MPA_Inventory_GIS_Database

Metadata:

 Identification_Information

 Data_Quality_Information

 Spatial_Data_Organization_Information

 Spatial_Reference_Information

 Entity_and_Attribute_Information

 Distribution_Information

 Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: NOAA's Marine Protected Areas Center

Publication_Date: March 2008

Title: MPA_Inventory_GIS_Database

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Online_Linkage:

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Description:

Abstract:

The MPA Inventory is a comprehensive catalog that provides detailed information for existing

marine protected areas in the United States. The inventory provides geospatial boundary

information (in polygon format) and classification attributes that seek to define the conservation

objectives, protection level, governance and related management criteria for all sites in the

database. The comprehensive inventory of federal, state, and territorial MPA sites provides

governments and stakeholders with access to information to make better decisions about the

current and future use of place-based conservation. The information also will be used to inform the

development of the national system of marine protected areas as required by Executive Order

13158.

Purpose:

The inventory represents a collection of data compiled from various federal, state, tribal and

territorial entities to provide a publicly available source of comprehensive information on placebased marine conservation efforts under U.S. federal, state, territorial, local, and tribal jurisdiction.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: March 2008

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Annually

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -180.000000

East_Bounding_Coordinate: 180.000000

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 70.329973

South_Bounding_Coordinate: -14.609461

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Place-based Management

Theme_Keyword: Marine Protected Areas

Theme_Keyword: Marine Conservation Areas
Theme_Keyword: Ocean Conservation

Access_Constraints:

These data are to be made publically accessible and downloadable via hyperlink on the WWW.

Use_Constraints:

The data are not to be used for navigation. For more information, see the accuracy section.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: GIS Manager

Contact_Organization: NOAA MPAC

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: MPAINVENTORY@NOAA.GOV

Data_Set_Credit:

NOAA Marine Protected Areas Center in joint effort with the US Department of the Interior

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.5.1450

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Inventory data were collected from various sources at various spatial scales. The datasets collected

were not resampled and are presented in their original form as provided from the contributing

agencies, with the exception for a variety of sites that were drawn from coordinates provided by

governing agencies.

Completeness_Report:

The inventory is complete as of March 2008. New and/or altered sites that are not currently

present in the database will be added annually, as data are made available. Please note that site

inclusion into the MPA inventory required that the site meet specific definition and conservation

criteria that are thoroughly detailed on the www.mpa.gov website.

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Metadata created.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: C:\MMA\MMA_ALL\Feb2008\MMA_all_0208.shp.xml

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Metadata imported.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: C:\MMA\MMA_ALL\MarineProtectedAreasInventory_Ma

rch2008.shp.xml

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 1372

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Map_Projection:

Map_Projection_Name: Eckert IV

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000000

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000000

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_WGS_1984
Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257224

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: MPA_Inventory_GIS_Database

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Site_Name

Attribute_Definition: Name of the Site

Attribute_Definition_Source: Governing Agency

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Gov_Level

Attribute_Definition:

Government Level - What level of government controls jurisdiction over the site, its holdings

and policies.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Governing Agency

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SITE_NAME

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: GOV_LEVEL

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SITE_ID

Attribute_Definition:

Identification given to each site for record keeping and data management

Attribute_Definition_Source: MPAC

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PROTECT_SC

Attribute_Definition: Scale of Protection

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: ES

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Ecosystem Scale

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: FS

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Focal Scale

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PROTECT_LE

Attribute_Definition: Protection Level

Attribute_Definition_Source: MPAC

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: NAL

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

No access MPAs restrict all human access in order to prevent potential ecological disturbance.

Types of no access MPAs are those that protect marine animals during sensitive life stages, or

serve as areas for research in the absence of any human activities

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: NIL

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

No Impact MPAs or zones that allow human access, but that prohibit all activities that could harm

the site’s resources or disrupt the ecological or cultural services they provide.

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: NTL

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
No Take MPAs or zones that allow human access and even some potentially harmful uses, but that

totally prohibit the extraction or significant destruction of natural or cultural resources.

