The High Seas Protection Portal provides geospatial data – with an emphasis on area-based managed tools (ABMTs) – in areas of the ocean beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) to support the development of marine protected area (MPA) Proposals under the BBNJ Agreement.

MPA Proposals under the BBNJ Agreement are mandated to include information such as a description of the proposed protected area, human activities in the area, and existing ABMTs. The High Seas Protection Portal aggregates the information necessary to develop and draft proposals, enabling and streamlining the process to create the first generation of MPAs under the BBNJ Agreement.

The High Seas Protection Portal is being soft launched to facilitate early testing and feedback. We would love your feedback! Request features or let us know how you intend to use it by completing this form or emailing us at info@mpatlas.org. 

Coming Soon:

• Additional biological and human impact data layers, such as gear-specific fishing effort, global biodiversity metrics, and results of systematic conservation planning 
• Data summaries and statistics
• Ability to add your own data layers
• Polar map views 
• … and more!