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Shellfish Waters Directive Areas

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The aim of the Shellfish Waters Directive is to protect or improve shellfish waters in order to support shellfish life and growth. It is designed to protect the aquatic habitat of bivalve and gastropod molluscs, which include oysters, mussels, cockles, scallops and clams. The Directive requires Member States to designate waters which need protection in order to support shellfish life and growth.

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Theme Environment
Date released 2014-04-25
Date updated 2017-04-24
Dataset conforms to these standards The INSPIRE Directive or INSPIRE lays down a general framework for a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) for the purposes of European Community environmental policies and policies or activities which may have an impact on the environment.
Rights notes ['Creative Commons licence conditions apply', 'https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/', 'license']
Update frequency Other
Language English
Geographic coverage in GeoJSON format {"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-10.4259, 51.4701],[-10.4259, 55.3066], [-6.0186, 55.3066], [-6.0186, 51.4701], [-10.4259, 51.4701]]]}
Spatial Reference Systems (SRS) WGS 84 (EPSG:4326)
Vertical Extent {"verticalDomainName": "sea level", "minVerticalExtent": "-30", "maxVerticalExtent": "-1"}
Provenance information Data provided for MSFD Marine Atlas.
Period of time covered (begin) 2014-04-25