• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2020-05-14T00:00:00.000+00:00

The MPA Inventory is a comprehensive GIS catalog that provides detailed information for existing marine protected areas in the United States in 2017. The inventory provides geospatial boundary...

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• Organization: State of California
• Updated: 2022-04-15T15:44:25.000Z

The Conserved Areas Explorer is a series of dashboards that identify areas currently considered conserved for the 30x30 initiative using the California Protected Areas Database, U.S. Protected...

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• Organization: State of California
• Updated: 2025-07-07T17:43:37.000Z

California Nature Conserved Areas Explorer The Conserved Areas Explorer is a web application enabling users to investigate a synthesis of the best available data representing lands and coastal...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2016-01-25T00:00:00.000+00:00

First introduced to Hawaii in 1967 with Hanauama Bay on Oahu, Marine Life Conservation Districts (MLCD) are designed to conserve and replenish marine resources. MLCDs allow only limited fishing...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2025-06-30T00:00:00.000+00:00

These data show the 17 national marine sanctuaries in the United States. The National Marine Sanctuaries Act (NMSA) authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to designate and protect areas of the...

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• Organization: State of California
• Updated: 2018-02-06T19:05:44.377559

Seafloor habitats deeper than 100 meters make up an estimated 29% (1840 km2) of state waters in southern California, yet they are sampled with far less frequency when compared to shallower waters...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2016-01-25T00:00:00.000+00:00

The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is an international, non-profit conservation organization that works to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people around the world. In...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2016-09-24T00:00:00.000+00:00

Boundary of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument (PMNM), located in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI). Created in 2006, Papahanaumokuakea is the largest conservation area in the...

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• Organization: Department of the Interior
• Updated: 2023-05-16T00:00:00Z

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) - Science Analytics and Synthesis (SAS) - Gap Analysis Project (GAP) manages the Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), an Arc10x...

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• Organization: Department of the Interior
• Updated: 2022-06-22T00:00:00Z

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) - Science Analytics and Synthesis (SAS) - Gap Analysis Project (GAP) manages the Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), an Arc10x...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2012-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

Shallow-water (<30m) benthic habitat maps of the nearshore marine environment of two areas in Southwest Puerto Rico (PR), including the Guanica Bay/La Parguera region on the south coast and the...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2016-09-24T00:00:00.000+00:00

Boundary of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument (PMNM), located in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI). Created in 2006, Papahanaumokuakea is the largest conservation area in the...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2016-01-25T00:00:00.000+00:00

Boundary of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument (PMNM), located in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI). Created in 2006, Papahanaumokuakea is the largest conservation area in the...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2012-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

Shallow-water (<30m) benthic habitat maps of the nearshore marine environment of two areas in Southwest Puerto Rico (PR), including the Guanica Bay/La Parguera region on the south coast and the...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2012-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

Shallow-water (<30m) benthic habitat maps of the nearshore marine environment of two areas in Southwest Puerto Rico (PR), including the Guanica Bay/La Parguera region on the south coast and the...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2012-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

Shallow-water (<30m) benthic habitat maps of the nearshore marine environment of two areas in Southwest Puerto Rico (PR), including the Guanica Bay/La Parguera region on the south coast and the...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2012-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

Shallow-water (<30m) benthic habitat maps of the nearshore marine environment of two areas in Southwest Puerto Rico (PR), including the Guanica Bay/La Parguera region on the south coast and the...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2012-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

Shallow-water (<30m) benthic habitat maps of the nearshore marine environment of two areas in Southwest Puerto Rico (PR), including the Guanica Bay/La Parguera region on the south coast and the...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2012-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

Shallow-water (<30m) benthic habitat maps of the nearshore marine environment of two areas in Southwest Puerto Rico (PR), including the Guanica Bay/La Parguera region on the south coast and the...

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• Organization: Department of the Interior
• Updated: 2023-07-27T00:00:00Z

NOTE: A more current version of the Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US) is available: PAD-US 2.1 https://doi.org/10.5066/P92QM3NT. The USGS Protected Areas Database of the...

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