Moreton Bay Marine Park Designated Areas 2008

ISO-19139 Metadata

Resource Identification Information:

Citation:
Title:  Moreton Bay Marine Park Designated Areas 2008

Presentation format:  mapDigital

Party responsible for the resource - originator: 
Organization's name: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Party responsible for the resource - publisher: 
Organization's name: EPA

Contact information:
Address:
Delivery point: Queensland
Themes or categories of the resource:  boundaries

Theme keywords:
Keywords:  boundaries

Thesaurus name:
Title:  MARINE Coasts, MARINE Reefs, WATER Wetlands, HERITAGE Natural

Abstract:  This dataset represents the designated areas from the Marine Parks (Moreton Bay) Zoning Plan 2008 (which comes into effect 1 March 2009).

Purpose: If Purpose is required, please contact the Data Custodian

Dataset language:  eng
Dataset character set:  utf8

Status:  completed
Maintenance:
Update frequency:  asNeeded


Resource constraints:
Constraints:
Limitations of use: As per data agreement

Resource constraints:
Legal constraints:
Other constraints: EPA data - release outside EPA allowed only on completion of a data agreement

Spatial representation type:  vector

Processing environment: Esri ArcGIS 13.0.6.36057

Extent:
Extent description: publication date

Extent:
Geographic element - Bounding rectangle:
Extent contains the resource: true
West longitude: 153.034679
East longitude: 153.563301
North latitude: -26.804513
South latitude: -27.919326
Supplemental information: The Marine Parks (Moreton Bay) Zoning Plan 2008 comes into effect on 1 March 2009. -------------------------- Definitions of the designated area types used in the designated areas plan are: Grey nurse shark areas. The objects of a grey nurse shark area are; (a) to protect grey nurse shark populations; and (b) to protect grey nurse shark habitat; and (c) to minimise harm or distress caused directly or indirectly to grey nurse sharks by diving or other human activities. Go slow for turtle and dugong areas. The objects of a go slow area for turtles and dugong are; (a) to protect turtles and dugong; and (b) to protect turtle and dugong habitats; and (c) to minimise death, harm or distress caused directly or indirectly to turtles and dugong, in particular, by the operation of vessels or other human activities. Go slow areas for natural values. The objects of a go slow area for natural values are; (a) to help protect the natural integrity and values of relatively undisturbed areas in the marine park; and (b) to provide opportunities for appreciation, and creating an awareness and understanding, of the natural significance of the areas. Material extraction areas. The object of a material extraction area is to establish an area in the marine park for extracting sand. Disposal and extraction areas. The object of the disposal and extraction area is to establish an area in the marine park for disposing of, and extracting, dredged sand for nourishment purposes. Material disposal areas. The object of the material disposal area is to establish an area in the marine park for disposing of dredged material. Mooring areas. The object of a mooring area is to establish an area in the marine park for mooring vessels. Non anchoring areas. The object of a no-anchoring area is to establish an area in the marine park to protect coral, coral habitats and the diversity of species of coral that; (a) are susceptible to damage including, for example, from anchoring; and (b) are, or are being, degraded including, for example, by anchoring. Works areas. The object of a works area is to establish an area in the marine park for carrying out major works necessary for the public benefit. For additional information regarding designated areas, refer to Marine Parks (Moreton Bay) Zoning Plan 2008, Part 4 Designated areas. -------------------------- This dataset should be used in conjunction with the Marine Parks (Moreton Bay) Zoning Plan 2008, which is available from the EPA website at www.epa.qld.gov.au/moretonbay -------------------------- For further information visit www.epa.qld.gov.au/moretonbay

Point of contact - pointOfContact: 
Individual's name: Matthew Nash-Arnold
Organization's name: Strategy and Policy Division, Environmental Protection Agency
Contact's position: Principal GIS Analyst

Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: 07 3235 9036
Fax: 07 3227 7237
Address:
Delivery point: PO Box 15155
City: East
Administrative area: Queensland
Postal code: 4002
Country:  AU
e-mail address: matthew.nasharnold@epa.qld.gov.au
Hours of service: 8:00am - 5:00pm

Spatial Representation - Vector:

Level of topology for this dataset:  geometryOnly
Geometric objects:
Object type:  composite
Object count: 76

Reference System Information:

Reference system identifier:
Value: 4283
Code space: EPSG

Data Quality Information:

