FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: MARINE PROTECTED AREAS (MPA) INVENTORY SITES IN FLORIDA - 2011

Geodataset Name:       MPA_MAR11
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Polygon
Feature Count:         
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
The MPA Inventory is a comprehensive catalog that provides detailed information for existing marine protected areas in the United States. The inventory provides geospatial boundary information (in polygon format) and classification attributes that seek to define the conservation objectives, protection level, governance and related management criteria for all sites in the database. The comprehensive inventory of federal, state and territorial MPA sites provides governments and stakeholders with access to information to make better decisions about the current and future use of place-based conservation. The information also will be used to inform the development of the national system of marine protected areas as required by Executive Order 13158. This is an update to the mpa_mar10 layer.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Protected Areas Center
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Varies
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida
PUBLICATION DATE: 20110311 TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT: 20110311 DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: MPA_MAR11.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE
OBJECTID_1
4 OID
OBJECTID
4 Integer
Shape
4 Geometry
Site_ID
10 String
Area_KM_To
8 Double
Area_KM_Ma
8 Double
Site_Name
254 String
Site_Label
254 String
Gov_Level
254 String
NS_Full
254 String
Prot_Lvl
254 String
Mgmt_Plan
254 String
Mgmt_Agen
254 String
Fish_Rstr
254 String
Pri_Con_Fo
254 String
Prot_Focus
254 String
Permanence
254 String
Constancy
254 String
Estab_Yr
254 String
URL
254 String
Vessel
254 String
Anchor
254 String
Cons_Focus
254 String
URL_Viewer
150 String
DESCRIPT
91 String
FGDLAQDATE
36 Date
AUTOID
4 Integer
SHAPE.AREA
0 Double
SHAPE.LEN
0 Double

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
OBJECTID_1 Internal feature number.

OBJECTID Internal feature number.

Shape Feature geometry.

Site_ID Unique site identifier assigned by MPAC

Area_KM_To Area of the protected area in square kilometers, including any terrestrial portions where applicable

Area_KM_Ma Area of the marine component of the protected area in square kilometers. This value is unofficial, calculated by clipping the polygon to the NOAA Medium Resolution (~80k) shoreline polygon.

Site_Name Official name of the MPA

Site_Label Abbreviated site name.

Gov_Level Level of government responsible for designating and managing the site
Federal = MPA is designated and managed by a federal agency

State = MPA is designated and managed by a state agency

Territorial = MPA is designated and managed by a territorial agency

Local = MPA is designated and managed by a local agency

Partnership = MPA is designated and managed by multiple agencies at more than one level of government


NS_Full Status of the site with respect to the National System of MPAs
Member = Site has been approved as a National System MPA

Not Eligible = Site does not meet eligibility criteria for the National System

Eligible = Site meets eligibility criteria for the National System

Nominated = Site has been nominated, and is currently under consideration for entry to the National System


Prot_Lvl Level of legal protection afforded to the site's natural and cultural resources and ecological processes
Uniform Multiple Use = MPAs or zones with a consistent level of protection and allowable activities, including certain extractive uses, across the entire protected area

Zoned Multiple Use = MPAs that allow some extractive activities throughout the entire site, but that use marine zoning to allocate specific uses to compatible places or times in order to reduce user conflicts and adverse impacts

Zoned w/No Take Areas = Multiple-use MPAs that contain at least one legally established management zone in which all resource extraction is prohibited

No Access = MPAs or zones that restrict all human access to the area in order to prevent potential ecological disturbance, unless specifically permitted for designated special uses such as research, monitoring or restoration

No Impact = MPAs or zones that allow human access, but that prohibit all activities that could harm the site's resources or disrupt the ecological or cultural services they provide. Examples of activities typically prohibited in no-impact MPAs include resource extraction of any kind (fishing, collecting, or mining); discharge of pollutants; disposal or

No Take = MPAs or zones that allow human access and even some potentially harmful uses, but that totally prohibit the extraction or significant destruction of natural or cultural resources.  This includes Papahanuamokuakea Marine National Monument, which allows very limited subsistence fishing activities by Native Hawaiians by permit.

