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The
National Marine Information System (NatMIS), now the Coasts and Oceans
Information Centre is being developed as a comprehensive computerised
scientific information base which includes data on various aspects of the
marine environment. It is being developed by the Environmental Resources
Information Network (ERIN) and has been supported by Ocean Rescue 2000 and
ERIN funding. NatMIS has been used to help develop a representative system
of marine protected areas, and to assist in monitoring the condition and
biodiversity of marine environments. The Marine and Estuarine Protected
Areas Inventory has been updated and loaded as one data layer onto NatMIS
(Fien et al. 1999).
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