South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Marine Protected Area boundaries, 2019 update

This record comprises nine datasets related to the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) Marine Protected Area (MPA) review undertaken in 2019. The SGSSI MPA is one of the world's largest MPAs, and the 2019 review led to a significant extension of the MPA area to cover all of the SGSSI Maritime Zone totalling 1.24 million km2. Details of the new measures can be found within the legislation (SG Gazette No 1. Dated 31 January 2019: https://laws.gov.gs/gazettes), and the datasets here relate directly to these measures.

The following datasets are published here, for which further information can be found in the legislation linked above:

-The boundary of the SGSSI MPA/Maritime Zone
-No Take Zones for South Georgia
-No Take Zones for Clerke and Shag rocks
-No Take Zones for South Sandwich Islands
-No Take Zones for South Sandwich Islands trench
-No Take Zones for South of 60degS
-Benthic Closed Areas
-Pelagic Closed Areas
-Heavy Fuel Oil Prohibition line

The datasets are available as shapefiles.

This work has been funded directly by the Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.