DeFacto Marine Protected Areas in U.S. Waters

ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3500 en These data provide the spatial boundaries of DeFacto Marine Protected Areas in U.S. Waters. With nearly 1200 sites (for which GIS data are available), DFMPAs cover 3% of the U.S. waters, (0-200 nautical miles offshore), which includes the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), Territorial Sea, and state waters. DFMPAs range in size from less than one acre to more than 40,000 km2, though the vast majority is at the smaller end of this spectrum. Most of the small sites were created to provide places for vessels to anchor safely. Most of the large sites provide dedicated training and operation areas for various branches of the U.S. military, or facilitate the transfer of oil and gas to moored tanker vessels. As a first step towards creating a national system, the National Marine Protected Areas Center (MPA Center) is synthesizing information on all existing place-based marine spatial management efforts in the country, including those that were not implemented specifically for conservation purposes. This report gives the first nation-wide view of the number, size, type, and purpose of DFMPAs in the United States. It answers the question, How many DFMPAs exist in the United States, and how are they currently being used? Marine areas that are set aside for reasons other than conservation, such as economic, human health or safety, and protection of government or private property are called de facto MPAs (DFMPAs). These are places where activities are restricted by law for reasons other than conservation or natural resource management. Familiar examples include: safety, security, and danger zones, restricted areas, prohibited lightering areas, some anchorage grounds, and traffic separation schemes. NOAA Marine Protected Areas Center June 2008 DeFacto Marine Protected Areas in U.S. Waters df_all_regions vector digital data withheld publication date June 2008 Complete None planned -180.000000 180.000000 61.146526 13.415645 -6779346.759380 7156481.243830 1758719.605289 7091698.974723 MPAs Marine Protected Areas DeFacto MPAs These data are to be made publically accessible and downloadable via hyperlink on the WWW. The data are not to be used for navigation. Shapefile Mimi D'Iorio NOAA MPAC GIS Database Manager mailing and physical address

99 Pacific Street, Suite 100F

Monterey CA 93940 831-645-2703 831-242-2051 mimi.diorio@noaa.gov 8am-5pm Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.9.1.28388 De Facto MPAs - NOAA -160.596577 -154.989963 22.107267 19.722176 1 -180 180 61.146526 13.415645 1 002 As a first step towards creating a national system, the National Marine Protected Areas Center (MPA Center) is synthesizing information on all existing place-based marine spatial management efforts in the country, including those that were not implemented specifically for conservation purposes. This report gives the first nation-wide view of the number, size, type, and purpose of DFMPAs in the United States. It answers the question, How many DFMPAs exist in the United States, and how are they currently being used? <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>These data provide the spatial boundaries of DeFacto Marine Protected Areas in Hawaiian waters. Downloaded from NOAA De Facto Marine Protected Areas website (https://marineprotectedareas.noaa.gov/dataanalysis/defacto/) by Hawaii Statewide GIS staff, Mar 10, 2025. Projected to Hawaii Statewide GIS standard projection (Nad 83 UTM Zone 4, HARN) and clipped to Hawaii and the Pacific. DFMPAs cover 3% of the U.S. waters, (0-200 nautical miles offshore), which includes the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), Territorial Sea, and state waters. DFMPAs range in size from less than one acre to more than 40,000 km2, though the vast majority is at the smaller end of this spectrum. Most of the small sites were created to provide places for vessels to anchor safely. Most of the large sites provide dedicated training and operation areas for various branches of the U.S. military, or facilitate the transfer of oil and gas to moored tanker vessels. Visit https://marineprotectedareas.noaa.gov/dataanalysis/defacto/ for more information about this layer, and https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/41962 for information about layer attributes. Also see https://files.hawaii.gov/dbedt/op/gis/data/MPA_noaa_de_facto.pdf </SPAN><SPAN>or contact the Hawaii Statewide GIS Program, Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, State of Hawaii; PO Box 2359, Honolulu, Hi. 96804; (808) 587-2846; email: gis@hawaii.gov; Website: https://planning.hawaii.gov/gis.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> Marine Protected Areas DeFacto MPAs Hawaii NOAA, National Ocean Service, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Marine Protected Areas Center <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>The data are not to be used for navigation.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> en FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata FGDC-STD-001-1998 local time Mimi D'Iorio NOAA MPA Center REQUIRED: The mailing and/or physical address for the organization or individual. REQUIRED: The city of the address. REQUIRED: The state or province of the address. REQUIRED: The ZIP or other postal code of the address. 831.645.2703 20100402 ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata DIS_ESRI1.0 dataset Downloadable Data 11.996 11.996 002 withheld Local Area Network 11.996 Shapefile File Geodatabase Feature Class 11.996 Vector Simple FALSE 0 TRUE FALSE GCS_WGS_1984 World_Eckert_IV coordinate pair meters 0.000000 0.000000 D_WGS_1984 WGS_1984 6378137.000000 298.257224 World_Eckert_IV EPSG 6.13(10.0.0) 0 MPA_noaa_de_facto Feature Class 0 Database of defacto MPA geospatial data MPAC OBJECTID OBJECTID OID 4 0 0 Internal feature number. ESRI Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Shape Shape Geometry 0 0 0 Feature geometry. ESRI Coordinates defining the features. 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