Identification

Title
North-Western Mediterranean Sea PSSA
Abstract

The layer represents the extent of the Particularly Sensitive Sea Area of the Northern-Western Mediterranean Sea, as designated by the Marine Environment Protection Committee of the IHO with the resolution MEPC.380(80) adopted on 7 July 2023.

The PSSA encompasses the existing Spanish "Mediterranean Cetacean Migration Corridor" and the Pelagos Sanctuary.

License
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Publication Date
Oct. 24, 2023, 9:56 a.m.
Type
Vector Data
Category
Nature and species conservation sites & protected areas
Nature and species conservation sites & protected areas
Regions
Europe
Approved
Yes
Published
Yes
Featured
No
DOI
None
Attribution
EEA, IHO
Responsible

Name
Alessandro Sarretta (sarretta)
email
alessandro.sarretta@cnr.it
Position
None
Organization
None
Location
Voice
None
Fax
None
Information

Identification Image
Spatial Extent
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Projection System
EPSG:4326
Extension x0
-0.33371540182329
Extension x1
11.516666700000004
Extension y0
38.66649419250943
Extension y1
44.42746217513805
Features

Restrictions

Access use and contraints defined by EEA here (https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/catalogue/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/a60e171d-e2a8-4dc5-a765-c2bdabbdbce6) applies, in particular the disclaimer "This map serves as a working tool only and shall not be considered as an official or legally-binding map representing marine borders in accordance with international laws. This map shall be used without prejudice to the agreements that will be concluded between Member States or between Member States and non-EU states in respect of their marine borders.".

Language
English
Data Quality

The layer has been created starting from the dataset "MSFD regions and subregions - version 2, Oct. 2022" (available from the EEA geospatial data catalogue https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/catalogue/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/a60e171d-e2a8-4dc5-a765-c2bdabbdbce6) and the geographical coordinates contained in the document "Designation of the North-Western Mediterranean Sea as a particularly seansitive sea area",  Annex 20 of the
resolution MEPC.380(80)
(adopted on 7 July 2023), and described also here: https://www.marineregulations.news/mepc-380-80-designation-of-the-north-western-mediterranean-sea-as-a-particularly-sensitive-sea-area/

Supplemental Information

No information provided

Spatial Representation Type
vector data is used to represent geographic data
Contact Points

Name
Alessandro Sarretta (sarretta)
email
alessandro.sarretta@cnr.it
Position
None
Organization
None
Location
Voice
None
Fax
None

References

Link Online
/layers/geoportal_data:geonode:NWMed_PSSA_WGS84
Metadata Page
/layers/geoportal_data:geonode:NWMed_PSSA_WGS84/metadata_detail

Thumbnail
North-Western Mediterranean Sea PSSA.png
Original Layer
North-Western Mediterranean Sea PSSA.zip
GeoJSON
North-Western Mediterranean Sea PSSA.json
Zipped Shapefile
North-Western Mediterranean Sea PSSA.zip
Excel
North-Western Mediterranean Sea PSSA.excel
Legend
North-Western Mediterranean Sea PSSA.png
JPEG
North-Western Mediterranean Sea PSSA.jpg
PDF
North-Western Mediterranean Sea PSSA.pdf
PNG
North-Western Mediterranean Sea PSSA.png
GML 2.0
North-Western Mediterranean Sea PSSA.gml
GML 3.1.1
North-Western Mediterranean Sea PSSA.gml
CSV
North-Western Mediterranean Sea PSSA.csv

OGC WMS: geonode Service
Geoservice OGC:WMS
OGC WFS: geonode Service
Geoservice OGC:WFS
Metadata Author

Name
Alessandro Sarretta (sarretta)
email
alessandro.sarretta@cnr.it
Position
None
Organization
None
Location
Voice
None
Fax
None