Marine Management Units for the Netherlands Under the MSFD

Marine reporting units for the Netherlands derived from the Marine Strategy Framework Directive. The dataset is used by the Netherlands to carry out assessments under Articles 8, 9, and 10 of the MSFD. It is published by the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations under a CC0-1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Spatial analysis of marine environmental status based on defined reporting units
• Policy compliance mapping for Marine Strategy Framework Directive assessments
• Marine region boundary visualization for stakeholder communication

Strengths

• Data is harmonized to the INSPIRE standard, promoting interoperability
• License is CC0-1.0, allowing for maximum reuse and redistribution

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

Collection Method

Derived from the Marine Strategy Framework Directive for marine reporting.

Time Range

Temporal coverage is unknown.

Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

Geography

Spatial coverage is the marine regions of the Netherlands.