Identification

Title

Marine Consultation Areas (Scotland)

Abstract

Marine Consultation Areas are identified by Scottish Natural Heritage as deserving particular distinction in respect of the quality and sensitivity of the marine environment within them. Their selection encourages coastal communities and management bodies to be aware of marine conservation issues in the area.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://ogc.nature.scot/geoserver/protectedareas/wms?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS

protocol: OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-capabilities

name: mca

description: mca

https://ogc.nature.scot/geoserver/protectedareas/wfs?request=GetCapabilities&service=WFS

protocol: OGC:WFS-1.0.0-http-get-capabilities

name: protectedareas:mca

description: Marine Consultation Areas

function: download

https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/MCA_SCOTLAND_SHP_27700.zip

protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

name: ESRI Shapefile (EPSG:27700)

function: download

https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/MCA_SCOTLAND_GDB_27700.zip

protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

name: ESRI File geodatabase (EPSG:27700)

function: download

https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/MCA_SCOTLAND_GEOJSON_4326.zip

protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

name: GeoJSON (EPSG:4326)

function: download

https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/MCA_SCOTLAND_GPKG_27700.zip

protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

name: Geopackage (EPSG:27700)

function: download

https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/MCA_SCOTLAND_GML_4258.zip

protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

name: GML (EPSG:4258)

function: download

https://opendata.nature.scot/datasets/snh::marine-consultation-areas/explore

protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

name: NatureScot OpenData Hub

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

MCA

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::27700

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Nature conservation

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-05-25

Keyword set

keyword value

Protected sites

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-9.234137625

East bounding longitude

-0.269293875

North bounding latitude

61.1017805

South bounding latitude

54.422093

Extent

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2006-01-01

code identifying the extent

GB-SCT

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2000

End position

2010

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2019-10

date type

revision

effective date

2002-02-10

Frequency of update

irregular

Quality and validity

Lineage

In 1986 the Nature Conservancy Council published a list of fourteen coastal marine areas that had been identified as deserving particular distinction in respect to the quality and sensitivity of their marine environment and where the scientific information available fully syubstantiated their nature conservation importance. A further fifteen sites were added in 1990. The areas have no statutory locus but are made known to bodies with which SNH has consultations on marine conservation issues.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

false

explanation

Data format

name of format

ESRI Shapefile

version of format

3.2

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Available under an OS Open Data licence www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/opendata/licence, Note that this data is available to view or download on SNH website see: www.snh.gov.uk/publications-data-and-research/snhi-information-service

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

no limitation

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Geographic Systems & Data Coordinator

organisation name

Scottish Natural Heritage

full postal address

Great Glen House, Leachkin Road

INVERNESS

IV3 8NW

United Kingdom

telephone number

01463 725000

email address

data_supply@nature.scot

responsible party role

custodian

Responsible party

contact position

Geographic Systems & Data Coordinator

organisation name

Scottish Natural Heritage

full postal address

Great Glen House, Leachkin Road

INVERNESS

IV3 8NW

United Kingdom

telephone number

01463 725000

email address

data_supply@nature.scot

responsible party role

distributor

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

Geographic Systems & Data Coordinator

organisation name

Scottish Natural Heritage

full postal address

Great Glen House, Leachkin Road

INVERNESS

IV3 8NW

United Kingdom

telephone number

01463 725000

email address

data_supply@snh.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2023-07-20T14:05:41

Metadata language