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ID: Suggested as full MPA due to very high coral cover and diversity. This area covers the Mary Celest wreck in the west and incorporates several more protected dives sites, until reaching the submarine cable protected area in the east. Protection to the sho
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Description: Polygon shapefile of Bermuda platform to the extent of the 20 meter depth contour, according to Admiralty Chart #334.
The Bermuda islands are excluded from the shapefile.
Description: A comprehensive list of stake holders in Bermuda's marine environment. This was compiled by Dr Kevin Mayall in preparation for a Marine Spatial Planning project called the Bermuda Ocean Prosperity Programme. This list includes:Boat yardsBoat ClubsCharter fishermenDive ShopsEnvironmental ConsultantsGovernment OfficersNGO'sTour OperatorsUtilitiesWatersports operatorsShipping Lines
Description: An open wreck is open to recreational use by divers. This point dataset identifies the locations of the open wrecks around Bermuda. Under section 6(1) of the Historic Wrecks Act 2001 'No person shall mark, remove, or otherwise interfere with, deal in or possess any wreck or historic artefact unless he is licensed under secion 8 and authorised by the lecense to do so. (2) a person who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offense on the summary conviction to a fine of $25,000 or imprisonment for one year or both.'
Copyright Text: Government of Bermuda, Department of Conservation Services
Description: The locations of sewage and water outfalls. Includes active and inactive outfalls. Compiled by Dr Kevin Mayall as part of the preparations for marine spatial planning.
Description: Ferry Reach race routes have been guessed. These need to be verified with Bermuda Powerboat Association.Around the Island Powerboat Race route was digitized using aerial photography and navigational aids, with reference to the "Around the Island Race 2013 - Savage Racing FB16" YouTube video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UjCbpp4r64).
Copyright Text: Dr. Kevin Mayall, BIOS, NSMP Coordinator
Description: Point dataset indicating the location of road drains on Bermuda's public roads. The dataset includes details on the road name, type of drain and where the run off drains into (salt water or nature reserve)
Description: This geodatabase was from by Dr Kevin Mayall, a GIS consultant at Locus Ltd. Dr Mayall was tasked with gathering data in preparation for the generation of a Marine Spatial Plan for Bermuda. In the process, Dr Mayall collected this information on the location of existing submarine cables on the Bermuda platform.
Description: Representation of various tourism operations that use the marine environment, compiled by Dr Kevin Mayall as part of the data scoping for marine spatial planning.
Description: This dataset indicates the locations of soakaways on Bermuda's public roads. Attributes include the road name and the relative location of the soakaway (sidewalk, public, private)
Description: This dataset indicates the areas in Bermuda's bays and harbours, where recreational boating activities are most popular. This was compiled by Dr Kevin Mayall as part of a marine spatial planning data gathering exercise.
Description: The Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the Department of Marine Operations (Marops) are working together to develop a Marine Enforcement Strategy. Four operational zones were identified:1) Onshore Zone - on land, to the high water mark2) Inshore Zone - high water mark to the vicinity of the reefs, just over the edge on all sides3) Offshore Zone - reef edge to 30 nautical miles, which is the extent of the Marops radar. 4) Oceanic Zone - the extent of the Marops radar our to the edge of the EEZThis dataset indicates the Inshore, Offshore and Oceanic Zones. The Onshore Zone can be overlaid using an existing dataset of the islands.
Description: Marine Board (Prohibited Area) Notice 2010 describes several areas and circumstances where a ship or boat is not permitted to approach or enter. This dataset represents the areas where the entry of a ship or boat is prohibited. They are described as follows:- The area of waters bounded by the shore and lying southward of a line extending from the north end of Long Rock to a position 15 metres south of the north end of Clear water Beach:- The area of waters bounded by the shore and lying westward of a line extending from the south end of Long Rock to the Inner Pear Rocks and thence to the south point of Cooper's Island- The area of waters being a portion of East Whale Bay on the south shore of Southampton parish, lying between Fish Hook Island and Dolphin Cove, and enclosed by a floating boom and a submerged fence
Description: The Marine Board (Prohibited Areas) Notice 2010 specifies certain areas where boating activity is prohibited and/or restricted. These points indicate areas that have restriction and another dataset indicates the areas where boating is prohibited. The restrictions described area as follows:A ship or boat shall not - (a) approach within 100 metres of the hull of a ship morred or anchored in the area of the Oil Docks, St. George's(b) approach within 50 metres of -(i) the hull of a ship moored or anchored in the area of waters designated in Schedule 1;(ii) the hull of a ship to which the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS) applies which is moored or anchored in the area of waters designated in Schedule 2; or(iii) any vessel which has not been cleared for entry by the Customs Department anchored at Powder Hole, St. Georges's Harbour. (c) approach within 20 metres of the dock face of Berths 7 and 8, Hamilton which no ship is berthed alongside.
