4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313135313836 English Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en 2026-03-03T16:43:04.337Z NRW 1.0 wel Latitude and Longitude (EPSG::4326) Reporting of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) Contribution to the UK Network Reporting of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) Contribution to the UK Network Cofnodi Cyfraniad Ardaloedd Morol dan Warchodaeth at Rwydwaith y DU CCW report to Welsh Government to support Government's Marine Protected Area reporting duty under section 124 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act (2009) 2012-11-30 NRW_DS115186 Section 124 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act (MCA Act) requires Welsh Government to report on the extent to which they have achieved the objectives in the Act to use conservation sites to contribute to a UK network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Initial reporting takes place in 2012 and subsequently every 6 years. The purpose of this data capture was to provide supporting information to the Welsh Government Marine Protected Areas of Wales in both the offshore and inshore marine environment. Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) have provided a report and supporting information to WG which provides an assessment of the representative and replication of the suite of Welsh MPAs, as well as a discussion of management and condition evidence to date. A copy of the data is archived at CCW as a record of the evidence provided for the initial reporting. Section 124 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act (MCA Act) requires Welsh Government to report on the extent to which they have achieved the objectives in the Act to use conservation sites to contribute to a UK network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Initial reporting takes place in 2012 and subsequently every 6 years. The purpose of this data capture was to provide supporting information to the Welsh Government Marine Protected Areas of Wales in both the offshore and inshore marine environment. Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) have provided a report and supporting information to WG which provides an assessment of the representative and replication of the suite of Welsh MPAs, as well as a discussion of management and condition evidence to date. A copy of the data is archived at CCW as a record of the evidence provided for the initial reporting. Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) Countryside Council for Wales, Maes y Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk http://naturalresourceswales.gov.uk/splash?orig=/ Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en Protected sites GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.httpinspireeceuropaeutheme-theme marine protected areas(marine consultation areas)(sensitive marine areas)seealso marine conservation&marine nature reserve evidence SSSI (Sites of Special Scientific Interest) Marine Recorder NRW Thesaurus 2023-12-31 geonetwork.thesaurus.local.theme.converted_nrw-keywords Administrative units SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2021-01-06 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.rdf+xml Integrated Public Sector Vocabulary 2013-04-03 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.subjects NRW SMNR Vocabulary 2023-12-27 geonetwork.thesaurus.local.theme.converted_nrw-smnr-keywords This data is comprised of a mixture of third party owned records and NRW records. NRW policies permits access to and release of this data under the same terms as its own data. There are no access restrictions on this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely. Part of this dataset is sensitive and restricted. The sensitive data is as follows Ostrea edulis, Palinurus elephas and Oyster Beds. Sensitive data must be kept confidential; general release is not permitted due to risk of harm to the environment or third parties. Sensitive data may only be released under an appropriate NRW Licence. Requests should be referred to NRW's Access to Information Officer. Data may be released freely if the sensitive records are removed in advance, or shown only at a coarser scale. no limitations © CNC/NRW and various third party recorders 2012. NRW owns the copyright of the collation, but the ownership of the records themselves rests with the originator. There are no use restrictions on this data. Recipients may re-use, reproduce, disseminate this data free of charge in any format or medium, provided they do so accurately, acknowledging both the source and the copyright of NRW/third party recorders and do not use it in a misleading context. It is the recipient's responsibility to ensure the data is fit for the intended purpose, that dissemination or publishing does not result in duplication and that it is fairly interpreted. Advice on interpretation should be sought where required. To avoid re-using old data, users should periodically obtain the latest version from the original source. English boundaries SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2021-01-06 benthic boundary layer Wales (WLS) -5.777741 -2.608865 51.240829 53.513067 2012-01-01 2012-11-30 Documents [A] Report in pdf format (saved in Ffynnon) DCT-12-501300 [B] A set of report images in jpg format. This includes MapInfo workspaces used to create the images [C] Spreadsheet data in xls format - representativity and replication assessment (includes a list dataset sources collated for section [D]). Wales MPA coherence list v2.xls [D] Habitats and species datasets in MapInfo format [E] A series of Processing notes in word .doc format. Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 This dataset has not been assessed for conformance to the referenced INSPIRE regulation. false This was a data collation exercise - please refer to the report for further details of the source data. Any data layers collated are accompanied by data processing notes. The CCW report is published under the following name "Welsh Marine Protected Areas: Contribution to the UK Network. CCW report to Welsh Government to support Government's Marine Protected Area reporting duty under section 124 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act (2009). November 2012". This was a data collation exercise - please refer to the report for further details of the source data. Any data layers collated are accompanied by data processing notes. The CCW report is published under the following name "Welsh Marine Protected Areas: Contribution to the UK Network. CCW report to Welsh Government to support Government's Marine Protected Area reporting duty under section 124 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act (2009). November 2012".