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Metadata: DAERA Inshore Marine Conservation Zones Northern Ireland 2016
Abstract:
This GIS layer describes the boundaries of 5 Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs); 4 were designated in December 2016, under the Marine Act (Northern Ireland) 2013 and Strangford Lough Marine Nature Reserve automatically became an MCZ under this section 13 of the afore mentioned legislation. An MCZ is a new type of Marine Protected Area (MPA), designated in the Northern Ireland Inshore Region to protect nationally important habitats, species and geological/geomorphological features, while fully taking into account any economic, cultural or social consequences of doing so. Rathlin, Waterfoot, Outer Belfast Lough and Carlingford Lough MCZs were designated on the 12th December 2016 after a full consultation process. The MCZ polygons were digitised to bound the protected features identified within the MCZ using the guidelines for MCZ designation (https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/publications/guidance-selection-and-designation-marine-conservation-zones-mczs-northern-Ireland). The boundaries are subject to change if new verified evidence comes to light regarding the location or extent of the MCZ features which can include including habitats, species and geological/geomorphological features. Further information can be found at: https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/publications/marine-conservation-zones-northern-ireland-inshore-region-0
Data holder:
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Use constraints:
no restrictions
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 1886 |
| Title | The title is used to provide a brief and precise description of the dataset such as 'Date', 'Originating organisation/programme', 'Location' and 'Type of survey'. All acronyms and abbreviations should be reproduced in full. | DAERA Inshore Marine Conservation Zones Northern Ireland 2016 |
| File Identifier | The File Identifier is a code, preferably a GUID, that is globally unique and remains with the same metadata record even if the record is edited or transferred between portals or tools. | 81af4f4d6a75a80a6eda4dfdcb305ea8 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | DAERAMFD-MCRT0001 |
| Resource type | The resource type will likely be a dataset but could also be a series (collection of datasets with a common specification) or a service. | dataset |
| Start date | This describes the date the resource starts. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2016-12-16 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2029-12-31 |
| Spatial resolution | This describes the spatial resolution of the dataset or the spatial limitations of the service. | inapplicable |
| Frequency of updates | This describes the frequency with which the resource is modified or updated i.e. a monitoring programme that samples once per year has a frequency that is described as 'annually'. | asNeeded |
| Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | This GIS layer describes the boundaries of 5 Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs); 4 were designated in December 2016, under the Marine Act (Northern Ireland) 2013 and Strangford Lough Marine Nature Reserve automatically became an MCZ under this section 13 of the afore mentioned legislation. An MCZ is a new type of Marine Protected Area (MPA), designated in the Northern Ireland Inshore Region to protect nationally important habitats, species and geological/geomorphological features, while fully taking into account any economic, cultural or social consequences of doing so. Rathlin, Waterfoot, Outer Belfast Lough and Carlingford Lough MCZs were designated on the 12th December 2016 after a full consultation process. The MCZ polygons were digitised to bound the protected features identified within the MCZ using the guidelines for MCZ designation (https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/publications/guidance-selection-and-designation-marine-conservation-zones-mczs-northern-Ireland). The boundaries are subject to change if new verified evidence comes to light regarding the location or extent of the MCZ features which can include including habitats, species and geological/geomorphological features. Further information can be found at: https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/publications/marine-conservation-zones-northern-ireland-inshore-region-0 |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | The Marine and Fisheries Division is a division of Northern Irelandâ??s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) and is responsible for the protection, conservation and sustainable management of Northern Irelandâ??s marine areas. Through its various activities, the Department generates and maintains spatial datasets which underpin the evidence base informing the agencyâ??s management decisions. The Department is committed to providing these spatial datasets free of charge within the legal and institutional frameworks governing public data. Although the Department has made every effort to prepare the spatial data and believes the information it contains is reliable within the context in which the data was originally generated or collected, errors within the data remain a possibility. Therefore the Department gives no warranty regarding the accuracy or suitability of the data for the data requestors intended use, and accepts no responsibility for any errors or omissions, or for the use of, or results obtained from the use of this data, whether in part or in whole. |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Environmental Data and Information Network |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | NDGO0005 | |
| Keyword title | data.gov.uk | |
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Geographical grid systems |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Habitats and biotopes | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Geology | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Biodiversity | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Horizontal spatial co-ordinates | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | MCZ | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | environment | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | DescribeFeatureType | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 55.5324 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -4.9181 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 53.9341 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -7.357 |
| Regional sea | Irish Sea | |
| Minches & Western Scotland | ||
| 37E3 | ||
| 39E3 | ||
| 37E4 | ||
| 38E4 | ||
| VIIa | ||
| VIa | ||
| benthic boundary layer | ||
| circalittoral | ||
| deep circalittoral | ||
| infralittoral | ||
| littoral | ||
| Responsible organisations | ||
| Role | The point of contact is person or organisation with responsibility for the creation and maintenance of the metadata for the resource. | pointOfContact |
| Organisation name | Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs | |
| Individual name | Marine InfoRequests | |
| Position name | Generic Mailbox | |
| Marine.InfoRequests@daera-ni.gov.uk | ||
| Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| Organisation name | Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs | |
| Individual name | Marine InfoRequests | |
| Position name | Generic Mailbox | |
| Marine.InfoRequests@daera-ni.gov.uk | ||
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs | |
| Individual name | Marine InfoRequests | |
| Position name | Generic Mailbox | |
| Marine.InfoRequests@daera-ni.gov.uk | ||
| Role | The custodian is the person or organisation that accepts responsibility for the resource and ensures appropriate care and maintenance. If a dataset has been lodged with a Data Archive Centre for maintenance then this organisation is be entered here. | custodian |
| Organisation name | Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs | |
| Individual name | Marine InfoRequests | |
| Position name | Generic Mailbox | |
| Marine.InfoRequests@daera-ni.gov.uk | ||
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.opendatani.gov.uk/dataset/http-https-www-daera-ni-gov-uk-topics-marine |
| Locator name | Name of the web resource | https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk |
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/topics/marine |
| Locator name | Name of the web resource | http://https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/topics/marine |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 20 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | otherRestrictions | |
| 20 Limitations on Public Access - Other constraints | This states any limitations on access to the data and uses free text. | no restrictions |
| 21 Conditions for Access and Use - Use limitation | This states any constraints on use of the data. Multiple conditions can be recorded for different parts of the data resource. If no conditions apply, then `No condtions apply` is recorded. This uses free text. | If this digital data is included in a hard copy format, Department of Agriculture Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) Marine and Fishieries Division must be acknowledged. In addition the following statement needs to be added 'Contains public sector information licensed under the terms of the Open Government Licence v3.0'. Further information on the T&C of Open Goverment Licence can be found here http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/If this digital data is included in a hard copy format, Department of Agriculture Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) Marine and Fishieries Division must be acknowledged. In addition the following statement needs to be added 'Contains public sector information licensed under the terms of the Open Government Licence v3.0'. Further information on the T&C of Open Goverment Licence can be found here http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ |
| Version info | ||
| Date of publication | The publication date of the resource or if previously unpublished the date that the resource was made publicly available via the MEDIN network. | 2016-12-16 |
| Date of last revision | The most recent date that the resource was revised. | 2016-12-16 |
| Date of creation | The date that the resource was created. | 2016-12-15 |
| Harvest date | The date which this record has been (re)harvested from the provider. | 2026-04-19 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2022-07-22 |
| Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | MEDIN Discovery metadata standard |
| Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | 2.3.8 |