas Boundaries: MPA Inventory, 2014

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Abstract/Contents

Abstract: This polygon shapefile represents the Marine Protected Areas inventory as of October 2014. The MPA Inventory is a comprehensive catalog that provides detailed information for existing marine protected areas in the United States. The inventory provides geospatial boundary information (in polygon format) and classification attributes that seek to define the conservation objectives, protection level, governance and related management criteria for all sites in the database. The comprehensive inventory of federal, state and territorial MPA sites provides governments and stakeholders with access to information to make better decisions about the current and future use of place-based conservation. The information also will be used to inform the development of the national system of marine protected areas as required by Executive Order 13158.
Purpose: The inventory represents a collection of data compiled from various federal, state, tribal and territorial entities to provide a publicly available source of comprehensive information on place-based marine conservation efforts under U.S. federal, state, territorial, local, and tribal jurisdiction.

Description

Type of resource	cartographic, software, multimedia
Form	Shapefile
Extent	194.5
Publisher	National Marine Protected Areas Center (U.S.)
Date valid	2010
Publication date	2014
Edition	2014 Annual Update
Language	English
Digital origin	born digital
Map data	Scale not given. ; W 180°--E 180°/N 74°42ʹ27ʺ--S 15°23ʹ10ʺ, Scale not given ; EPSG::4326

Creators/Contributors

Creator	Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office Of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS), National Marine Protected Areas Center (MPAC)
Creator	United States. Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
Creator	United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Creator	National Marine Protected Areas Center (U.S.)

Subjects

Subject	Marine habitat conservation
Subject	Marine biodiversity conservation
Subject	Marine resources conservation
Subject	Marine parks and reserves
Subject	United States
Subject	North America
Subject	2014
Subject	Oceans
Subject	Location
Subject	Boundaries
Genre	Geospatial data
Genre	Cartographic dataset

Bibliographic information

Supplemental information

This dataset consists of original boundaries as represented by the managing agencies, including any terrestrial components of the protected areas. Only the sub-tidal components of the areas meet the definition of an MPA.
Version Notes:
2014: Added California Coastal Marine National Monument (Pt. Arena-Stornetta Unit) and revised boundaries and zones for Rose Atoll, Marianas Trench and Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monuments. Updated Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary to reflect boundary expansion. Updated boundaries data for Alaska state fishery MPAs, West Hawaii Fishery Management Area, and National Estuarine Research Reserves. Added NMFS Arctic Management Area and Pelagic Sargassum Habitat Restricted Area. Removed Florida Surface Water Improvement and Management sites.

2013: Added new MPA boundaries for California South Coast MLPA region, Oregon Marine Reserves. Updated Maryland Oyster Sanctuaries, National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa boundaries.

2012: This version contains boundary updates during the 2011 calendar year. Boundaries were added for new MPAs created in California. Boundaries were updated for National Park Service, National Marine Fisheries Service, Washington, Virgin Islands and Wisconsin sites in the MPA Inventory.

2011: This version contains boundary updates during the 2010 calendar year. Boundaries were added for new MPAs created in California. Boundaries for Hawaii, American Samoa, Florida and National Marine Fisheries Service MPAs were added for sites already in the MPA Inventory. All National Park Service and National Estuarine Research Reserve and some National Wildlife Refuge boundaries were updated with original data.

2010: This version contains boundaries for all sites from authoritative sources as updated between 6/2009-12/2009. New data have been added for multiple states and territories, including Alaska, Florida, Maryland, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania, US Virgin Islands and Wisconsin. Numerous shipwreck sites represented as latitude/longitude coordinate points were converted to polygons using a 300-meter radius buffer. NMFS sites have been verified against US Code of Federal Regulations.

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https://purl.stanford.edu/fh590cs4244

Access conditions

Use and reproduction: This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use.
Copyright: This work is in the Public Domain, meaning that it is not subject to copyright.

Preferred citation

Preferred citation: NOAA Marine Protected Areas Center in joint effort with the US Department of the Interior. U.S. Marine Protected Areas Boundaries: MPA Inventory, 2014. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/fh590cs4244.

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