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Metadata: Possible Nature Conservation Marine Protected Areas (pMPA) within the 12 Nautical Mile Territorial Sea limit around Scotland.
Abstract:
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 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). The following URLs provide links to the consultation process websites: www.snh.gov.uk/mpa-consultation and www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/marine/marine-consultation Possible MPAs in offshore waters adjacent to Scotland (beyond the 12 nautical mile Territorial Sea limit) are also included in the consultation exercise. The Joint Nature Conservation Committee is the statutory adviser to the Scottish Government for offshore waters. The following URLs provide links to the relevant consultation process websites: www.jncc.defra.gov.uk/scottish-mpa-consultation and www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/marine/marine-consultation
Data holder:
Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), Headquaters
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Use constraints:
copyright, licence
Other details | ||
Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 5167 |
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) within the 12 Nautical Mile Territorial Sea limit around Scotland. |
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. | cdc5e1d0ff3525b71ae837eaa50c3b7b |
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'. | notPlanned |
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 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). The following URLs provide links to the consultation process websites: www.snh.gov.uk/mpa-consultation and www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/marine/marine-consultation Possible MPAs in offshore waters adjacent to Scotland (beyond the 12 nautical mile Territorial Sea limit) are also included in the consultation exercise. The Joint Nature Conservation Committee is the statutory adviser to the Scottish Government for offshore waters. The following URLs provide links to the relevant consultation process websites: 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 (date to be inserted). This dataset reflects those within territorial waters. Designating Authority in Scotland: Scottish Ministers. Role of SNH: SNH acts as the advisor to Government in proposing selected sites for Ministerial approval as possible MPAs. SNH then supports the consultation over proposed sites with owners, occupiers, planning authorities and other interested parties on behalf of the Scottish Ministers. Boundary definition process: The boundaries in the dataset have been subjected to a boundary setting exercise to ensure 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 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 | NDGO0005 | |
Keyword title | data.gov.uk | |
Keyword | 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 | 60.7954 |
East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -0.716 |
South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 54.9231 |
West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -8.2844 |
Regional sea | Irish Sea | |
Southern North Sea | ||
Northern North Sea | ||
Minches & Western Scotland | ||
Scottish Continental Shelf | ||
Rockall Trough & Bank | ||
Faroe-Shetland Channel | ||
Atlantic North West Approaches | ||
North Atlantic Ocean | ||
North Sea | ||
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 | 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 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 | Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), Headquaters | |
Individual name | Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) | |
Position name | Data Manager | |
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 | 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 | |
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. | copyright, licence |
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. | 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. | 2013-05-31 |
Date of creation | The date that the resource was created. | 2013-05-31 |
Harvest date | The date which this record has been (re)harvested from the provider. | 2024-04-14 |
Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2014-12-11 |
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 |