# MSFD (Article 4) marine subregions - version 1, February 2017

In the Marine Strategy Framework Directive - MSFD (Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 establishing a framework for community action in the field of marine environmental policy), four marine regions are listed (art. 4): Baltic Sea, North-east Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea, among which the following two are further divided into four subregions each:

North-east Atlantic Ocean:
o	The Greater North Sea, including the Kattegat and the English Channel
o	The Celtic Seas
o	The Bay of Biscay and the Iberian Coast
o	Macaronesia

Mediterranean Sea:
o	The Western Mediterranean Sea
o	The Adriatic Sea
o	The Ionian Sea and the Central Mediterranean Sea
o	The Aegean-Levantine Sea

The present layer provides the spatial extent of these subregions, as agreed by the MSFD Committee in November 2016.https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/geonetwork/srv/api/records/c6faa0c9-c6e2-4a01-8676-c516dcb8f209


[More information](https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/catalogue/srv/api/records/c6faa0c9-c6e2-4a01-8676-c516dcb8f209)
    