Description: The Marine Board (Declaration of Speed Limits for Boats)(Mariners) Notice 2001 states the following: General speed limits for boats2 Subject to paragraphs 3,4 and 5, a person navigating a boat within 100 metres of the shoreline of any of the Islands of Bermuda shall not exceed 5 nautical miles per hour and in any event shall ensure that such boat does not create a wake. Special speed limit for boats along Ferry Reach3 (1) Subject to paragraph 3A, for the purposes of Ferry Reach, a person navigating a boat within 100 metres of the shoreline shall not exceed 10 nautical miles per hour and in any event shall ensure that such boat does not create a wake.
Description: In 2013 the NOAA National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) developed two integrated topographic-bathymetric digital elevation modesl (DEM's) of Bermuda for the NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) to support tsunami inundation modeling in the region. This first DEM, centered on the Bermudian Islands and the adjacent reef platform, was developed at a resolution of 1 arc-second.. (Filename: 'bermuda_1as_final.asc'). A larger-footprint, lower-resolution 3 arc-second DEM incorporates the extent of the 1 arc-second DEM and includes more of the Bermuda Rise and adjacent seafloor. The 'best available' bathymetric, topographic, and shoreline data were collected for the study area from a variety of sources, including the Government of Bermuda Department of Conservation Services, California State University Seafloor Mapping Lab and NOAA NGDC. The Generalized Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO08) was also used where no higher resolution data exist. This polyline shapefile consists of contour lines developed from the 1 arc-second DEM.
Copyright Text: Government of Bermuda and the NOAA National Geophysical Data Centre (NGDC)
Description: Extract of predicted seamounts (Yesson et al 2011 - BermudaSeamounts.shp - esri shapefile). This is an automated search for conical features >1000m using the STRM30 bathymetry (30 second resolution). Â
Description: This dataset shows the North Shore and South Shore Coral Reef Preserves as described by the Coral Reef Preserves Act, 1966. These are the oldest regulated marine areas currently in force. Their goal was to protect corals and the structural integrity of important areas of coral reef habitat when the advent of SCUBA diving made collection of corals a popular activity. The North Shore Coral Reef Preserve is bounded by the mean high water mark on the south shore and entends from the eastern arm of Hungary Bay to Gurnet Rock and then to the southern tip of Castle Island and thence to the south shore. The South Shore Coral Reef Preserve is bounded on the South by an imaginary line drawn from Commissioner's Point, Ireland Island, due East, and on the West by a line of sight from Gibbs Hill Lighthouse through Commissioner's House continuing due North to the breaker line, and on the North by the northern limit of hte breaking reefs, and on the East by a line of sight extending due North from the eastern most tower of the Store Hill Wireless Station towers in Devonshire to the breaker line. Line fishing is permitted through out this Preserve, as is lobster diving and spearfishing provided they are within the limits of the prevailing fisheries regulations. It is an offence to remove, damage or be in possession of plants or animals, whether dead or alive, which are attached to the coast, the seabed or any reef in this preserve.
Description: This dataset shows the North Shore and South Shore Coral Reef Preserves as described by the Coral Reef Preserves Act, 1966. These are the oldest regulated marine areas currently in force. Their goal was to protect corals and the structural integrity of important areas of coral reef habitat when the advent of SCUBA diving made collection of corals a popular activity. The North Shore Coral Reef Preserve is bounded by the mean high water mark on the south shore and entends from the eastern arm of Hungary Bay to Gurnet Rock and then to the southern tip of Castle Island and thence to the south shore. The South Shore Coral Reef Preserve is bounded on the South by an imaginary line drawn from Commissioner's Point, Ireland Island, due East, and on the West by a line of sight from Gibbs Hill Lighthouse through Commissioner's House continuing due North to the breaker line, and on the North by the northern limit of hte breaking reefs, and on the East by a line of sight extending due North from the eastern most tower of the Store Hill Wireless Station towers in Devonshire to the breaker line. Line fishing is permitted through out this Preserve, as is lobster diving and spearfishing provided they are within the limits of the prevailing fisheries regulations. It is an offence to remove, damage or be in possession of plants or animals, whether dead or alive, which are attached to the coast, the seabed or any reef in this preserve.
