This data has been supplied in WSG84 Mercator 41 projection. The data was last updated as of 1 October 2019. Legal definition of the Bluenose QMA’s are contained in schedule 3 of the Fisheries (Reporting) Regulations, 2001. The defined areas are based on the FMA boundary definitions (first schedule of the Fisheries Act, 1996), and are either a combination of FMA’s or correspond directly to an FMA. The Bluenose QMA layer has been created from a direct copy of the general FMA’s layer, with the appropriate FMA’s (as defined in the legislation defining the Bluenose QMA’s) combined together. This layer is dependant on a legally authoritative FMA layer. Legal of the FMA boundaries is dependent on legally authoritative layers depicting the EEZ boundary and mean high water mark. These two resources were not available for the creation of the general FMA information layer. Approximate co-ordinates contained within the legislation defining the FMA boundaries were used. These co-ordinates are not legally authoritative, but are considered accurate in most circumstances. For more information, read this document.