Northeast marine protected areas

The Marine Protected Areas Inventory (MPA Inventory) is a comprehensive geospatial database designed to catalog and classify marine protected areas within U.S. waters. The Inventory contains information on over 1,700 sites and is the only such comprehensive dataset in the nation.

The MPA Inventory was developed with extensive input from state and federal MPA programs and drawn from other publically available data.

Data and Resources

Field Value
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modified 2015-07-30T13:05:14.548000-04:00
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Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • affected-fishery
  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • areakm
  • as-of-2010
  • ckan
  • constancy
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  • noaa
  • north-america
  • northeast-region
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  • protection-type
  • side-id
  • site-name
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maintainer Rosner, Allison
maintainer_email allison.rosner@noaa.gov
metadata_created 2025-11-20T23:28:13.116893
metadata_modified 2025-11-20T23:28:13.116897
notes The Marine Protected Areas Inventory (MPA Inventory) is a comprehensive geospatial database designed to catalog and classify marine protected areas within U.S. waters. The Inventory contains information on over 1,700 sites and is the only such comprehensive dataset in the nation. The MPA Inventory was developed with extensive input from state and federal MPA programs and drawn from other publically available data.
num_resources 2
num_tags 25
title Northeast marine protected areas