BalticSea:Marine Protected Areas

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Metadata

Marine Protected Areas

File:Layer Marine Protected Areas.png
Layer Info
Category	Ecology
Subcategory	Protected areas
Editable	Yes
Data type	Polygons
Types or Values
No protection
Active Demersal Fleet Protection
Passive Demersal Fleet Protection
Pelagic Fleet Protection

Description

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Data Source

HELCOM

Original Title

Baltic Sea Protected Areas

Description

"This dataset contains borders of the HELCOM MPAs (former Baltic Sea Protected Areas (BSPAs). The dataset has been compiled from data submitted by HELCOM Contracting Parties. It includes the borders of designated HELCOM MPAs stored in the HELCOM Marine Protected Areas database. The designation is based on the HELCOM Recommendation 15/5 (1994)."

Description retrieved from HELCOM's metadata page for this resource (2021-08-26).

Creation Date

Creation date not available. Latest update: 2017-03-30.

Methodology

Geometry simplification to speed up rendering, very small areas were deleted.