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# The Marine Protected Areas Inventory

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The Marine Protected Areas Inventory (MPA Inventory) is a comprehensive geospatial database designed to catalog and classify marine protected areas within US waters. The Inventory contains information on over 1,600 sites and is the only such comprehensive dataset in the nation. The database has various applications for marine management and conservation, but its primary purpose is to maintain baseline information on MPAs to the assist in the development of the National System of MPAs, as defined in Executive Order 13158. This information should not be used for regulatory purposes; please consult the Federal Register for the official record. The MPA Inventory was developed with extensive input from state and federal MPA programs and drawn from other publically available data. The data and products derived from the Inventory are served in various formats accessed by the links below. The MPA Center is continually updating and verifying the Inventory data, so please contact uswith any new site information, existing site clarifications or updated spatial boundary data. The data and products derived from the Inventory are served in various formats accessed by the links below. Interactive Mapping Tool This NEW application provides online access to the MPA Inventory data through an interactive map environment. This tool can be used to view the MPA Inventory sites and associated data, query sites by specific conservation attributes or to search and view sites by region. Click here to launch the MPA Mapping Tool. (First time users, please expect a one-time delay while the application loads). Tabular Data The tabular data are current through January 2010 and include classification information on all 1, 619 sites in the MPA Inventory. These data are served in excel spreadsheet format (.xls) with FGDC compliant metadata describing the data fields and classification attributes. Click here to download the tabular data. GIS Spatial Data The GIS data for the MPA Inventory are current through January 2010 and include information on ~1,450 sites in the MPA Inventory for which GIS data are available. They are provided in shapefile [zip, 90MB] and ESRI geodatabase [zip, 41.6MB] formats with FGDC compliant metadata describing the data fields and classification attributes. Maps Followthis linkto explore various maps and analytical products that have been derived from the MPA Inventory data. Documents See links below for background documents and related resources for the MPA Inventory: Coastal and Ocean Management and Use Databases for Diverse Applications Snapshot of United States MPAs If you would like to propose the addition of an MPA to the MPA Inventory, please complete the form below and return to the MPA Inventory team

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