U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Marine Protected Areas

Provides a dataset of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Wildlife Refuges. The dataset includes polygons for each National Wildlife Refuge with a distinction between area that are Marine/Estuarine and those that are Terrestrial.

Data and Resources

Field Value
accessLevel public
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identifier 27d0f57a-d162-46b5-a596-7fe6ea24aeec
metadata_type geospatial
modified 2017-06-06
old-spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-179.150085449, -14.5597467422], [166.869598389, -14.5597467422], [166.869598389, 72.6071166992], [-179.150085449, 72.6071166992], [-179.150085449, -14.5597467422]]]}
publisher U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
resource-type Dataset
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source_hash ac6b15040172c4166d7d12b97fd0869aae861d8a
source_schema_version 1.1
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theme {geospatial}
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • boundary
  • ckan
  • estuary
  • fisheries-and-conservation
  • geo
  • geoss
  • marine
  • marine-protected-areas
  • national
  • natural-resources
  • north-america
  • oceans
  • united-states
  • water
isopen False
license_id notspecified
license_title License not specified
maintainer U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Natural Resource Program Center (Point of Contact)
maintainer_email daniel_konzek@fws.gov
metadata_created 2025-11-22T17:34:20.095722
metadata_modified 2025-11-22T17:34:20.095726
notes Provides a dataset of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Wildlife Refuges. The dataset includes polygons for each National Wildlife Refuge with a distinction between area that are Marine/Estuarine and those that are Terrestrial.
num_resources 7
num_tags 16
title U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Marine Protected Areas