Description: Beginning in the late 1980s and culminating in 2000, a series of 29 popular dive sites were closed to all fishing and collecting activity. This was done because permanent moorings needed to be installed at the most popular sites to reduce anchor damage to the coral reef. It was felt that some separation of marine tourism and fishing activities was warranted, and that unless the areas around the moorings were closed to harvesting, the fishing boats would use them as well. These areas are declared to be year round protected areas as indicated in the Fisheries (Protected Area) Order, 1990. Line fishing, trapping, spear fishing and lobster diving are prohibited in these areasAny person who takes any fish in a protected area or who sells, purchases or transports fish so taken, is liable on summary conviction, to imprisonment for two years or a fine of $50,000 or both such imprisonment and fine. Any fish so taken and any vessel, instrument and equipment used in the taking, shall be liable to forfeiture. Any person who uses within a protected area, any anchor other than a Danforth (sand) anchor, is liable on summary conviction to a fine of $2,500.
Description: The Blue Striped Grunt Fish Aggregation area has been closed to fishing for the months of May and June each year since 2007. It is regulated using a provision of the Fisheries Act 1972, which enables the temporary prohibition of fishing in any area demonstrated to be a fish aggregation area for up to 90 days at a time, based on published notification in the Official Gazette. The Minister responsible for the Environment, being satisfied that there is an immediate need for the prohibition of fishing in a fish aggregation area, for the conservation and protection of the Blue-striped grunt (Haemulon sciurus) hereby notifies all members of the public that fishing in the fish aggregation area described below is prohibited from 1st May through 30th June. The area, being roughly rectangular in shape, enclosed by a line running in a north-easterly direction from St. Catherine's Point, St. George's to the Southern channel marker #12 (32 degrees 23.6 minutes North, 64 degrees 40.1 minutes West) thence by a line running along the southern boundary of the Southern channel to the Southern channel marker #16 (32 degrees 23.9 minutes North, 64 degrees 40.7 minutes West) thence by a line running in a south-westerly direction to a point 32 degrees 23.4 minutes North, 64 degrees 41.4 minutes West thence by a line running in a south-easterly direction to Fort George, St. George's.
Description: BirdLife International is a global partnership of conservation organisations that strives to conserve birds, their habitats and global biodiversity, working with people towards sustainablility in the use of natural resources. The Important Bird Area (IBA) programme of BirdLIfe International seeks to identify, document and conserve sites that are critical for the long-term viablity of bird populations. Bermuda's IBA supports the world population of the endangerd Bermuda Petrel (or Cahow) Pterodroma cahow, which breeds on four of the islets. Birds have been translocated to Nonsuch Island to establish a new breeding colony. The breeding population of White-tailed Tropic Bird Phaethon lepturus is globally significant. The marine portion of this IBA covers area where P. cahow congregates before flying to the nesting islets, and is a concentration point for shearwaters each spring. The endemice species of White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus bermudianus occurs in the IBA. The critically endangered Bermuda cedar Juniperus bermudiana and Bermuda sedge Carex bermudianaand endangered Bermuda palmetto palm Sabal bermudiana and Bermuda olivewood Cassine laneanum grow in this IBA. The critically endangered Bermuda skink Eumeces longitrostris is found on the Castle Harbour islands, and may occur on Cooper's Island. The critically endangered hawksbill Eretmochelys imbricata and endangered green Chelonia mydas and loggerhear Caretta carettaare present.
Description: In 2012 the Government of Bermuda declared Bermuda's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) has a Marine Mammal Sanctuary, with special emphasis on the Humpback whale. An MOU was signed between NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries and the Government of Bermuda to help protect humpback whales along the migratory corridor between Stellwagen sanctuary's feeding and nursery grounds and the Caribbean's breeding grounds.
Description: Using the 2012 Mean High Water (MHW) coastline, a 10 metre buffer was applied to the islands. The areas adjacent to a Bermuda National Park, as per the Bermuda National Parks Amendment Act 2017, were extracted and put into this dataset. Some of these areas were extended beyond the 10 metre buffer, in order to incorporate an entire bay or to cover a particularly important marine area.
