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Priority Marine Feature point and line data in offshore MPAs - WMS layers 2025

Abstract

These Web Map Service layers show point and line data for protected Priority Marine Features (PMFs) in offshore MPAs and Other Effective area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs) in Scottish waters. Priority Marine Features are habitats and species considered to be of conservation importance in Scotland's seas. They include many features which are characteristic of the Scottish marine environment. The data has been extracted from v5.18 of the Geodatabase of Marine features adjacent to Scotland (GeMS) and 1016S survey of Geikie Slide and Hebridean Slope.

WMS point layers are available for the following protected features:

  • Deep sea sponge aggregations - point data
  • Seamount communities -point data
  • Coral gardens - point data
  • Carbonate mound communities - point data
  • Offshore subtidal sands and gravels - point data
  • Offshore subtidal sands and gravels - line data
  • Burrowed mud and Offshore deep sea mud - point data (combined into a single layer with different symbology).
  • Burrowed mud and Offshore deep sea mud line data

These layers are available to view on the JNCC MPA mapper and can also be accessed via our WMS: https://mpa-ows.jncc.gov.uk/mpa_mapper/wms

Resource type Service

Topic category Biota

Reference date 2025·02·24

Lineage
v5.18 Geodatabase of Marine features adjacent to Scotland (GeMS) 1515S Survey of Geikie Slide and Hebridean slope.

Responsible organisation
Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC pointOfContact

Limitations on public access No limitations

Use constraints This data has been collated by NatureScot and Joint Nature Conservation Committee.

Metadata date 2025·02·24

Metadata point of contact
Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC

Temporal extent ·· 2016·05·12

Spatial extent
North 64
South 54
East 3
West -26
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