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This dataset was first added to MfE Data Service on 19 Oct 2016.
New Zealand’s four million km2 marine environment is diverse, with a range of coastal habitats and offshore seabed environments. There are also many marine species unique to New Zealand. Marine protected areas conserve or manage some of these unique habitats and species, while a range of other tools also provide marine protection. We report on the area covered by these tools as an indirect measure to understand the state of the marine environment.
Benthic protection areas (protected seabed areas) are one of the marine protection tools used. They are designated areas in the exclusive economic zone, which extends from the 12 nautical mile seaward limit of the territorial sea to the 200 nautical mile limit. Bethnic protection areas protect seabed habitats through the prohibition of bottom trawling and dredging. There are some areas where seamount closures overlap with benthic protection areas. In these cases the seamount closure restrictions apply.
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand
You may use this work for commercial purposes.
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1. | Data quality information for Benthic protection areas | 238 KB |
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Category | Environmental Reporting > Marine > Habitats |
Tags | BOUNDARIES, ECOLOGY-Habitat, FAUNA-Vertebrates, MARINE, MARINE-Biology, New Zealand, Our Marine Environment 2016 |
Regions | Fiordland |
Metadata | ISO 19115/19139, Dublin Core |
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Layer ID | 53494 |
Data type | Vector multipolygon | Feature count | 17 |
Attributes | MFISH_ID, IDENTIFIER, AREA_NAME, INSTRUMENT, SECTIONREF, RULEREF, SUBRULEREF, ACCURACY, AREA_KM2, QA, QA_NOTE, ALERT, MAPPINGNOT, RESTRICTIO, RESTRICT0, NORTHERN, SOUTHERN, EASTERN, WESTERN, TYPE, Status, Comments, Shape_Length |
Services | Vector Query API, Web Feature Service (WFS), Catalog Service (CS-W), data.govt.nz Atom Feed |
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Added | 19 Oct 2016 |
Revisions | 8 - Browse all revisions |
Current revision | Imported on Oct. 19, 2016 from Geodatabase in WGS 84 / Pseudo-Mercator. |
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