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Nature Conservation Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are designated by Scottish Ministers under the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010. These possible MPAs have been approved by Scottish Ministers for public consultation. As such, the locations are afforded policy protection as if they were designated. The boundaries of the possible MPAs presented in this dataset represent those being consulted upon within both the 12 nautical mile Territorial Sea limit (on the basis of advice provided by Scottish Natural Heritage - the Scottish Government's adviser on all aspects of nature and landscape across Scotland) and in the UK offshore waters adjaent to Scotland (on the basis of advice provided by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee- the statutory adviser to UK Government and devolved administrations on UK-wide and international nature conservation). The following URLs provide links to the consultation process websites: www.snh.gov.uk/mpa-consultation, www.jncc.defra.gov.uk/scottish-mpa-consultation and www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/marine/marine-consultation.
The Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) - Aberdeen Office
Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), Headquaters
copyright, licence
Other details | ||
Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 2340 |
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. | Possible Nature Conservation Marine Protected Areas (pMPA) and MPA search locations within the 12 Nautical Mile Territorial Sea limit around Scotland and beyond in the adjacent offshore UK waters. |
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. | 0fef12805dbc2d9882924bacaf404e55 |
Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | GB-SCT-SNH-CMEU-000240 |
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 | 2013-07-01 |
End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2013-07-01 |
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. | Nature Conservation Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are designated by Scottish Ministers under the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010. These possible MPAs have been approved by Scottish Ministers for public consultation. As such, the locations are afforded policy protection as if they were designated. The boundaries of the possible MPAs presented in this dataset represent those being consulted upon within both the 12 nautical mile Territorial Sea limit (on the basis of advice provided by Scottish Natural Heritage - the Scottish Government's adviser on all aspects of nature and landscape across Scotland) and in the UK offshore waters adjaent to Scotland (on the basis of advice provided by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee- the statutory adviser to UK Government and devolved administrations on UK-wide and international nature conservation). The following URLs provide links to the consultation process websites: www.snh.gov.uk/mpa-consultation, www.jncc.defra.gov.uk/scottish-mpa-consultation and www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/marine/marine-consultation. |
Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | Background: Completion of a network of areas to protect biodiversity and geodiversity interests in the seas around Scotland will contribute to the delivery of a number of international and European commitments such as the Convention on Biological Diversity and the OSPAR Convention which call for the development of an ecologically coherent network of Marine Protected Areas. The EC Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) reinforces these commitments by stating that Member States' Programmes of Measures to achieve Good Environment Status (GES) shall contribute to 'coherent and representative networks of MPAs'. Thirty-three possible Nature Conservation Marine Protected Areas (pMPAs) around Scotland (17 within territorial waters and 16 in offshore waters) were put out for consultation by Scottish Ministers on 25th July 2013. Additionally this dataset contains the boundaries of four Marine Protected Area search locations yet to be assessed fully against the Scottish MPA Selection Guidelines; where further research is pending before SNH provide formal advice to Scottish Ministers on these areas. Designating Authority in Scotland: Scottish Ministers. Role of SNH and JNCC: act as the advisors to Scottish Government in proposing selected sites for Ministerial approval as possible MPAs. SNH and JNCC then support the consultation over proposed sites with owners, occupiers, planning authorities and other interested parties on behalf of the Scottish Ministers. Boundary definition process: The pMPA boundaries in the dataset have been subjected to a boundary setting exercise; this will be completed for the 4 MPA search locations if their status were to change to possible MPAs. Boundary definition: - Is normally based on OS Mastermap Mean Low water Springs (MLWS) or Mean High Water Springs (MHWS) dependent on proposed protected feature composition; - Excludes significant coastal infrastructure; - Follows the boundaries of existing protected areas for consistency and where appropriate (to simplify any future management discussions should the possible MPAs progress); - For sites where black guillemots are a feature, the boundary of the possible MPA follows the natural break between the marine and terrestrial environment (i.e. the top of cliffs or back of storm beach/ rocky shores) and unless the presence of other features dictates otherwise, the seaward boundary extends 2 km from MLWS or to a maximum depth of 50 m. Additionally each pMPA boundary has been assigned a Reference code (Ref - equivalent to a Protected Area code, PA_code) |