Description: Spiny lobster undertake significant migrations across the Bermuda platform, but are known to settle in inshore waters. Accordingly, this lobster fishing exclusion area, where no harvest is permitted, follows the entire inshore line of the islands and extends northward to the South Channel. This is a year round closed area for all lobster fishing. Diving for lobsters is permitted only in areas around Bermuda specified in the Annual Licence. Any person wishing to participate in recreational diving for lobsters must first obtain an Annual Licence for that purpose through the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. The Licence is valid from 1st September until 31st August.
Description: There bays are permanently closed to netting of any kind. In permitted areas recreational fishermen may only use bait nets or cast nets. Bait nets may not exceed 23 meters (75ft) in length and 2.7meters (9ft) in depth.
Description: Beginning in the late 1980s and culminating in 2000, a series of 29 popular dive sites were closed to all fishing and collecting activity. This was done because permanent moorings needed to be installed at the most popular sites to reduce anchor damage to the coral reef. It was felt that some separation of marine tourism and fishing activities was warranted, and that unless the areas around the moorings were closed to harvesting, the fishing boats would use them as well. These areas are declared to be year round protected areas as indicated in the Fisheries (Protected Area) Order, 1990. Line fishing, trapping, spear fishing and lobster diving are prohibited in these areasAny person who takes any fish in a protected area or who sells, purchases or transports fish so taken, is liable on summary conviction, to imprisonment for two years or a fine of $50,000 or both such imprisonment and fine. Any fish so taken and any vessel, instrument and equipment used in the taking, shall be liable to forfeiture. Any person who uses within a protected area, any anchor other than a Danforth (sand) anchor, is liable on summary conviction to a fine of $2,500.
Description: Seasonally Protected Areas. To protect spawning aggregation of Red Hind, Groupers and other species each year. Fisheries (Protected Areas)Order, 2005. The taking of fish in the following protected area during the period beginning on the 1st day of May and continuing until and throughout the 31st day of August in any year is PROHIBITED. The South Western Area, being roughly rectangular in shape, is the area enclosed: from the Northern Point (32 degrees 16.4 minutes North, 65 degrees 3.2 minutes West) by a line running in a south-easterly direction to the Eastern Point (32 degrees 16.1 minutes North, 65 degrees 0 minutes West) thence by a line running in a south-easterly direction to the South Point (32 degress 11.9 minutes North, 64 degrees 57.1 minutes West) thence by a lince running in a south-westerly direction to the Western Point (32 degrees 11.0 minutes North, 65 degrees 0 minutes West): and on the Seaward margin by the 200 metre contour. The North Eastern Area being roughly rectangular in shape, is the area enclosed: from the Northern Point (32 degrees 31.7 minutes North, 64 degrees 39.3 minutes West) by a line running in a south-westerly direction to the Western Point (32 degrees 30.8 minutes North, 64 degrees 40.4 minutes West) thence by a line running in a south-easterly direction to the Southern Point (32 degress 25.8 minutes North, 64 degrees 34.1 minutes West) thence by a line running in a north-easterly direction to the Eastern Point (32 degrees 26.2 minutes North, 64 degrees 33.0 minutes West): and on the Seaward margin by the 200 metre contour.
Description: This nearshore zone in which spearfishing is prohibited is a longstanding management measure which removes spearfishers from swimming areas in order to reduce the likelihood of injuries to swimmers. There is also an environmental benefit in that the fish species particularly targeted by this method enjoy at least a partial harvest refuge in this area. Spearfishing is not permitted within one nautical mile (1 nm) of the shore of any of the islands of Bermuda. This prohibits spearfishing in any of the harbours, bays or sounds and along the south shore. Any person found swimming within one nautical mile of the shore of any of the islands of Bermuda while carrying a spear shall be presumed to be attempting to take fish.
Description: Commercial lobster trap fishing is not permitted in this area but recreational harvest may take place, in adherance to the specifications in the annual recreational lobster fishing licence, which must be obtained from the Deparment of Environmental Protection. Diving for lobsters is permitted only in areas around Bermuda specified in the Annual Licence, therefore this area is subject to change by the Department of Environmental Protected. Spiny Lobsters may not be taken during the closed season (April 1st to August 31st)
Copyright Text: Government of Bermuda, Ministry of Environment and Planning
Description: Part of the Marine Environmental Program (MEP) at BIOS, the BCMP is designged to provide spatially explicit information on the structure and distribution of benthic biological communities across the Bermuda platform.The MEP is funded annually by the Government of Bermuda.
Copyright Text: Government of Bermuda and Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS)
Description: Part of the Marine Environmental Program (MEP) at BIOS, the BCMP is designged to provide spatially explicit information on the structure and distribution of benthic biological communities across the Bermuda platform.The MEP is funded annually by the Government of Bermuda.
