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Aquaculture

Data Set (DS)  |  Office for Coastal Management (OCM)
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:53129  |  Updated: August 15, 2024  |  Published / External 
Summary
Item Identification
Keywords
Physical Location
Data Set Info
Support Roles
Extents
Spatial Info
Access Info
Distribution Info
Tech Environment
Data Quality
Lineage
Child Items
Catalog Details

Summary

Short Citation
Office for Coastal Management, 2025: Aquaculture, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/53129.
Full Citation Examples

Abstract

These data show the location of aquaculture operations within coastal and offshore waters of the United States. Aquaculture types may include aquatic organisms such as fish, crustaceans, mollusks, and aquatic plants. Records were acquired from multiple sources, however source data was not available from all coastal states.

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.

Distribution Information

Use Constraints:

For coastal and ocean planning

Controlled Theme Keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT, farming, oceans

Child Items

Type Title
Entity Aquaculture

Contact Information

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

Extents

Geographic Area 1

-161° W, -66.75° E, 61° N, 19.5° S

Time Frame 1
2022

Item Identification

Title: Aquaculture
Status: Completed
Publication Date: 2022-08-11
Abstract:

These data show the location of aquaculture operations within coastal and offshore waters of the United States. Aquaculture types may include aquatic organisms such as fish, crustaceans, mollusks, and aquatic plants. Records were acquired from multiple sources, however source data was not available from all coastal states.
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.
Notes:

Additional sources of digital data may be available at:

https://dnrec.maps.arcgis.com/apps/PublicInformation/index.html?appid=50d387d56725401e920001e46fa73f27

https://gis.wlf.la.gov/oystermap/map.html

http://gisapps.dnr.state.md.us/Aquaculture/index.html

https://gis.dmr.ms.gov/server/rest/services/Shellfish
Supplemental Information:

Bureau Code: 006:48, Program Code: 006:055

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT
ISO 19115 Topic Category
farming
ISO 19115 Topic Category
oceans
UNCONTROLLED
None coastal
None planning
None renewable energy

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: None Planned
Data Presentation Form: Map (digital)
Entity Attribute Overview:

bioType, leaseStatus, siteName, species, stateName
Distribution Liability:

https://www.marinecadastre.gov/about/disclaimer.html
Data Set Credit: NOAA Office for Coastal Management, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

Support Roles

Point of Contact

CC ID: 763548
Date Effective From: 2016-11-25
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: Publication Date

Extent Group 1

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 763545
W° Bound: -161
E° Bound: -66.75
N° Bound: 61
S° Bound: 19.5

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 763544
Time Frame Type: Discrete
Start: 2022

Spatial Information

Spatial Representation

Representations Used

Vector: Yes

Vector Representation 1

CC ID: 902818
Complex Object Present?: No
Composite Object Present?: No
Curve Object Present?: Yes
Curve Object Count: 10151
Point Object Present?: No
Solid Object Present?: No
Surface Object Present?: No

Reference Systems

Reference System 1

CC ID: 902819

Coordinate Reference System
CRS Type: Geographic 2D
EPSG Code: EPSG:4269
EPSG Name: NAD83
▾ See Full Coordinate Reference System Information

Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Data Use Constraints:

For coastal and ocean planning

Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 763552
Download URL: https://marinecadastre.gov/data
Distributor:
Description:

Marine Cadastre Data Registry

Distribution 2

CC ID: 763551
Download URL: https://marinecadastre.gov/downloads/data/mc/Aquaculture.zip
Distributor:

Technical Environment

Description:

Microsoft Windows, ArcGIS Pro, Azure SQL

Data Quality

Accuracy:

Untested
Horizontal Positional Accuracy:

Compiled to meet 10 meters horizontal accuracy at 95% confidence level
Completeness Report:

Untested
Conceptual Consistency:

These data are logically consistent

Lineage

Sources

Alabama

CC ID: 1180326
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Department of Conservation and Natural Resources State Lands Division
Publish Date: 2021-11-29
Source Contribution:

Shapefile

Alaska

CC ID: 763560
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Department of Fish and Game, Commercial Fisheries
Publish Date: 2022-02-10
Citation URL: https://gis.adfg.alaska.gov/mapping/rest/services/CF_public/Aquatic_Farming_Operations/MapServer/2
Source Contribution:

Shapefile

California

CC ID: 763561
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Department of Fish and Wildlife
Publish Date: 2022-05-02
Citation URL: https://wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Marine/GIS/MarineBIOS
Source Contribution:

Shapefile

Connecticut

CC ID: 763564
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Aquaculture
Publish Date: 2022-01-03
Source Contribution:

Shapefile

Florida

CC ID: 763565
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services Division of Aquaculture
Publish Date: 2021-09-02
Source Contribution:

