UK Offshore Marine Protected Areas

This resource contains boundary, site and feature information for designated UK Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Offshore MPAs include Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs), Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs), Scottish national MPAs, Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) with marine components and Special Protection Areas (SPAs) with marine components. JNCC is responsible for identifying and providing conservation advice on MPAs in UK offshore waters (beyond 12 nautical miles from the coast). Further information on offshore MPAs is available on our website: https://jncc.gov.uk/our-work/offshore-mpas/

A shapefile and spreadsheet are available for download. The shapefile contains site boundaries and associated site attribute information, including: site code, site name, site status, country, CP2 region, area (hectares), centroid lat/long (decimal degree), established date, lead agency and WDPA code. The spreadsheet provides the same site attribute data as well as information on the sites' protected features (including feature names, feature codes and species population types). Sites that straddle the inshore/offshore (UK Territorial Seas) limit are included in these datasets.

For further information please see the shapefile metadata and spreadsheet read-me (within the files).

本资源包含了指定英国海上海洋保护区（MPA）的边界、区域和特征信息。海上MPA包括海洋保护区（MCZ）、高度保护海洋区（HPMA）、苏格兰国家MPA、具有海洋成分的特别保护区（SAC）和具有海洋成分的特殊保护区（SPA）。JNCC负责识别并向英国海上水域（海岸线12海里以外）的MPA提供保护建议。有关海上MPA的更多信息，请访问我们的网站：https://jncc.gov.uk/our-work/offshore-mpas/。

本资源提供了可供下载的shapefile和电子表格。shapefile包含区域边界及相关属性信息，包括：区域代码、区域名称、区域状态、国家、CP2区域、面积（公顷）、质心经纬度（十进制度）、设立日期、主管机构和WDPA代码。电子表格提供了与shapefile相同的属性数据，以及有关保护特征的详细信息（包括特征名称、特征代码和物种种群类型）。跨越近岸/海上（英国领海）边界的区域也被包含在这些数据集中。

有关进一步信息，请参阅shapefile元数据和电子表格的阅读说明（包含在文件中）。