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Quality Assurance/Quality Control of New MPA Inventory Data

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Marine and Coastal Management Agencies – Invitation to QA/QC New MPA Inventory Data

To improve the capabilities of the MPA Inventory database and to reflect the best available information on MPA resources and management, the MPA Inventory has been enhanced to incorporate data on physical, cultural and ecological resources; scientific monitoring activities; major management activities; and legal authority data at the site level. While aimed at improving the quality and depth of the information available for MPAs, this effort is not designed to characterize all the specific resources within each site, but rather to summarize the resource groups present and the variety of management strategies applied to protect natural and cultural resources in MPAs at regional and national scales. These improvements to the MPA Inventory will link existing spatial data with new cultural and natural resource (presence/absence) data to better describe the legal protection, biological composition and resource representation of U.S. MPAs.

This data collection effort has recently been concluded. To ensure accurate reporting, these data are being reviewed as part of a quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) effort within the MPA Center.

Inventory Expansion of QA/QC Effort

We invite program representatives of MPA sites at both the Federal and State level to review these data and comment on the validity and accuracy of data as it has been represented. Corrections should be sent to mpainventory@noaa.gov.

These data are available in downloadable PDF documents listed below.

Data for National MPA Programs

Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management (BOEM)

Marine National Monuments (MNM)

National Estuarine Research Reserves (NERR)

National Marine Fisheries (NMF)

National Park Service (NPS)

National Wildlife Refuges (NWR)

National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS)

U.S. Navy

 

Data for State and Territorial MPA Programs

Alaska State Sites (includes)

• Alaska Department of Fish and Game

American Samoa State Sites (includes)

• American Samoa Department of Commerce
• American Samoa Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources
• American Samoa Department of Parks and Recreation

Connecticut State Sites (includes)

• Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection

Delaware State Sites (includes)

• Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental control

Florida State Sites (includes)

• Florida Department of State, Division of Historical Resources, Bureau of Archaeological Research
• Florida Department of Environmental Protection
• Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

Georgia State Sites (includes)

• Georgia Department of Natural Resources

Guam State Sites (includes)

• Guam Department of Agriculture

Hawaii State Sites (includes)

• Hawaii Department of Lands and Natural Resources

Illinois State Sites (includes)

• Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Indiana State Sites (includes)

• Indiana Department of Natural Resources

Louisiana State Sites (includes)

• Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries

Massachusetts State Sites (includes)

• Massachusetts – Massachusetts Board of Underwater Archaeological Resources
• Massachusetts – Department of Conservation and Recreation
• Massachusetts – Division of Fisheries and Wildlife
• Massachusetts – Division of Marine Fisheries

Maryland State Sites (includes)

• Maryland Historical Trust
• Maryland Department of Natural Resources

Maine State Sites (includes)

• Maine Department of Marine Resources

Michigan State Sites (includes)

• Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
• Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Minnesota State Sites (includes)

• Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Marianas Islands State Sites (includes)

• Marianas Islands – Division of Fish and Wildlife

Mississippi State Sites (includes)

• Mississippi Department of Marine Resources

North Carolina State Sites (includes)

• North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources
• North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources

New Hampshire State Sites (includes)

• New Hampshire Division of Parks and Recreation

New Jersey State Sites (includes)

• New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

New York State Sites (includes)

• New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

Ohio State Sites (includes)

• Ohio Department of Natural Resources

Oregon State Sites (includes)

• Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Pennsylvania State Sites (includes)

• Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
• Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
• Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission

Puerto Rico State Sites (includes)

• Puerto Rico Conservation Trust
• Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources
• Puerto Rico National Parks Company

Rhode Island State Sites (includes)

• Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management

South Carolina State Sites (includes)

• South Carolina – Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology
• South Carolina Department of Natural Resources

Texas State Sites (includes)

• Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

Virginia State Sites (includes)

• Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
• Virginia Game and Inland Fisheries
• Virginia Marine Resources Commission
• Virginia – The Nature Conservancy

Virgin Islands State Sites (includes)

• Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources

Washington State Sites (includes)

• Washington Clallam County Parks and Fair Department
• Washington Department of Natural Resources
• Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
• Washington – University of Washington Friday Harbor Laboratories
• Washington State Parks & Recreation Commission
• Washington Metropolitan Park District of Tacoma

Wisconsin State Sites (includes)

• Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
• Wisconsin Historical Society