Copyright Text: Government of Bermuda and Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS)
Description: Part of the Marine Environmental Program (MEP) at BIOS, the BCMP is designged to provide spatially explicit information on the structure and distribution of benthic biological communities across the Bermuda platform.The MEP is funded annually by the Government of Bermuda.
Copyright Text: Government of Bermuda and Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS)
Description: Polygon dataset representing the types of reef found on the Bermuda platform and out to approximately 200m deep. Using the 1997 50cm aerial photography, Dr Thad Murdoch of the Bermuda Zoological Society was able to digitize many of the the visible shallow lagoonal patch reefs, rim reefs and algal-vermetid (boiler) reefs. The extent of the available images is to approximately the 20m contour line. In the areas between 10 - 20m deep, where it was not possible to distinguish patch reefs, it was still possible to digitize the visible sandy holes amoungst the rim and fore-reefs. These ares were digitized and then erased from the polygon representing the area of rim and fore-reef. It is estimated that the Fore-reef slope could extends to as far as the 200m depth contour, therefore that was used to define the extent of this dataset. However, this has not be ground-truthed.
Copyright Text: Government of Bermuda, Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the Bermuda Zoological Society.
Description: The Bermuda Benthic Habitat Mapping, Monitoring and Assessment Programme was inititated in 2006 by the Department of Conservation Services. The implementation of this programme was prompted by the general lack of baseline information regarding the distribution and condition of Bermuda's benthic communities. The programme consists of three components:Benthic Habitat assessment, mapping and monitoring: an annual programme where about 170 randomly selected sites across the Bermuda plantform, were surveyed each summer for 3 years and then repeat surveys at those sites done in the following 3 years. Seagrass monitoring studies: a quarterly programme of 17 permanent sites surveyed each year to look at seasonal variablitly in the environment and the seagrass. Water quality monitoring: from the same 17 permanent sites water samples are taken to test the physical water characteristics. Continuous temperature data loggers are installed at all these sites. This dataset contains the survey sites from 2006, 2007 and 2008. Each survey point indicates if seagrass was present and which species was seen.
Description: Environmental sensitivity map for Bermuda's coastline. The system ranks 15 coastal environments on a sensitivity scale of 1 to 10 with respect to the expected persistence of hazardous material spills along the coast. The index is based on the geomorphology of the area, coastal processes, and the amount of physical energy on the coastline. This polyline was generated from existing paper maps of the rating created in 1998 by the Ministry of Environment. The six sections of the paper version were scanned and georeferenced in ArcView 9.3, using the existing coastline polyline, provided by the Ministry of Works and Engineering. The georeferenced scans were then mosaiced using ArcViews data management tools. A copy of the coastline polyline was overlaid onto the mosaic and split into sections at each point where the sensitivity rating changed. Each section was then manually assigned the approprate rating and coastal type.
Copyright Text: T.D Sleeter (BBSR),
A.H Knap (BBSR),
I.W Huges (Dept of Agriculture and Fisheries),
M.L Shailer (Dept of Conservation Services, for digitization of maps in 2010)
Description: This polygon shapefile represents the Mean High Water (MHW) coastline of Bermuda. It was created using the 2012 10 cm resolution aerial orthophotography. In 2016, approximately 9 acres of land was reclaimed to form that area that would host the America's Cup Village. This area is known as Cross Island and was added to this dataset in 2017.
Description: Proclamation 407 by His Excellency David Charles, which came into operation on the date which the Fisheries Amendment Act 1996 came into operation, declared the establishment of an exclusive economic zone around Bermuda. It stated the EEZ would have 'as its inner boundary the outer limits of the territorial sea of Bermuda and as its seaward boundary a line so drawn that each point on the line is 200 nautical miles from the nearest point on the baselines defined in the Bermuda (Territorial Sea) Order in Council 1988.In 2011, Mandy Shailer contacted the UK Hydrographic Office to request an official representation of the EEZ and the Territorial Sea in a shape file format. According to John Brown, Law of the Sea Consultant for the UKHO, "offcial representation of the TS limit and EEZ limit are done by the UKHO on behalf of the Foreign & Commonwealth Officer for HM Government and on Law of the Sea. The limits ew have calculated are also geodtically robust, with the calculations being done on the spheroid using specialist software."This shapefile of the EEZ was received from the UKHO in December 2012. To correspond with our existing data layers the shape file was projected into the Bermuda National Grid 2000.