To Be Determined = MPA or zone that has been established, but has not yet officially designated it's specific level of protection.


Mgmt_Plan The type of management plan developed for the site
Site-Specific Management Plan = A management plan has been developed specifically for the site

MPA Programmatic Management Plan = A management plan has been developed for a broader MPA program, which includes the site

Non-MPA Programmatic Species Management Plan = A species management plan has been developed, which includes the management of the site

Non-MPA Programmatic Fisheries Management Plan = A fisheries management plan has been developed, which includes the management of the site

Non-MPA Programmatic Habitat Management Plan = A habitat management plan has been developed, which includes the management of the site

Community Agreement = A verbal or written community agreement has been reached for the management of the site

No Management Plan = No management plan has been developed for the site, or the management plan is still in draft form


Mgmt_Agen Agency responsible for managing the site

Fish_Rstr Level of restrictions on commercial and/or recreational fishing
Commercial and Recreational Fishing Prohibited = MPAs or zones prohibit any type of fishing throughout the site, including both commercial and recreational

Commercial and Recreational Fishing Restricted = MPAs or zones place some type of restriction on all types of fishing, including both commercial and recreational. The level of restriction may vary throughout the MPA according to different zones or areas

Commercial Fishing Prohibited = MPAs or zones prohibit any type of commercial fishing. Recreational fishing may be allowed

Commercial Fishing Prohibited and Recreational Fishing Restricted = MPAs or zones prohibit any type of commercial fishing and place some type of restriction on recreational fishing

Commercial Fishing Restricted = MPAs or zones place some type of restriction on commercial fishing, which might vary throughout the MPA according to different zones or areas. Recreational fishing may be unrestricted

Commercial Fishing Restricted and Recreational Fishing Prohibited = MPAs or zones prohibit any type of recreational fishing and place some type of restriction on commercial fishing

No Site Restrictions = MPAs or zones place no restrictions on any type of fishing throughout the site, including both commercial and recreational

Recreational Fishing Prohibited = MPAs or zones prohibit any type of recreational fishing. Commercial fishing may be allowed

Recreational Fishing Restricted = MPAs or zones place some type of restriction on recreational fishing, which might vary throughout the MPA according to different zones or areas. Commercial fishing may be unrestricted

Unknown = MPAs or zones with unknown fishing restrictions


Pri_Con_Fo Defines the primary characteristics of the area that the MPA was established to conserve.
Natural Heritage = MPAs or zones established and managed wholly or in part to sustain, conserve, restore, and understand the protected area's natural biodiversity, populations, communities, habitats, and ecosystems; the ecological and physical processes upon which they depend; and, the ecological services, human uses and values they provide to this and future generations.

Cultural Heritage = MPAs or zones established and managed wholly or in part to protect and understand submerged cultural resources that reflect the nation's maritime history and traditional cultural connections to the sea.

Sustainable Production = MPAs or zones established and managed wholly or in part with the explicit purpose of supporting the continued extraction of renewable living resources (such as fish, shellfish, plants, birds, or mammals) that live within the MPA, or that are exploited elsewhere but depend upon the protected area s habitat for essential aspects of their ecology or life history (feeding, spawning, mating, or nursery grounds).


