48236 MarineCadastre Data Set Published / External 37236 ParentRecords Project Completed 2009 MarineCadastre.gov is a marine information system that provides authoritative ocean data, offshore planning tools, and technical support to the offshore renewable energy community. The project was initiated by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-58) - Sec. 388 - Alternative Energy-Related Uses on the Outer Continental Shelf, which directs the secretary of the interior, in cooperation with the secretary of commerce, the commandant of the Coast Guard, and the secretary of defense, to establish an outer continental shelf (OCS) mapping initiative to assist in decision-making related to alternative energy uses on the OCS. At its core, MarineCadastre.gov contains marine cadastral data, which encompass the spatial extent, usage, rights, restrictions, and responsibilities of marine areas, as well as other regionally specific data needed to support planning, management, and conservation of submerged lands and marine spaces. The combination of marine cadastral and regionally specific data provides users with many of the data layers needed for renewable energy siting and other ocean planning efforts. The MarineCadastre.gov National Viewer is intended to be used as a planning and screening tool to inform decisions on ocean uses. It is not intended to be used for precise site selection, but rather to provide the geospatial picture of ocean planning data layers needed to make decisions about where suitable areas exist for offshore activities. MarineCadastre.gov also has more regionally focused viewers within its Map Gallery. Those viewers demonstrate how marine cadastre data can be used along with state or regionally applicable data sets to inform ocean planning decisions.The MarineCadastre.gov Data Registry lists all the data layers that can be found on MarineCadastre.gov with the ability to shop for layers, add these to a cart, and open in a map on ArcGIS Online. There are quarterly updates to the National Viewer and Data Registry. Please sign up for data updates here: https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/publications/subscribe. To support coastal and ocean planning and other activities pursuant to the Energy Policy Act, Coastal Zone Management Act, Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, National Environmental Policy Act, Rivers and Harbors Act and the Submerged Lands Act. 10852 Theme ISO 19115 Topic Category biota Theme ISO 19115 Topic Category boundaries Theme ISO 19115 Topic Category environment Theme ISO 19115 Topic Category oceans Spatial Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA Theme aids to navigation Theme birds Theme corals Theme georegulation Theme habitat Theme jurisdictions Theme marine Theme marine boundaries Theme marine mammals Theme ocean planning Theme ocean uses Theme oceanographic Theme offshore Theme offshore energy planning Theme physical Theme planning areas Theme ports Theme renewables Theme sea turtles Theme tidal Theme vessel traffic Theme wave Theme wind Spatial Alaska Spatial Atlantic Spatial Caribbean Spatial East Coast Spatial Great Lakes Spatial Gulf of Mexico Spatial Hawaii Spatial National Spatial Pacific Spatial Pacific Islands Spatial U.S. coastal waters Spatial U.S. territorial waters Spatial West Coast Office for Coastal Management Charleston SC Data Set Quarterly Data Steward 2009 Organization NOAA Office for Coastal Management NOAA/OCM coastal.info@noaa.gov 2234 South Hobson Ave Charleston SC 29405-2413 (843) 740-1202 https://coast.noaa.gov NOAA Office for Coastal Management Home Page Online Resource Distributor 2009 Organization NOAA Office for Coastal Management NOAA/OCM coastal.info@noaa.gov 2234 South Hobson Ave Charleston SC 29405-2413 (843) 740-1202 https://coast.noaa.gov NOAA Office for Coastal Management Home Page Online Resource Metadata Contact 2009 Organization NOAA Office for Coastal Management NOAA/OCM coastal.info@noaa.gov 2234 South Hobson Ave Charleston SC 29405-2413 (843) 740-1202 https://coast.noaa.gov NOAA Office for Coastal Management Home Page Online Resource Point of Contact 2009 Organization NOAA Office for Coastal Management NOAA/OCM coastal.info@noaa.gov 2234 South Hobson Ave Charleston SC 29405-2413 (843) 740-1202 https://coast.noaa.gov NOAA Office for Coastal Management Home Page Online Resource Publication Date 145 -66 72 -15 Continuing 2009 Unclassified None These data are intended for coastal and ocean use planning. Not for navigation. http://marinecadastre.gov/about/disclaimer.html http://marinecadastre.gov/ Online Resource http://marinecadastre.gov/data/ Online Resource 2016-05-23 Date that the source FGDC record was last modified. 2017-11-14 Converted from FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (version FGDC-STD-001-1998) using 'fgdc_to_inport_xml.pl' script. Contact Tyler Christensen (NOS) for details. gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:48236 Anne Ball 2017-11-14T14:33:46 Brianna Key 2025-04-30T22:50:05 2017-11-16 Office for Coastal Management OCM 1002 Public No No 2017-11-16 1 Year 2018-11-16