Description
The Marine (Scotland) Act and the UK Marine and Coastal Access Act include powers for Scottish Ministers to designate Nature Conservation Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in Scotland’s seas as part of a range of measures to manage and protect Scotland’s seas for current and future generations. JNCC and Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) have applied the Site Selection Guidelines to identify Nature Conservation MPAs that together with existing protected areas will form a network of MPAs. The process will also help Scotland meet its contribution to UK commitments under international conventions and legislation such as the Convention on Biological Diversity, and the OSPAR Convention for an ecologically coherent network of MPAs.
Licensing and Use
Download and Web service information
http://msmap1.atkinsgeospatial.com/geoserver/ows/nmp?
Layer name:
nmp:MPA_NC_Possible
This map layer has been supplied directly by Marine Scotland National Marine Plan interactive. You can obtain additional information about the layer on this page
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Date of data: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 |
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Date uploaded or last updated: Tuesday, August 11, 2015 |
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Page: 74 |
This map layer has been supplied directly by Marine Scotland National Marine Plan interactive. You can obtain additional information about the layer on this page
Layer name:nmp:MPA_NC_Possible