MPA Inventory 2014
Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
Data Set
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| ID: 40002
| Published / External
Created: 2017-04-05
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Last Modified: 2023-10-17
Project (PRJ) | ID: 37249
ID: 40002
Data Set (DS)
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Item Identification
* » Title | MPA Inventory 2014 |
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Short Name | MPA Inventory 2014 |
* Status | Completed |
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• Publication Date | 2014-10 |
* » Abstract |
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. |
* Purpose |
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. |
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• Supplemental Information |
This dataset consists of original boundaries as represented by the managing agencies, including any terrestrial components of the protected areas. Only the sub-tidal components of the areas meet the definition of an MPA. Version Notes: 2014: Added California Coastal Marine National Monument (Pt. Arena-Stornetta Unit) and revised boundaries and zones for Rose Atoll, Marianas Trench and Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monuments. Updated Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary to reflect boundary expansion. Updated boundaries data for Alaska state fishery MPAs, West Hawaii Fishery Management Area, and National Estuarine Research Reserves. Added NMFS Arctic Management Area and Pelagic Sargassum Habitat Restricted Area. Removed Florida Surface Water Improvement and Management sites. 2013: Added new MPA boundaries for California South Coast MLPA region, Oregon Marine Reserves. Updated Maryland Oyster Sanctuaries, National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa boundaries. 2012: This version contains boundary updates during the 2011 calendar year. Boundaries were added for new MPAs created in California. Boundaries were updated for National Park Service, National Marine Fisheries Service, Washington, Virgin Islands and Wisconsin sites in the MPA Inventory. 2011: This version contains boundary updates during the 2010 calendar year. Boundaries were added for new MPAs created in California. Boundaries for Hawaii, American Samoa, Florida and National Marine Fisheries Service MPAs were added for sites already in the MPA Inventory. All National Park Service and National Estuarine Research Reserve and some National Wildlife Refuge boundaries were updated with original data. 2010: This version contains boundaries for all sites from authoritative sources as updated between 6/2009-12/2009. New data have been added for multiple states and territories, including Alaska, Florida, Maryland, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania, US Virgin Islands and Wisconsin. Numerous shipwreck sites represented as latitude/longitude coordinate points were converted to polygons using a 300-meter radius buffer. NMFS sites have been verified against US Code of Federal Regulations. |
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ISO 19115 Topic Category | boundaries |
ISO 19115 Topic Category | location |
ISO 19115 Topic Category | oceans |
NGDA Portfolio Themes | National Geospatial Data Asset |
NGDA Portfolio Themes | NGDA |
NGDA Portfolio Themes | Water Oceans and Coasts Theme |
NOS Data Explorer Topic Category | Marine Boundaries |
None | Marine Conservation Areas |
None | Marine Protected Areas |
None | Ocean Conservation |
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None | United States |
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• » Organization | Office of National Marine Sanctuaries |
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• » City | Silver Spring |
• » State/Province | MD |
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• » Location Description |
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* Data Set Scope Code | Data Set |
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• Maintenance Frequency | Annually |
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» Data Presentation Form | vector digital data |
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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. |
Data Set Credit | NOAA Marine Protected Areas Center in joint effort with the US Department of the Interior |
Support Roles
* » Support Role | Data Steward |
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* » Date Effective From | 2014-10 |
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Position | MPA Data Manager |
Address |
99 Pacific Street Monterey, CA 93940 |
Email Address | mpainventory@noaa.gov |
Phone | 831-647-6462 |
Fax | 831-647-1732 |
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* » Support Role | Distributor |
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* » Date Effective From | 2014-10 |
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Position | MPA Data Manager |
Address |
99 Pacific Street Monterey, CA 93940 |
Email Address | mpainventory@noaa.gov |
Phone | 831-647-6462 |
Fax | 831-647-1732 |
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* » Support Role | Metadata Contact |
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* » Date Effective From | 2014-10 |
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Position | MPA Data Manager |
Address |
99 Pacific Street Monterey, CA 93940 |
Email Address | mpainventory@noaa.gov |
Phone | 831-647-6462 |
Fax | 831-647-1732 |
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* » Date Effective From | 2014-10 |
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Position | MPA Data Manager |
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99 Pacific Street Monterey, CA 93940 |
Email Address | mpainventory@noaa.gov |
Phone | 831-647-6462 |
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Currentness Reference | Publication Date |
