49596 FinWhalePacificSummer Data Set Published / External 49402 Marine Cadastre - partner (no harvest) Project Completed 2011 The Navy and other military users of the marine environment are required to assess the impact of their activities on marine mammals to comply with the Marine Mammal Protection Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the National Environmental Policy Act. The number of marine mammals that might be impacted by Navy activities must be estimated in an Environmental Assessment or Environmental Impact Statement. A key element of this estimation is knowledge of cetacean densities in specific areas where those activities will occur. Data collected by NOAA's Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) from 1986-2006 using accepted, peer-reviewed survey methods were used to develop models to forecast cetacean densities. This work represents an important step towards understanding marine mammal habitat use with respect to regions utilized by the U. S. Navy. MarineCadastre.gov has included Blue, Fin, Humpback, and Sperm whale models for the summer months as examples of these models. Please view the publication for specific details on the development and use of these models. NOTE: Updated Pacific models should be available in mid-2017. 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. 10992 Please refer to source information. Original contact information: Contact Name: MarineCadastre.gov Data Steward Contact Org: NOAA Office for Coastal Management Title: MarineCadastre.gov Data Steward Phone: 843.740.1202 Email: coastal.info@noaa.gov Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Geographic: Latitude_Resolution: 0.00001 Longitude_Resolution: 0.00001 Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: D WGS 1984 Ellipsoid_Name: WGS 1984 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257223563 Theme ISO 19115 Topic Category oceans Theme cetacean Theme density Theme distribution Theme habitat models Theme marine mammals Temporal 2009 Spatial California Spatial Eastern North Pacific Spatial Oregon Spatial United States Spatial Washington Office for Coastal Management Charleston SC Data Set Irregular NOAA makes no warranties or representations whatsoever regarding the availability, quality, accuracy, content, completeness or suitability for the user's needs of such information. 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Not for navigation. https://www.marinecadastre.gov/about/disclaimer.html NOAA, U.S. Navy, and Duke University 50200 FinWhalePacificSummer Published / External Completed Fin Whale, Pacific Summer | Description Source: NOAA Office for Coastal Management Converted from FGDC using 'fgdc_to_inport_xml_entity.pl' script. 1 OBJECTID Unknown No No Active Internal feature number. | Description Source: Esri Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. 2 Shape Unknown No No Active Feature geometry. | Description Source: Esri Coordinates defining the features. 3 Bph_r_u_h Unknown No No Active output: high 90% CI Density | Description Source: NOAA Office for Coastal Management Unique values defining the features. 4 Bph_r_u_l Unknown No No Active output: low 90% CI Density | Description Source: NOAA Office for Coastal Management Unique values defining the features. 5 Bph_r_u_d Unknown No No Active output: average density | Description Source: NOAA Office for Coastal Management Unique values defining the features. 6 Bph_r_u_e Unknown No No Active output: standard error of density | Description Source: NOAA Office for Coastal Management Unique values defining the features. 7 CommonName VARCHAR No No Active common name of species | Description Source: NOAA Office for Coastal Management fin whale: common name of species attributed to data set | 8 ScientificName VARCHAR No No Active scientific name of species | Description Source: NOAA Office for Coastal Management Balaenoptera physalus: scientific name of species attributed to data set | 9 Shape_Length Unknown No No Active Length of feature in internal units. | Description Source: Esri Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. 10 Shape_Area Unknown No No Active Area of feature in internal units squared. | Description Source: Esri Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. Data Steward 2017-01-27 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 2017-01-27 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 2017-01-27 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 2017-01-27 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 Ground Condition -131 -117.1286 48.5061 30.05 Range 1991 2008 Yes Unclassified None These data are intended for coastal and ocean use planning. Not for navigation. https://cetsound.noaa.gov/packages/swfsc_serdp_cce.zip Online Resource https://coast.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/MarineCadastre/MarineMammalsAndSeaTurtles/MapServer/38 Online Resource https://www.coast.noaa.gov/ Online Resource https://www.marinecadastre.gov/data/ Online Resource 2017-01-27 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. 2018-02-08 Partial upload of Positional Accuracy fields only. The attributes in this dataset are believed to be accurate. Maximum scale of intended use is 1:80,000. 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. These data are believed to be logically consistent. Geometry is topologically clean. swfsc_serdp_cce_2009 NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center 2009-05-01 Discrete 1991 https://cetsound.noaa.gov/packages/swfsc_serdp_cce.html Predictive Models of Cetacean Densities in the Eastern Pacific Ocean; AND Predictive Modeling of Cetacean Densities in the California Current Ecosystem based on Summer and Fall Ship Surveys in 1991- 2008 | Type of Source Media: online 1 Created a copy of the original data, deleted all irrelevant fields (kept density fields for species in question), added CommonName and Scientific Name fields. Calculated new fields with appropriate values for species. Created layer file based on classification scheme requested from source. swfsc_serdp_cce_2009 50200 Entity gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:49596 Anne Ball 2017-11-15T15:19:44 SysAdmin InPortAdmin 2025-05-15T19:16:14 2018-02-08 OCM Partners OCMP 1002 Public No No 2018-02-08 1 Year 2019-02-08