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Marine Protected Areas (MPA) Inventory 2023-2024
MPA Inventory 2023
2023-01-31
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2023
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2023
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NOAA/NMFS/EDM
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https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/69506
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View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset.
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https://marineprotectedareas.noaa.gov/dataanalysis/mpainventory/
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MPA Center website
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The NOAA MPA 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.
The NOAA MPA Inventory (v2023) 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.
NOAA Marine Protected Areas Center in joint effort with the US Department of the Interior
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MPA Data Manager
831-647-6462
831-647-1732
99 Pacific Street
Monterey
CA
93940
mpainventory@noaa.gov
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99 Pacific Street
Monterey
CA
93940
mpainventory@noaa.gov
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Cite As: Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, [Date of Access]: Marine Protected Areas (MPA) Inventory 2023-2024 [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/69506.
NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose.
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Access Constraints: These data are publicly accessible and downloadable via http://marineprotectedareas.noaa.gov/dataanalysis/mpainventory/
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Use Constraints: These data are in the Public domain. The data are not to be used for navigation.
otherRestrictions
Distribution Liability: The MPA Center shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained in this database. These data and related graphics are not legal documents and are not intended to be used as such.The information contained in these data is dynamic and may change over time. The data are not better than the original sources from which they were derived. It is the responsibility of the data user to use the data appropriately and within the limitations of geospatial data in general, and these data in particular.
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https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/onms/dmp/pdf/69506.pdf
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NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP)
NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort.
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MPA Inventory Attributes
2023-05-10
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MPA Data Manager
831-647-6462
831-647-1732
99 Pacific Street
Monterey
CA
93940
mpainventory@noaa.gov
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Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
1305 East-West Highway, 11th Floor
Silver Spring
MD
20910
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MPA Inventory 2023
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MPA Inventory 2023
download
https://marineprotectedareas.noaa.gov/dataanalysis/mpainventory/mpaviewer/
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NOAA MPA Inventory Interactive Map
download
https://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=eb2b36aecb004f14ac29cf0260624291
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Web Mapping Service
download
https://marineprotectedareas.noaa.gov/media/data/NOAA_Marine_Protected_Areas_Inventory_2023.zip
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Downloadable GIS Data
download
dataset
Representativeness
Data were collected from variety of federal and state geospatial sources and integrated into one data product. As of the 2020 version, the MPA Inventory provides boundary and classification information exclusively for MPAs that meet the international protected area definition established by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). IUCN protected areas are defined as:
A clearly defined geographical space, recognised, dedicated, and managed, through legal or other effective means, to achieve the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values.
Accuracy
Data were collected from various sources at various spatial scales. The datasets collected were not resampled and are presented in their original form as provided from the contributing agencies, with the exception for a variety of sites that were digitized from coordinates provided by governing agencies.
Completeness Measure
This version of the MPA Inventory contains geospatial boundaries for 979 marine protected areas. New and/or altered sites that are not currently present in the database will be added as data are made available.
GIS data for all sites were collected from authoritative sources. Data were either downloaded from public websites, requested directly from MPA managers or digitized based on legal definitions (eg US Code of Federal Regulations).
2014-10-01T00:00:00
All sites were reviewed by MPA Center to ensure a match between GIS data and MPA Inventory description.
2014-10-01T00:00:00
All data were reprojected to WGS 1984, decimal degrees.
2014-10-01T00:00:00
All new site data were merged into a single shapefile with existing sites.
2014-10-01T00:00:00
MPA Inventory shapefile was dissolved to one multipart polygon per site.
2014-10-01T00:00:00
MPA Inventory attribute data were appended to shapefile.
2014-10-01T00:00:00