gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:39998 eng UTF8 dataset Office of National Marine Sanctuaries resourceProvider MPA Data Manager 831-647-6462 831-647-1732 99 Pacific Street Monterey CA 93940 mpainventory@noaa.gov pointOfContact 2025-05-15T19:16:05 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) complex 1194 Defacto Marine Protected Areas of the United States Defacto MPAs 2008 2008-06 publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 39998 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/39998 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information https://marineprotectedareas.noaa.gov/dataanalysis/defacto/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Citation URL Online Resource download These data provide the spatial boundaries of DeFacto Marine Protected Areas in U.S. Waters. With nearly 1200 sites (for which GIS data are available), DFMPAs cover 3% of the U.S. waters, (0-200 nautical miles offshore), which includes the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), Territorial Sea, and state waters. DFMPAs range in size from less than one acre to more than 40,000 km2, though the vast majority is at the smaller end of this spectrum. Most of the small sites were created to provide places for vessels to anchor safely. Most of the large sites provide dedicated training and operation areas for various branches of the U.S. military, or facilitate the transfer of oil and gas to moored tanker vessels. As a first step towards creating a national system, the National Marine Protected Areas Center (MPA Center) is synthesizing information on all existing place-based marine spatial management efforts in the country, including those that were not implemented specifically for conservation purposes. This report gives the first nation-wide view of the number, size, type, and purpose of DFMPAs in the United States. It answers the question, How many DFMPAs exist in the United States, and how are they currently being used? completed MPA Data Manager 831-647-6462 831-647-1732 99 Pacific Street Monterey CA 93940 mpainventory@noaa.gov pointOfContact MPA Data Manager 831-647-6462 831-647-1732 99 Pacific Street Monterey CA 93940 mpainventory@noaa.gov custodian notPlanned Marine Boundaries Nautical Charting theme NOS Data Explorer Topic Category DeFacto MPAs Marine Protected Areas theme DOC/NOAA/NOS/NMS > National Marine Sanctuaries, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2017-04-24 publication 8.5 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 22. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian MPA_Inventory project InPort otherRestrictions Cite As: Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, [Date of Access]: Defacto Marine Protected Areas of the United States [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/39998. NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose. otherRestrictions Access Constraints: These data are publicly accessible and downloadable via http://www.mpa.gov otherRestrictions Use Constraints: The data are not to be used for navigation. otherRestrictions Distribution Liability: The MPA Center shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained in this database. These data and related graphics are not legal documents and are not intended to be used as such.The information contained in these data is dynamic and may change over time. The data are not better than the original sources from which they were derived. It is the responsibility of the data user to use the data appropriately and within the limitations of geospatial data in general, and these data in particular. unclassified NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA/NMFS/EDM 39998 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/onms/dmp/pdf/39998.pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. information crossReference vector eng; US boundaries oceans planningCadastre Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3500 -180 180 13.415645 61.146526 | Currentness: Publication Date 2008-06-01 Marine areas that are set aside for reasons other than conservation, such as economic, human health or safety, and protection of government or private property are called de facto MPAs (DFMPAs). These are places where activities are restricted by law for reasons other than conservation or natural resource management. Familiar examples include: safety, security, and danger zones, restricted areas, prohibited lightering areas, some anchorage grounds, and traffic separation schemes. false eng false DeFacto Attributes 2017-04-07 publication MPA Data Manager 831-647-6462 831-647-1732 99 Pacific Street Monterey CA 93940 mpainventory@noaa.gov distributor https://marineprotectedareas.noaa.gov/dataanalysis/defacto/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link https://marineprotectedareas.noaa.gov/dataanalysis/defacto/ Online Resource download dataset Completeness Report The inventory is complete as of June 2008. Conceptual Consistency 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 drawn from coordinates provided by governing agencies. Boundary data were collected from various sources, including NOAA Electronic Navigational Charts, Notices to Mariners, as well as the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Digital Nautical Charts. Where boundaries were not available in GIS formats, they were digitized from coordinates published in the Code of Federal Regulations, or from paper charts as needed. 2005-01-01T00:00:00