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Summary

Short Citation
Office for Coastal Management, 2024: National Marine Fisheries Service Regions, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/48904.
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Abstract

Geographic representations for each of the National Marine Fisheries Service regions.

Distribution Information

Access Constraints:

None

Use Constraints:

For coastal and ocean planning

Controlled Theme Keywords

boundaries, oceans, planningCadastre

Child Items

Type Title
Entity NationalMarineFisheriesServiceRegions

Contact Information

Point of Contact
NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
coastal.info@noaa.gov
(843) 740-1202

Extents

Geographic Area 1

-179.999989° W, 179.999989° E, 74.70884° N, -17.555° S

Time Frame 1
2017-07

Item Identification

Title: National Marine Fisheries Service Regions
Status: Completed
Publication Date: 2017-09-20
Abstract:

Geographic representations for each of the National Marine Fisheries Service regions.

Purpose:

To support ocean planning activities pursuant to the Executive Order Regarding the Ocean Policy to Advance the Economic, Security, and Environmental Interests of the United States, the Energy Policy Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Rivers and Harbors Act, and the Coastal Zone Management Act.

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
ISO 19115 Topic Category
boundaries
ISO 19115 Topic Category
oceans
ISO 19115 Topic Category
planningCadastre
UNCONTROLLED
None coastal

Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
UNCONTROLLED
None Exclusive Economic Zone
None Outer Continental Shelf
None Territorial Sea
None United States of America

Physical Location

Organization: Office for Coastal Management
City: Charleston
State/Province: SC

Data Set Information

Data Set Scope Code: Data Set
Maintenance Frequency: As Needed
Distribution Liability:

https://www.marinecadastre.gov/about/disclaimer.html

Support Roles

Point of Contact

CC ID: 653303
Date Effective From: 2017-09-20
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
Address: 2234 South Hobson Ave
Charleston, SC 29405-2413
Email Address: coastal.info@noaa.gov
Phone: (843) 740-1202
URL: https://coast.noaa.gov

Extents

Currentness Reference: Ground Condition

Extent Group 1

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 653308
W° Bound: -179.999989
E° Bound: 179.999989
N° Bound: 74.70884
S° Bound: -17.555

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 653307
Time Frame Type: Discrete
Start: 2017-07

Spatial Information

Spatial Representation

Representations Used

Vector: Yes

Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Data Access Constraints:

None

Data Use Constraints:

For coastal and ocean planning

Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 1121320
Download URL: https://marinecadastre.gov/data/
Distributor:
Description:

MarineCadastre.gov Data Registry

Distribution 2

CC ID: 1121321
Download URL: https://marinecadastre.gov/downloads/data/mc/NationalMarineFisheriesServiceRegions.zip
Distributor:

Activity Log

Activity Log 1

CC ID: 653318
Activity Date/Time: 2017-10-20
Description:

Date that the source FGDC record was last modified.

Activity Log 2

CC ID: 653317
Activity Date/Time: 2017-11-14
Description:

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.

Activity Log 3

CC ID: 717446
Activity Date/Time: 2018-02-08
Description:

Partial upload of Positional Accuracy fields only.

Data Quality

Accuracy:

The attributes in this dataset are believed to be accurate.

Horizontal Positional Accuracy:

Maximum scale of intended use is 1:80,000.

Completeness Report:

Spatial and attribute properties are believed to be complete, although attribute information has been simplified. Geometric thresholds from original data are preserved. No tests have been completed for exhaustiveness.

Conceptual Consistency:

These data are believed to be logically consistent. Geometry is topologically clean.

Lineage

Sources

200NM EEZ and Maritime Boundaries

CC ID: 653294
Contact Name: NOAA Office of Coast SurveyESRI
Publish Date: 2013-09-01
Extent Type: Discrete
Extent Start Date/Time: 2013-09
Citation URL: http://maritimeboundaries.noaa.gov/downloads/USMaritimeLimitsAndBoundariesSHP.zip
Source Contribution:

EEZ and US - Canada border were combined with states data to create a spatial version of NMFS regions. | Type of Source Media: online

Process Steps

Process Step 1

CC ID: 653295
Description:

+ Download most current version of 200NM EEZ and Maritime Boundaries from marinecadastre.gov: http://maritimeboundaries.noaa.gov/downloads/USMaritimeLimitsAndBoundariesSHP.zip

+ Delete all linework that is not the outer boundary of the EEZ, land boundaries, and maritime boundaries

+ Ensure that all line segments are closed and convert feature to polygon

+ Add USA States (Generalized) from ArcGIS Online and export as a new feature class

+ Union the EEZ polygon feature class with the states feature class with no gaps

+ Merge polygons based on image at http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/management/recreational/get_connected.html

+ Delete all superfluous fields and add attribute info

Process Date/Time: 2017-07-01 00:00:00

Child Items

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Rubric Score Type Title
Entity NationalMarineFisheriesServiceRegions

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 48904
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:48904
Metadata Record Created By: Anne Ball
Metadata Record Created: 2017-11-14 15:56+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2023-05-30 18:10+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2018-02-08
Owner Org: OCM
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2018-02-08
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2019-02-08