Description: This Shapefile consists of the bounaries for two MPA's :Tarium Niryutait and Anguniaqvia niqiqyuam. Canada's Oceans Act gives us the ability to establish Marine Protected Areas to conserve and protect unique habitats, endangered or threatened marine species and their habitats, commercial and non-commercial fishery resources (including marine mammals) and their habitats, marine areas of high biodiversity or biological productivity, and any other marine resource or habitat requiring special protection. The Tarium Niryutait Marine Protected Area is made up of three spatially seperate areas called Niaqunnaq, Okeevik, and Kittigaryuit. These areas evolved from the Beluga Management Zone 1a. As of May 2008, the creation of the MPA is awaiting Gazetting, with an estimated date of completion sometime in the Fall of 2008. Anguniaqvia niqiqyuam was designated on November 16, 2016, as an MPA under the Oceans Act. Please see DFO webpage for more details :http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/oceans/mpa-zpm/index-eng.html