81af4f4d6a75a80a6eda4dfdcb305ea8 English dataset Marine InfoRequests Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Generic Mailbox Marine.InfoRequests@daera-ni.gov.uk pointOfContact 2022-07-22 MEDIN Discovery metadata standard 2.3.8 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 DAERA Inshore Marine Conservation Zones Northern Ireland 2016 2016-12-16 publication 2016-12-15 creation 2016-12-16 revision DAERAMFD-MCRT0001 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 Marine InfoRequests Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Generic Mailbox Marine.InfoRequests@daera-ni.gov.uk originator Marine InfoRequests Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Generic Mailbox Marine.InfoRequests@daera-ni.gov.uk custodian asNeeded Geographic Information System Marine Environmental Data and Information Network NDGO0005 Geographical grid systems GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-01-06 revision Habitats and biotopes Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units INSPIRE THEMES 2011-02-16 creation Geology Biodiversity GEMET 2011-07-06 creation Horizontal spatial co-ordinates SeaDataNet P021 parameter discovery vocabulary 2009-11-16 revision Marine Gardline 2012-03-16 creation MCZ 100 2012-04-28 creation environment International Standards Organisation ISO19115 Topic Categories 2005-04-27 revision DescribeFeatureType Web Service Capability Categories 2013-11-08 creation 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/ otherRestrictions no restrictions English geoscientificInformation Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas 2009-06-18 creation Irish Sea Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas 2009-06-18 creation Minches & Western Scotland ICES Rectangles 2009-05-01 creation 37E3 ICES Rectangles 2009-05-01 creation 39E3 ICES Rectangles 2009-05-01 creation 37E4 ICES Rectangles 2009-05-01 creation 38E4 ICES Statistical Areas 2014-05-16 creation VIIa ICES Statistical Areas 2014-05-16 creation VIa SeaDataNet vertical extent keywords 2010-01-01 revision benthic boundary layer SeaDataNet vertical extent keywords 2010-01-01 revision circalittoral SeaDataNet vertical extent keywords 2010-01-01 revision deep circalittoral SeaDataNet vertical extent keywords 2010-01-01 revision infralittoral SeaDataNet vertical extent keywords 2010-01-01 revision littoral -7.3570 -4.9181 53.9341 55.5324 2016-12-16 2029-12-31 Marine InfoRequests Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Generic Mailbox Marine.InfoRequests@daera-ni.gov.uk distributor https://www.opendatani.gov.uk/dataset/http-https-www-daera-ni-gov-uk-topics-marine https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk A link to the web service or dataset https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/topics/marine http://https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/topics/marine The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Marine and Fisheries webpage dataset Data Specification on Protected Sites - Draft Guidelines 2008-12-19 publication See the referenced specification true The Marine and Fisheries Division is a division of Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) and is responsible for the protection, conservation and sustainable management of Northern Ireland’s marine areas. Through its various activities, the Department generates and maintains spatial datasets which underpin the evidence base informing the agency’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.