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Tags
Marine Life Protection Act, Marine Managed Areas Improvement Act, Marine Spatial Planning, Bioregion, Marine Protected Areas, MarineBIOS, Managed Areas, MPAs
This data is a statewide compilation of California's MPA monitoring bioregions.
The 2018 Marine Protected Area Monitoring Action Plan identified three bioregions for long-term marine protected area (MPA) monitoring: the north coast (California/ Oregon border to San Francisco Bay, including the Farallon Islands), the central coast (San Francisco Bay to Point Conception), and the south coast (Point Conception to the U.S./Mexico border, including the Channel Islands). These regions are distinct from the original five Marine Life Protection Act planning regions in which baseline monitoring occurred; the establishment of the five MLPA planning regions was intended to facilitate an MPA design process capable of accommodating the distinctive social and geopolitical attributes along the California coast. The three bioregions in the Action Plan were designated based on biological, ecological, and habitat data gleaned from baseline monitoring.
The shoreline provided in this feature is a general approximation of the mean high tide line at the time of MPA implementation between 2007 and 2012. However, it is important to note that it is not based on any elevation (tidal) data and was hand drawn based on best available aerial imagery at the time. Due to the dynamic nature of coastal environments, these boundaries may not accurately reflect the current condition or exact demarcations of the coastline. The offshore boundary is based on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) three nautical mile maritime limit published on charts at that time.
Marine Region GIS Lab California Department of Fish and Wildlife
License: This work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ). Using the citation standards recommended for BIOS datasets ( https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Data/BIOS/Citing-BIOS ) satisfies the attribution requirements of this license.
Disclaimer: The State makes no claims, promises, or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, reliability, or adequacy of these data and expressly disclaims liability for errors and omissions in these data. No warranty of any kind, implied, expressed, or statutory, including but not limited to the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and freedom from computer virus, is given with respect to these data.
Extent
| West | -124.633769 | East | -116.707126 |
| North | 42.074092 | South | 32.491488 |
| Maximum (zoomed in) | 1:5,000 |
| Minimum (zoomed out) | 1:150,000,000 |
License: This work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ). Using the citation standards recommended for BIOS datasets ( https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Data/BIOS/Citing-BIOS ) satisfies the attribution requirements of this license.
Disclaimer: The State makes no claims, promises, or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, reliability, or adequacy of these data and expressly disclaims liability for errors and omissions in these data. No warranty of any kind, implied, expressed, or statutory, including but not limited to the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and freedom from computer virus, is given with respect to these data.