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* » W° Bound | -180 |
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* » E° Bound | 180 |
* » N° Bound | 70.329403 |
* » S° Bound | -15.386142 |
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* » Start | 2014-10 |
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Complex Object Count | 1623 |
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* » Security Class | Unclassified |
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• » Data Access Constraints |
These data are publicly accessible and downloadable via http://marineprotectedareas.noaa.gov/dataanalysis/mpainventory/ |
• Data Use Constraints |
These data are in the Public domain. The data are not to be used for navigation. For more information, see the accuracy section. |
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Distribution Information
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» Download URL | http://marineprotectedareas.noaa.gov/pdf/helpful-resources/inventory/mpa_inventory_2014_public_gdb.zip |
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File Type (Deprecated) | ESRI File geodatabase |
Distribution Format | ESRI File Geodatabase |
File Size | 73.8 |
Application Version | 10.2 |
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» Download URL | http://marineprotectedareas.noaa.gov/pdf/helpful-resources/inventory/mpa_inventory_2014_public_shp.zip |
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» Download URL | https://idpgis.ncep.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/NOAA |
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URL | http://marineprotectedareas.noaa.gov/dataanalysis/mpainventory/ |
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Activity Log
Activity Time | 2014-12-11 |
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Date that the source FGDC record was last modified. |
Activity Time | 2017-04-05 |
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Converted from FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (version FGDC-STD-001-1998) using 'fgdc_to_inport_xml.pl' script. Contact Tyler Christensen (NOS) for details. |
Activity Time | 2017-09-13 |
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Partial upload of Spatial Info section only. |
Activity Time | 2018-02-08 |
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Technical Environment
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Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.2.2.3552 |
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Data were collected using methods that have unknown accuracy |
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Completeness Report |
This version of the MPA Inventory contains geospatial boundaries for 1,623 of the 1,774 identified marine protected areas, and is considered complete as of Oct 2014. New and/or altered sites that are not currently present in the database will be added annually, as data are made available. Please note that site inclusion into the MPA inventory required that the site meet specific definition and conservation criteria that are thoroughly detailed on the http:\\marineprotectedareas.noaa.gov website. |
Conceptual Consistency |
Inventory 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. |
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» If Distributor (Data Hosting Service) is Needed, Please Indicate | |
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» If Delay is Longer than Latency of Automated Processing, Indicate Under What Authority Data Access is Delayed |
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» If World Data Center or Other, Specify | |
» If To Be Determined, Unable to Archive, or No Archiving Intended, Explain |
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Process Step Number | 1 |
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» Description |
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). |
Process Date/Time | 2014-10-01 00:00:00 |
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Process Step Number | 2 |
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All sites were reviewed by MPA Center to ensure a match between GIS data and MPA Inventory description. |
Process Date/Time | 2014-10-01 00:00:00 |
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Process Step Number | 3 |
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All data were reprojected to WGS 1984, decimal degrees. |
Process Date/Time | 2014-10-01 00:00:00 |
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Process Step Number | 4 |
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All new site data were merged into a single shapefile with existing sites. |
Process Date/Time | 2014-10-01 00:00:00 |
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Process Step Number | 5 |
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MPA Inventory shapefile was dissolved to one multipart polygon per site. |
Process Date/Time | 2014-10-01 00:00:00 |
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Process Step Number | 6 |
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MPA Inventory attribute data were appended to shapefile. |
Process Date/Time | 2014-10-01 00:00:00 |
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Catalog Details
Catalog Item ID | 40002 |
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Metadata Record Created By | Tyler Christensen |
Metadata Record Created | 2017-04-05 14:27+0000 |
Metadata Record Last Modified By | SysAdmin InPortAdmin |
» Metadata Record Last Modified | 2023-10-17 16:12+0000 |
Metadata Record Published | 2018-02-08 |
Owner Org | ONMS |
Metadata Publication Status | Published Externally |
Do Not Publish? | N |
Metadata Workflow State | Published / External |
Metadata Last Review Date | 2018-02-08 |
Metadata Review Frequency | 1 Year |
Metadata Next Review Date | 2019-02-08 |
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