Prot_Focus Ecological scale of site conservation targets
Ecosystem = MPAs or zones whose legal authorities and management measures are intended to protect all of the components and processes of the ecosystem within its boundaries

Focal Resource = MPAs or zones whose legal authorities and management measures specifically target a particular habitat, species complex, or single resource (either natural or cultural)


Permanence Classification of the permanence of the site
Permanent = MPAs or zones whose legal authorities provide some level of protection to the site in perpetuity for future generations, unless reversed by unanticipated future legislation or regulatory actions

Conditional = MPAs or zones that have the potential, and often the expectation, to persist administratively over time, but whose legal authority has a finite duration and must be actively renewed or ratified based on periodic governmental reviews of performance

Temporary = MPAs that are designed to address relatively short-term conservation and/or management needs by protecting a specific habitat or species for a finite duration, with no expectation or specific mechanism for renewal


Constancy Classification of the constancy of the site throughout the year
Year-Round = MPAs or zones that provide constant protection to the site throughout the year

Seasonal = MPAs or zones that protect specific habitats and resources, but only during fixed seasons or periods when human uses may disrupt ecologically sensitive seasonal processes such as spawning, breeding, or feeding aggregations

Rotating = MPAs or zones that cycle serially and predictably among a set of fixed geographic areas in order to meet short-term conservation or management goals (such as local stock replenishment followed by renewed exploitation of recovered populations)


Estab_Yr The year the site was officially designated or established

URL Website for the MPA created by the managing agency.

Vessel Describes if vessel access is allowed within the MPA.
Unrestricted = The site allows vessel access.

Restricted = The site allows some vessel traffic, with restrictions.

Prohibited = Vessel traffic within the site is prohibited.


Anchor Describes whether anchoring in the site is permitted.
Unrestricted = The site allows ship anchoring.

Restricted = The site allows some anchoring, with restrictions.

Prohibited = Anchoring within the site is prohibited.


Cons_Focus Undefined by source.

URL_Viewer Undefined by source.

DESCRIPT Based on Site_Name.

FGDLAQDATE The date GeoPlan acquired the data from the source.

AUTOID Unique ID added by GeoPlan

SHAPE.AREA Area in meters

SHAPE.LEN Perimeter in meters


USER NOTES:
Inventory data were collected from various sources at various spatial scales. The datasets
collected were not resampled and are presented in their original form as provided from the
contributing agencies, with the exception for a variety of sites that were digitized from
coordinates provided by governing agencies.
This version of the MPA Inventory contains geospatial boundaries for 1,510 of the 1,680
identified marine protected areas, and is considered complete as of March 2011. New
and/or altered sites that are not currently present in the database will be added annually, as
data are made available. Please note that site inclusion into the MPA inventory required
that the site meet specific definition and conservation criteria that are thoroughly detailed
on the www.mpa.gov website.
GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within
the original data.
This dataset consists of original boundaries as represented by the managing agencies,
including any terrestrial components of the protected areas. Only the sub-tidal components
of the areas meet the definition of an MPA. Version Notes: 2011: This version contains
boundary updates during the 2010 calendar year. Boundaries were added for new MPAs
created in California. Boundaries for Hawaii, American Samoa, Florida and National
Marine Fisheries Service MPAs were added for sites already in the MPA Inventory. All
National Park Service and National Estuarine Research Reserve and some National
Wildlife Refuge boundaries were updated with original data. 2010: This version contains
boundaries for all sites from authoritative sources as updated between 6/2009-12/2009.
New data have been added for multiple states and territories, including Alaska, Florida,
Maryland, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania, US Virgin Islands and
Wisconsin. Numerous shipwreck sites represented as latitude/longitude coordinate points
were converted to polygons using a 300-meter radius buffer. NMFS sites have been verified
against US Code of Federal Regulations.

The inventory represents a collection of data compiled from various federal, state, tribal
and territorial entities to provide a publicly available source of comprehensive information
on place-based marine conservation efforts under U.S. federal, state, territorial, local, and
tribal jurisdiction.

MPA - Data were collected using methods that have unknown accuracy

This data is provided 'as is' and its vertical positional accuracy
has not been verified by GeoPlan

The data are not to be used for navigation.  For more information, see the accuracy section.

