NZ Coastal Marine Biogeographic Regions

These Nearshore Biogeographic regions were created using the LINZ calculated 12 Nautical Mile Territorial Sea boundary. The regions were divided up using the NMCI and were last updated 10th October 2007. For more information, please refer https://www.doc.govt.nz/about-us/science-publications/conservation-publications/marine-and-coastal/marine-protected-areas/marine-protected-areas-classification-protection-standard-and-implementation-guidelines/andhttps://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/conservation/marine-and-coastal/marine-protected-areas/mpa-classification-protection-standard.pdf