Protected Sites - Demonstration and Research Marine Protected Areas (DR MPA)

• Published by: Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
• Last updated: 21 September 2023
• Topic: Not added
• Licence: Other Licence ; View licence information

Summary

Demonstration and Research Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are designated by Scottish Ministers under the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010. Sites can be established for the purpose of demonstrating, or carrying out research on sustainable methods of marine management or exploitation in Scottish territorial waters. Their application is not restricted to nature conservation. Proposals will be developed and assessed according to a set of specific guidelines which will examine the scientific case for a MPA, the level of support and the reasons why a MPA is the most appropriate mechanism to use.

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Link to the data	Format	File added	Data preview
protected_sites_demonstration_research_mpa	N/A	21 September 2023	Not available
protected_sites_demonstration_research_mpa	N/A	21 September 2023	Not available
protected_sites_demonstration_research_mpa	N/A	21 September 2023	Not available

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• Added to data.gov.uk: 2023-09-12T16:12:20
• Access contraints: no limitations to public access
• Harvest GUID: Marine_Scotland_FishDAC_1812
• Extent: Latitude: 59.71803774953621° to 59.306942345665504°
• Extent: Longitude: -2.0493562966454224° to -1.1861737202186398°
• Spatial reference system: EPSG:4326 (WGS84)
• Dataset reference date: 2018-06-27 (revision)
• Frequency of update: asNeeded
• Responsible party: Scottish Government (pointOfContact, originator, custodian)
• ISO 19139 resource type: dataset
• Metadata language: eng
• Source Metadata: XML
• Source Metadata: HTML

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