This guidance document provides a high-level overview of the Marine Habitats and Species (MHabS) Open data and Marine Protected Areas Habitats and Species (MPAHabS) Open data that Natural England publishes on www.data.gov.uk. It should be used as a reference alongside the metadata to understand the dataset.
This document is for anyone to use, including Natural England stakeholders and partners, academics or members of the public to download and use the data.