Scope of quality information:
Level of the data:dataset

Lineage:
Process step:
Description: This dataset has been developed as part of the Moreton Bay Marine Park zoning plan review process. The method for analysing more than 200 datasets used a process of continual review and refinement to ensure all social, economic, cultural and environmental information was considered against the series of 13 Scientific Guiding Principles - provided by an independent Expert Advisory Panel - being followed for the zoning plan review. The placement of zones was directly influenced by environmental (or "bio-physical") requirements as well as existing activities in the marine park. Mapping these existing activities was a major task during the first "information-gathering" stage of the zoning plan review, used to highlight areas where increased protection could not be achieved because significant economic costs would be passed on to the community or because of existing environmental conditions. Examples of these activities include shipping channels, boat ramps, anchorages, dredge disposal sites, sand extraction sites, major fishing grounds (both recreational and commercial) and aquaculture sites. The remaining areas were then investigated, using the Scientific Guiding Principles, to determine how each of the 16 broad-scale habitat types in the marine park could be best protected while limiting the impacts to users. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) analysed this information to produce 35 candidate areas for higher protection, which were used to consult with key stakeholders at a series of workshops. Through these workshops, stakeholders provided information about how each candidate area would affect their particular interests. The workshops also provided stakeholder groups with the opportunity to propose alternative or modified candidate areas that they believed delivered better environmental or social outcomes. The EPA used this feedback, together with the Scientific Guiding Principles, to add and remove candidate areas and to redefine the areas' boundaries to improve environmental outcomes or reduce the impacts on existing user groups as far as possible. The refined list of candidate areas was then analysed to determine the percentage of each habitat type that was represented in marine national park (green) zones. The remaining area of the marine park was then reviewed to determine what level of zoning would best connect the proposed marine national park (green) zones or protect ecological processes while minimising the impacts on users. The outcome of this data collection and analysis process was the draft zoning plan, which was released for formal public consultation on 3 December 2007 until 7 March 2008. The draft zoning plan proposed that 15 per cent of the marine park be protected in marine national park (green) zones. This included protecting all broad-scale habitat types in the marine park in these zones, with particular emphasis on habitats that support threatened species, such as turtles and dugong. More than 8000 submissions were received in response to the draft zoning plan. Information from these submissions was then assessed and considered against the Scientific Guiding Principles used for the review to develop the final zoning plan - the Marine Parks (Moreton Bay) Zoning Plan 2008. A total of 55 boundary changes were made to different zones in response to public submissions to ensure that the impacts on marine park users are minimised to the greatest possible extent. The Marine Parks (Moreton Bay) Zoning Plan 2008 comes into effect on 1 March 2009. For more information please visit www.epa.qld.gov.au

Data quality report - Conceptual consistency:
Measure description: The dataset has a high degree of adherence to logical rules of data structure, attribution and relationships.

Data quality report - Completeness omission:
Measure description: This dataset is complete.

Data quality report - Quantitative attribute accuracy:
Measure description: All dataset attributes are complete and are 100% accurate. --------------------------------- Dataset field and attributes are as below; DA_id: Unique identifier for each designated area. Attribute abbreviations are as follows; 1) GSA, Go slow 2) GSN, Go slow amenity 3) GSB, Go slow >8m vessels 4) GNS, Grey nurse shark 5) MDA, MEDA beach nourishment 6) MEA, MEDA dredge material deposition site 7) MGA, Mooring 8) NAA, No anchoring 9) WKA, Works area DA_Name: Location name for each designated area. DA_Type: Description of designated area Attribute values are as follows: 1) Go slow 2) Go slow - amenity 3) Go slow >8m vessels 4) Grey nurse shark area 5) MEDA - beach nourishment 6) MEDA - dredge material deposition site 7) MEDA - sand extraction 8) Mooring 9) No anchoring 10) Works areas See the 'supplemental information' section for designated area type details.

Data quality report - Absolute external positional accuracy:
Measure description: Methodology to develop an updated Moreton Bay Marine Park boundary. An updated marine park boundary was developed as part of the review process. This boundary was based on the description found in Schedule 1 of the Marine Parks (Declaration) Regulation 2006 and the best possible datasets available. The datasets used to construct the marine park boundary include: 1) Digital cadastral database (DCDB) 2) EPA's highest astronomical tide (HAT) dataset (derived from regional ecosystem mapping) 3) EPA's Estates (national parks etc.) 4) EPA's Designated downstream limits (DDL) 5) NRW's mean high water springs (MHWS) coastline (derived from orthophotography) 6) NRW's 2002 orthophotos 0.6m pixel size 7) EPA's 2006 Spot imagery 2.5m pixel size (panchromatic sharpened) If more detail on horizontal accuracy is required, please contact the Data Custodian.

Distribution Information:

Distributor:
Distributor information - distributor: 
Individual's name: Matthew Nash-Arnold
Organization's name: Planning Division, Environmental Protection Agency
Contact's position: Principal GIS Analyst

Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: 07 3235 9036
Fax: 07 3227 7237
Address:
Delivery point: PO Box 15155
City: East
Administrative area: Queensland
Postal code: 4002
Country:  AU
e-mail address: matthew.nasharnold@epa.qld.gov.au
Hours of service: 8:00am - 5:00pm
Format:
Format name: File Geodatabase Feature Class

Metadata Information:

Metadata language:  eng
Metadata character set:  utf8


Last update:  2024-03-01

Metadata contact - pointOfContact: 
Individual's name: Matthew Nash-Arnold
Organization's name: Strategy and Policy Division, Environmental Protection Agency

Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: 07 3235 9036
Fax: 07 3227 7237
Address:
Delivery point: PO Box 15155
City: East
Administrative area: Queensland
Postal code: 4002
Country:  AU
e-mail address: matthew.nasharnold@epa.qld.gov.au
Hours of service: 8:00am - 5:00pm
Scope of the data described by the metadata:  dataset
Scope name: dataset

Name of the metadata standard used: ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
Version of the metadata standard: 2007

Metadata identifier: 156dcd7c-be47-4e66-bf41-52336ce4baf1