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 | Habitats and biotopes | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Habitat characterisation | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Administrative units | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Protected Areas | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Possible Nature Conservation Marine Protected Areas (pMPA) | |
Geographical coverage | ||
North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 63.8871 |
East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 1.8464 |
South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 55 |
West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -16.65 |
Regional sea | water column | |
Irish Sea | ||
Southern North Sea | ||
Northern North Sea | ||
Minches & Western Scotland | ||
Scottish Continental Shelf | ||
Rockall Trough & Bank | ||
Faroe-Shetland Channel | ||
Atlantic North West Approaches | ||
Irish Sea and St. George's Channel | ||
North Atlantic Ocean | ||
North Sea | ||
water column | ||
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 | The Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) - Aberdeen Office | |
Individual name | Oliver Crawford-Avis | |
Position name | MPA Network Planner - UK Offshore Area | |
Phone | +44 (0)1224 266550 | |
Fax | +44 (0)1224-896170 | |
Delivery point | Inverdee House, Baxter Street, Great Glen House, Leachkin Road | |
Postal code | AB11 9QA | |
City | Aberdeen | |
Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
Organisation name | Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), Headquaters | |
Individual name | Gabor Barton | |
Position name | SNH Geographic Systems and Data Officer | |
Phone | 01463 725000 | |
Delivery point | Great Glen House, Leachkin Road | |
Postal code | IV3 8NW | |
City | Inverness | |
Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
Organisation name | The Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) - Aberdeen Office | |
Individual name | Oliver Crawford-Avis | |
Position name | MPA Network Planner - UK Offshore Area | |
Phone | +44 (0)1224 266550 | |
Fax | +44 (0)1224-896170 | |
Delivery point | Inverdee House, Baxter Street | |
Postal code | AB11 9QA | |
City | Aberdeen | |
Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
Organisation name | Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), Headquaters | |
Individual name | James Dargie | |
Position name | Marine Data Officer | |
Phone | 01463 725000 | |
Delivery point | Great Glen House, Leachkin Road | |
Postal code | IV3 8NW | |
City | Inverness | |
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 | The Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) - Aberdeen Office | |
Individual name | Oliver Crawford-Avis | |
Position name | MPA Network Planner - UK Offshore Area | |
Phone | +44 (0)1224 266550 | |
Fax | +44 (0)1224-896170 | |
Delivery point | Inverdee House, Baxter Street | |
Postal code | AB11 9QA | |
City | Aberdeen | |
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 | Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), Headquaters | |
Individual name | James Dargie | |
Position name | Marine Data Officer | |
Phone | 01463 725000 | |
Delivery point | Great Glen House, Leachkin Road | |
Postal code | IV3 8NW | |
City | Inverness | |
Resource locators | ||
Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | http://www.snh.gov.uk/publications-data-and-research/snhi-information-service/naturalspaces/ |
Dataset constraints | ||
20 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | ISO restriction code chosen from ISO 19115-1 Codelist | otherRestrictions |
20 Limitations on Public Access – Other constraints | Any restriction on the use of the resource such as the need to agree to certain licence conditions. | copyright, licence |
21 Conditions for Access and Use - Use limitation | Any restrictions imposed on accessing the resource such as the need to agree to certain licence conditions. | You must always use the following attribution statement: Crown copyright and database right. [Insert year of supply]. All rights reserved. Use of data to conform to the terms of the One Scotland Mapping Agreement End User Licence. |
Available data formats | ||
Data format | Format in which digital data can be provided for transfer | Geographic Information System |
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. | 2013-07-01 |
Date of last revision | The most recent date that the resource was revised. | 2013-07-01 |
Date of creation | The date that the resource was created. | 2013-07-01 |
Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2016-11-15 |
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 | 2.3.4 |
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