Identification

Title

UK Offshore Marine Protected Areas

Abstract

This resource contains boundary, site and feature information for designated UK Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Offshore MPAs include Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs), Scottish national MPAs, Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) with marine components and Special Protection Areas (SPAs) with marine components. JNCC is responsible for identifying and providing conservation advice on MPAs in UK offshore waters (beyond 12 nautical miles from the coast). Further information on offshore MPAs is available on our website: https://jncc.gov.uk/our-work/offshore-mpas/ A shapefile and spreadsheet are available for download. The shapefile contains site boundaries and associated site attribute information, including: site code, site name, site status, country, CP2 region, area (hectares), centroid lat/long (decimal degree), established date, lead agency and WDPA code. The spreadsheet provides the same site attribute data as well as information on the sites' protected features (including feature names, feature codes and species population types). Sites that straddle the inshore/offshore (UK Territorial Seas) limit are included in these datasets. For further information please see the shapefile metadata and spreadsheet read-me (within the files).

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://hub.jncc.gov.uk/assets/ade43f34-54d6-4084-b66a-64f0b4a5ef27

name: JNCC ResourceHub Page

Unique resource identifier

code

ade43f34-54d6-4084-b66a-64f0b4a5ef27

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

boundaries

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Marine

Protected Areas

offshore

polygon

Natura 2000

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-19.25

East bounding longitude

3.249861

North bounding latitude

63.887067

South bounding latitude

48.166667

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2015-07-21

End position

2020-12-14

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2020-12-14

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

Recent updates: Version - 20201214 Addition of 3 new joint inshore/offshore SPAs - Seas off St Kilda SPA, Seas off Foula SPA, Outer Firth of Forth and St Andrews Bay Complex SPA. Full version history is included in the metadata (shapefile) or version control table (spreadsheet).

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Geospatial (vector polygon)

version of format

Unknown

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Re-use of the data is subject to the terms of the Open Government Licence v3.0 including attribution of the relevant copyright holders. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ The site boundaries include sections of UK Exclusive Economic Zone © Crown copyright. The exact limits of the EEZ are set out in The Exclusive Economic Zone Order 2013. If you re-use this information you must acknowledge the source in your product or application by including or linking to the following attribution statement: Contains Joint Nature Conservation Committee data © copyright and database right [2020]. Contains Natural England data © copyright and database right [2020]. Contains NatureScot data © copyright and database right [2020]. Contains Natural Resource Wales data © copyright and database right [2020]. Contains Northern Ireland Environment Agency data © copyright and database right [2020]. Contains UK Hydrographic Office data © copyright and database right [2020]. Contains Ordnance Survey data © copyright and database right [2020].

Limitations on public access

No limitations

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC

email address

data@jncc.gov.uk

responsible party role

distributor

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC

email address

data@jncc.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2021-03-08

Metadata language

eng