UK OSPAR Marine Protected Areas

This spreadsheet contains information on all UK OSPAR Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) that have been nominated to the OSPAR Commission.

The OSPAR Commission is promoting the establishment of a network of well-managed MPAs in the North-East Atlantic. JNCC and the other Statutory Nature Conservation Bodies have assessed the existing MPAs in UK waters (under both European and national conservation legislation) and identified those suitable for nomination as OSPAR MPAs. OSPAR MPAs in the UK therefore form all or part of an existing UK protected area, up to mean high water (or mean high water springs in Scotland). These include Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) with marine components, Special Protection Areas (SPAs) with marine components, Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs) and Nature Conservation Marine Protected Areas (NCMPAs).

This spreadsheet demonstrates the relationship between an MPA's OSPAR status and its underpinning or 'equivalent' UK designation; data on the OSPAR status of MPAs is provided in columns A-G and data on the underlying UK MPA designation is shown in columns H-J.

Please note that this spreadsheet also includes an OSPAR MPA submitted by the UK on behalf of the Isle of Man in 2012 (Ramsey Marine Nature Reserve). The Isle of Man is part of the UK contracting party under the OSPAR Convention.

This dataset is supported by a shapefile available at: http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/ProtectedSites/SACselection/gis_data/terms_conditions.asp

此电子表格收录了所有被提名至 OSPAR 委员会的英国 OSPAR 海洋保护区（MPA）的相关信息。OSPAR 委员会正在推动在北大西洋建立一套管理良好的海洋保护区网络。JNCC 及其他法定自然保护机构已评估了英国水域内现有的海洋保护区（包括欧洲和国内保护立法下的保护区），并确定了适合提名成为 OSPAR 海洋保护区的区域。因此，英国的 OSPAR 海洋保护区构成了现有英国保护区域的一部分或全部，直至平均高潮位（或苏格兰的平均高潮位春潮位）。这些包括具有海洋成分的特别保护区（SAC）、具有海洋成分的特殊保护区（SPA）、海洋保护区（MCZ）和自然保护海洋保护区（NCMPA）。此电子表格展示了海洋保护区的 OSPAR 状态与其基础或‘等效’的英国标识之间的关联；关于海洋保护区的 OSPAR 状态数据提供在 A-G 列，而关于基础英国海洋保护区标识的数据显示在 H-J 列。请注意，此电子表格还包括英国代表马恩岛于 2012 年提交的 OSPAR 海洋保护区（拉姆齐海洋自然保护区）。马恩岛是 OSPAR 条约下的英国缔约方的一部分。本数据集由可访问于以下网址的 shapefile 支持：http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/ProtectedSites/SACselection/gis_data/terms_conditions.asp