This spatial dataset contains UK Regional Seas polylines developed by JNCC in 2004 as part of the Review of Marine Nature Conservation and the implementation of Regional Sea around the UK.
The data may be used under the Open Government Licence with the following attribution: Contains JNCC data © copyright and database rights 2004 derived in part from bathymetry © GEBCO Digital Atlas, British Oceanographic Data Centre on behalf of IOC and IHO 1994 & 1997.
For more information please see JNCC's paper 'Developing regional seas for UK waters using biogeographic principles', enclosed with the data and available online: http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-1612.