Shapefile

Georgia

CC ID: 1180319
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Department of Natural Resources
Publish Date: 2022-02-16
Source Contribution:

Shapefile

Hawaii and Pacific Islands

CC ID: 1180320
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service
Publish Date: 2022-01-18
Source Contribution:

Shapefile

Maine

CC ID: 763566
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Department of Marine Resources
Publish Date: 2021-08-18
Citation URL: https://dmr-maine.opendata.arcgis.com/search?tags=aquaculture
Source Contribution:

Shapefile

Massachusetts

CC ID: 763567
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries
Source Contribution:

Shapefile

New Hampshire

CC ID: 763568
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Department of Environmental Services Shellfish Program
Publish Date: 2021-08-18
Source Contribution:

Shapefile '2021_Aquaculture_Sites'€™

New Jersey

CC ID: 1180321
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Division of Fish and Wildlife
Publish Date: 2021-09-22
Source Contribution:

1) Shapefile

2) https://mapsdep.nj.gov/arcgis/rest/services/Features/Environmental_admin/MapServer

Accessed on 2023-07-12

New York

CC ID: 763569
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Suffolk County Department of Economic Development and Planning
Publish Date: 2022-03-01
Citation URL: https://www.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=d98abc91849f4ccf8c38dbb70f8a0042
Source Contribution:

Shapefile

North Carolina

CC ID: 1180322
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Division of Marine Fisheries and Department of Environmental Quality
Publish Date: 2021-08-26
Source Contribution:

Shapefile

Oregon

CC ID: 763577
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Department of Agriculture, and Department of Land Conservation
Publish Date: 2022-01-07
Citation URL: https://tools.oregonexplorer.info/OE_HtmlViewer/index.html?viewer=shellfishmariculture
Source Contribution:

Shapefile

Public Notice for Application of Permit

CC ID: 1261958
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Citation URL: https://www.poh.usace.army.mil/Portals/10/docs/publicnotices/PNPOH2012-00016.pdf

Public Notice of Application for Permit

CC ID: 1261960
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Publish Date: 2020-10-05
Extent Type: Discrete
Extent Start Date/Time: 2020
Citation URL: https://www.saj.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulatory/Public-Notices/Article/2371456/saj-2017-03488-sp-krd/

Rhode Island

CC ID: 763570
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Department of Environmental Management
Publish Date: 2021-10-14
Citation URL: http://www.rigis.org/geodata/env/shellfish13.zip
Source Contribution:

Shapefile

Safety Zone; Ocean Rainforest Aquaculture, Santa Barbara, CA

CC ID: 1261959
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: U.S. Coast Guard
Citation URL: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/03/02/2023-04331/safety-zone-ocean-rainforest-aquaculture-santa-barbara-ca-second-safety-zone

South Carolina

CC ID: 1180323
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Department of Natural Resources Marine Resources Division
Publish Date: 2022-01-11
Citation URL: https://www.dnr.sc.gov/marine/shellfish/culturepermits.html
Source Contribution:

Shapefile

Texas

CC ID: 1180324
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Parks and Wildlife Department
Publish Date: 2021-08-27
Source Contribution:

Shapefile

Virginia

CC ID: 1180325
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Marine Resources Commission
Publish Date: 2022-01-07
Citation URL: https://webapps.mrc.virginia.gov/public/maps/chesapeakebay_map.php
Source Contribution:

Shapefile

Process Steps

Process Step 1

CC ID: 763574
Description:

1) Acquire source data by URL or by email

2) Ingest to local storage and PROJECT to CRS EPSG 4269

3) Edits to the spatial features were conducted using a variety of ArcGIS Pro tools in order to remove or adjust features that were, null, duplicate, overlapping, invalid or not coincident with adjoining features

4) Minor edits were made to the attribute values to remove special or invalid characters, and to standardize formatting of text case and white space

5) Execute the ArcGIS and GEOS geometry validation tests
Process Date/Time: 2022-01-01 00:00:00

Process Step 2

CC ID: 1261961
Description:

Updates were made to fix omissions in the following areas;

a) federal waters offshore Hawaii

b) federal waters offshore Santa Barbara California

c) federal waters offshore west coast of Florida

d) state waters of New Jersey in the Delaware Bay
Process Date/Time: 2023-07-12 00:00:00

Child Items

Rubric scores updated every 15m

Rubric Score Type Title
Entity Aquaculture

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 53129
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:53129
Metadata Record Created By: Anna Verrill
Metadata Record Created: 2018-07-25 10:50+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: Daniel Martin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2024-08-15 13:37+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2018-07-25
Owner Org: OCM
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2018-07-25
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2019-07-25