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

Description:

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.

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.

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/fh590cs4244

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/fh590cs4244

Language:

eng

Creator:

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

Publisher:

National Marine Protected Areas Center (U.S.)

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Datasets

Resource Type:

Polygon data

Subject:

Marine habitat conservation, Marine biodiversity conservation, Marine resources conservation, Marine parks and reserves, Oceans, Location, and Boundaries

Theme:

Oceans, Location, and Boundaries

Temporal Coverage:

2014

Date Issued:

2014

Spatial Coverage:

United States and North America

Rights:

This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use.

Rights Holder:

This work is in the Public Domain, meaning that it is not subject to copyright.

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

Shapefile

Georeferenced:

false