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: UML

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Uniform Multiple Use MPAs or zones with a consistent level of protection and allowable

activities, including certain extractive uses, across the entire protected area.

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: ZML

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Zoned Multiple Use MPAs that allow some extractive activities throughout the entire site, but that

use marine zoning to allocate specific uses to compatible places or times in order to reduce user

conflicts and adverse impacts.

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: ZNL

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Zoned Multiple-Use With No-Take Area(s) are Multiple-use MPAs that contain at least one

legally established management zone in which all resource extraction is prohibited.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: CONSTANCY

Attribute_Definition: Constancy of Protection

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: YP

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Year Round Protection

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: RP

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Rotational Protection

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: SP

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Seasonal Protection

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: CONSERV_FO

Attribute_Definition: Conservation Focus

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: CH

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Cultural Heritage MPAs or zones established and managed wholly or in part to protect and

understand submerged cultural resources that reflect the nation's maritime history and traditional

cultural connections to the sea.

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: NH

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Natural Heritage MPAs or zones established and managed wholly or in part to sustain, conserve,

restore, and understand the protected area's natural biodiversity, populations, communities,

habitats, and ecosystems; the ecological and physical processes upon which they depend; and, the

ecological services, human uses and values they provide to this and future generations.

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: SP

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Sustainable Production MPAs or zones established and managed wholly or in part with the

explicit purpose of supporting the continued extraction of renewable living resources (such as fish,

shellfish, plants, birds, or mammals) that live within the MPA, or that are exploited elsewhere but

depend upon the protected area's habitat for essential aspects of their ecology or life history.

Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: NHCH

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Natural Heritage and Cultural Heritage

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: NHSP

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Natural Heritage and Sustainable Production

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PRIMARY_CF

Attribute_Definition: Primary Conservation Focus

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: NH

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Natural Heritage MPAs or zones established and managed wholly or in part to sustain, conserve,

restore, and understand the protected area's natural biodiversity, populations, communities,

habitats, and ecosystems; the ecological and physical processes upon which they depend; and, the

ecological services, human uses and values they provide to this and future generations.

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: CH

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Cultural Heritage MPAs or zones established and managed wholly or in part to protect and

understand submerged cultural resources that reflect the nation's maritime history and traditional

cultural connections to the sea.

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: SP

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Sustainable Production MPAs or zones established and managed wholly or in part with the

explicit purpose of supporting the continued extraction of renewable living resources (such as fish,

shellfish, plants, birds, or mammals) that live within the MPA, or that are exploited elsewhere but

depend upon the protected area's habitat for essential aspects of their ecology or life history.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FISH_RESTR

Attribute_Definition: Fishing Restrictions

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: NoRstr

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: No Restrictions to Fishing

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: ProAll

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: All Fishing Prohibited

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: ProCom

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Commercial Fishing Prohibited

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: ProRec

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Recreational Fishing Prohibited

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: ResAll

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: All Fishing Restricted

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: ResCom

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Commerical Fishing Restricted

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: ResRec

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Recreational Fishing Restricted

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: UnRstr
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Fishing Restrictions Unknown

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ESTABLISH_

Attribute_Definition: Year Site was Established

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PERMANENCE

Attribute_Definition: Permanence of Protection

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: PP

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Permanent Protection

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: CP

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Conditional Protection

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: areakm

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: MPAC GIS Manager

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Distribution_Liability:

The MPA Center shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or

contained in this database. These data and related graphics are not legal documents and are not

intended to be used as such.The information contained in these data is dynamic and may change

over time. The data are not better than the original sources from which they were derived. It is the

responsibility of the data user to use the data appropriately and within the limitations of geospatial

data in general, and these data in particular.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Transfer_Size: 135.891

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20080506

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: NOAA Marine Protected Areas Center

Contact_Person: MPAC GIS Manager

Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address

Address: 99 Pacific Street, Suite 100G

City: Monterey.

State_or_Province: CA

Postal_Code: 93940

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: MPAINVENTORY@NOAA.GOV

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Metadata_Extensions:

Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>

Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile

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