print email comment close Marine Protected Areas of the United States URL: http://www.mpa.gov/ Description: Background about U.S. marine protected areas (MPAs), which are, in practice, "defined [marine environment] areas where natural and/or cultural resources are given greater protection than the surrounding waters." Includes fact sheets, science and analysis, publications, photos, case studies, data, and much more. Site notes that the "List of National System MPAs is expected to be published in Spring 2009." From the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. Department of the Interior. Publisher: U.S. Department of Commerce /NOAA; U.S. Department of the Interior LII Database Information: Record 24021 created by Jennifer English on 06/12/2007 Last modification on 01/27/2009 Published: 02/05/2009   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24021