b9a73b4dd7f877f6a1a123ff07fb619e English dataset Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Data contact Marine.InfoRequests@daera-ni.gov.uk pointOfContact 2020-10-12 MEDIN Discovery metadata standard 2.3.8 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 DAERA Water Framework Directive Shellfish Waters Protected Areas 2020-10-12 publication 2020-10-12 creation 2020-10-12 revision DAERA-SWPA The Shellfish Water Directive (2006/113/EC) was repealed in 2013 and the responsibility for the legislative protection of shellfish waters was subsumed into the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC). Under the Water Framework Directive existing shellfish waters became designated Shellfish Water Protected Areas. In Northern Ireland there are 10 Shellfish Water Protected Areas. These areas are designated for the protection of shellfish growth and production. Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Data contact Marine.InfoRequests@daera-ni.gov.uk originator Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Data contact Marine.InfoRequests@daera-ni.gov.uk custodian asNeeded Geographic Information System Marine Environmental Data and Information Network Human health and safety Hydrography Utility and government services GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-01-06 revision Marine UNESCO 2003-01-01 creation Pollution events Bacteria in biota SeaDataNet P021 parameter discovery vocabulary 2009-11-16 revision Protected Areas MEDIN 2012-02-14 creation Licensing Aquaculture GEMET 2011-07-06 creation Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units INSPIRE THEMES 2011-02-16 creation Bivalve molluscs Bivalves 2015-04-07 creation no conditions apply otherRestrictions No restrictions to public access English health inlandWaters Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas 2009-06-18 creation Irish Sea Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas 2009-06-18 creation Minches & Western Scotland SeaDataNet vertical extent keywords 2010-01-01 revision water column -7.3833 -5.2739 53.9639 55.3492 2016-01-01 2020-10-12 Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Data contact Marine.InfoRequests@daera-ni.gov.uk distributor http://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/articles/designated-shellfish-waters DAERA shellfish water protected areas An explanation of shellfish water protected areas in the context of the Water Framework Directive and river basin management plans. dataset This resource was created in 2016 by combining existing ArcGIS shapefiles and databases. This enabled the storage and capture of historical data with current data.