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    California Marine Protected Areas [ds582]

    Metadata Updated: July 24, 2025

    These data include all of Californias marine protected areas (MPAs) as January 1, 2019. This dataset reflects the Department of Fish and Wildlifes best representation of marine protected areas based upon current California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 632: Natural Resources, Division 1: FGC- DFG. This dataset is not intended for navigational use or defining legal boundaries.This version includes records for complementary federal marine protected areas at the northern Channel Islands. Details on these areas can be referenced at http://federalregister.gov/a/E7-10096.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: See this page for license information.

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    Metadata Created Date July 24, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date July 24, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from State of California

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date July 24, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date July 24, 2025
    Publisher California Department of Fish and Wildlife
    Maintainer
    Identifier 35ee0b4d-f4c6-49d1-b671-af70d6b52c6e
    Data First Published 2023-03-08T15:59:20.000Z
    Data Last Modified 2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z
    Category Natural Resources
    Public Access Level public
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Datagov Dedupe Retained 20250724151128
    Harvest Object Id 2b7a815e-3837-4600-9a58-9cfe0ad51356
    Harvest Source Id 3ba8a0c1-5dc2-4897-940f-81922d3cf8bc
    Harvest Source Title State of California
    License http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 7abc1ac7e56c86b7fccd8e65b399d1a20203ada9ba50405c8382f33dda45fe76
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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