cfa549c4fe4aa32d9d9bd9d427f40951 English dataset Koen Vanstaen Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory +44 (0)1502 562244 +44 (0)1502 513865 Pakefield Road Lowestoft NR33 OHT koen.vanstaen@cefas.co.uk pointOfContact 2021-05-05 MEDIN Discovery metadata standard 2.3.8 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4936 Defra UK Marine Strategy Area, Sub-Regions and Charting Progress 2 Assessment Areas (published November 2012) 2012-11-06 publication 2012-11-06 creation 2012-11-13 revision defra0001 Shapefile delineating the United Kingdom (UK) Marine Stategy Framework Directive (MSFD) marine strategy area, MSFD subregions for the Greater North Sea and Celtic Seas and reporting areas used in Charting Progress 2 and the UK MSFD Initial Assessment. Koen Vanstaen Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory +44 (0)1502 562244 +44 (0)1502 513865 Pakefield Road Lowestoft NR33 OHT koen.vanstaen@cefas.co.uk originator Richard Emmerson Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) Nobel House 17 Smith Square London SW1P 3JR richard.emmerson@defra.gsi.gov.uk custodian asNeeded Geographic Information System Marine Environmental Data and Information Network Habitats and biotopes GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-01-06 revision Habitat characterisation SeaDataNet P021 parameter discovery vocabulary 2009-11-16 revision environment oceans International Standards Organisation ISO19115 Topic Categories 2005-04-27 revision Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units INSPIRE THEMES 2011-02-16 creation no conditions apply otherRestrictions available under Open Government Licence English biota -23.9481 3.4000 48.1677 63.8908 2012-11-06 2012-11-06 Richard Emmerson Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) Nobel House 17 Smith Square London SW1P 3JR richard.emmerson@defra.gsi.gov.uk distributor https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/download/asset/228/generic/ A link to the web service or dataset dataset This dataset was produced using a number of datasets supplied to Cefas. This included the boundary of the MSFD area (based on the UK Renewable Energy Zone and limits of the UK continental shelf), Water Framework Directive (WFD), Coastal and Transitional waterbodies (supplied by Environment Agency, Scottish Environmental Protection Agency and Northern Ireland Environment Agency) and using boundaries between Charting Progress 2 reporting areas. The attributes were developed in line with MSFD reporting requirements.