Title

British Marine Conservation Zones (MCZ) in the English Channel

Date (Publication)

2023-01-20

Citation identifier

DOI:10.12770/62d38428-b61f-49ef-bf2e-244988d4d8a2

Abstract

British Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) boundaries in the English Channel waters.

Credit

FISH INTEL Project - Interreg EU Channel-Manche

Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
UMR 6308 AMURE - UBO	Eider GRANER	eider.graner@univ-brest.fr	Author
University of Plymouth	Alice HALL	alice.hall@plymouth.ac.uk	Author
Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC			Product manager
University of Plymouth	Emma SHEEHAN	emma.sheehan@plymouth.ac.uk	Local service desk

Thèmes Sextant

• /Biological Environment/Habitats

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

• Habitats and biotopes

Keywords

• Marine Conservation Zones

Use limitation

Open Licence

Access constraints

Copyright

Use constraints

Copyright

Other legal constraints

Re-use of content is permitted free of charge, provided that the sources are acknowledged.

Copyrights Contains Joint Nature Conservation Committee data © copyright and database right [2019]. Contains Natural England data © copyright and database right [2019]. Environment Agency data © copyright and database right [2019]. Contains UK Hydrographic Office data © copyright and database right [2019]. FISH INTEL EU Interreg Channel-Manche project.

DO NOT USE FOR NAVIGATION.

Spatial representation type

Vector

Denominator

25000

Language

English

Character set

UTF8

Topic category

• Oceans

Unique resource identifier

EPSG:27700

Geometric object type

Surface

Distribution format

Name	Version

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
null	https://fishintel.ifremer.fr/	Site internet du projet FISH INTEL
null	https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/marine-conservation-research-group/fish-intel-interreg	FISH INTEL Website - University of Plymouth
WWW:LINK	https://ows.jncc.gov.uk/mpa_mapper/wms
OGC:WFS	https://sextant.ifremer.fr/services/wfs/fishintel
OGC:WMS	https://sextant.ifremer.fr/services/wms/fishintel	MCZ_UK_FISHINTEL

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Statement

This resource relates to a Web Map Service (WMS) layer showing Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) boundaries in UK waters - English Channel Area. The raw data layer was reworked as part of the FISH INTEL Interreg EU Channel project (https://fishintel.ifremer.fr/) to produce a map of ecosystem services and marine habitats in the Channel. These data are part of the catalogue ''FISH INTEL - Fisheries Innovation for sustainable INTerchannEL resources''. The original data was last updated in May 2019. JNCC have compiled this dataset using data from JNCC, Natural England, Northern Irish Environment Agency, Natural Resource Wales and the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office.

Marine Conservation Zones are designated under the Marine and Coastal Access Act (2009) or Marine Act (Northern Ireland) 2013. They protect nationally important marine wildlife, habitats, geology and geomorphology.

The layer is available to view on the JNCC MPA mapper and can also be accessed via our WMS: https://ows.jncc.gov.uk/mpa_mapper/wms

The MCZ boundaries are available to download from the following places:

Offshore MCZs – as part of the offshore MPA dataset

Welsh MCZs – http://lle.gov.wales/catalogue/item/ProtectedSitesMarineNatureReserves/?lang=en

English inshore MCZs – https://naturalengland-defra.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/marine-conservation-zones-england

Inshore Northern Irish MCZs – please contact Marine.InfoRequests@daera-ni.gov.uk

Metadata

File identifier

62d38428-b61f-49ef-bf2e-244988d4d8a2

Metadata language

English

Other language

Language	Character encoding
French	UTF8

Character set

UTF8

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Date stamp

2023-02-16T14:38:10.706Z

Metadata standard name

ISO 19115:2003/19139 - SEXTANT

Metadata standard version

1.0

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
UMR 6308 AMURE - UBO	Eider GRANER	eider.graner@univ-brest.fr	Author
University of Plymouth	Alice HALL	alice.hall@plymouth.ac.uk	Author
University of Plymouth	Emma SHEEHAN	emma.sheehan@plymouth.ac.uk	Local service desk