The Florida Geographic Data Library is a collection of Geospatial Data
compiled by the University of Florida GeoPlan Center with support from
the Florida Department of Transportation. GIS data available in FGDL is
collected from various state, federal, and other agencies (data sources)
who are data stewards, producers, or publishers. The data available in
FGDL may not be the most current version of the data offered by the
data source. University of Florida GeoPlan Center makes no guarantees
about the currentness of the data and suggests that data users check
with the data source to see if more recent versions of the data exist.

Furthermore, the GIS data available in the FGDL are provided 'as is'.
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or representations as to the truth, accuracy or completeness of the data
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A note about data scale: 

Scale is an important factor in data usage.  Certain scale datasets
are not suitable for some project, analysis, or modeling purposes.
Please be sure you are using the best available data. 

1:24000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the
county level.
1:24000 data should NOT be used for high accuracy base mapping such
as property parcel boundaries.
1:100000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the
multi-county or regional level.
1:125000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the
regional or state level or larger.

Vector datasets with no defined scale or accuracy should be
considered suspect. Make sure you are familiar with your data
before using it for projects or analysis. Every effort has been
made to supply the user with data documentation. For additional
information, see the References section and the Data Source Contact
section of this documentation. For more information regarding
scale and accuracy, see our webpage at:
http://geoplan.ufl.edu/education.html

REFERENCES:
The National System of Marine Protected Areas
http://mpa.gov/

The National System of Marine Protected Areas - Data & Analysis
http://mpa.gov/dataanalysis/

Executive Order 13158
Presidential Documents
Executive Order 13158 of May 26, 2000
Marine Protected Areas
http://ceq.hss.doe.gov/nepa/regs/eos/eo13158.html

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
GIS data for all sites were collected from authoritative sources. Data were
either downloaded from public websites, requested directly from MPA
managers or digitized based on legal definitions (e.g. US Code of Federal
Regulations).
Process Date: 200912

All sites were reviewed by MPA Center to ensure a match between GIS data and MPA Inventory description. Process Date: 200912
All data were reprojected to WGS 1984, decimal degrees. Process Date: 200912
Boundaries for all 2010 updated sites were compiled. Process Date: 20110228
All new site data were merged into a single shapefile with existing sites. Process Date: 20110228
MPA Inventory shapefile was dissolved to one multipart polygon per site. Process Date: 20110228
MPA Inventory attribute data were appended to shapefile. Process Date: 20110308
The GeoPlan Center downloaded the dataset from the following NOAA Website on January 5th, 2012; National Marine Protected Areas Center Website http://www.mpa.gov/dataanalysis/mpainventory/. The feature class was packaged in a geodatabase and named MPA_Inventory_Sites_2011_0314_WGSDD_FIN. The feature class was in the WGS_1984 geographical coordinate system. GeoPlan, during the QA/QC process included the following aspects: - Projected data to FGDL Albers HPGN and exported the feature class as a shapefile. - Selected data fell within proximity of the coast of Florida. Some polygons had to be cut in an edit session in order to extract the relevant data. - Added DESCRIPT item added based on Site_Name. - Added and populated FGDLAQDATE. - Upcased all character records. Process Date: 20110106
MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS:

Projection                          ALBERS
Datum                               HPGN
Units                               METERS
Spheroid                            GRS1980
1st Standard Parallel               24  0  0.000
2nd Standard Parallel               31 30  0.000
Central Meridian                   -84 00  0.000
Latitude of Projection's Origin     24  0  0.000
False Easting (meters)              400000.00000
False Northing (meters)             0.00000

DATA SOURCE CONTACT (S):

Name:
Abbr. Name:
Address:


Phone:

Web site:
E-mail:
Contact Person:
         Phone:
        E-mail:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Protected Areas Center
NOAA MPAC
99 Pacific Street, Suite 100F
Monterey, CA
93940
831-242-2050

http://www.mpa.gov/dataanalysis/mpainventory/ MPAINVENTORY@NOAA.GOV MPAC GIS Manager

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