Highly Migratory Species
Office for Coastal Management (OCM)Data Set (DS) | ID: 54378 | Published / External
Item Identification
Title: | Highly Migratory Species |
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Short Name: | EFH_HighlyMigratorySpecies |
Status: | Completed |
Abstract: |
EFH has been designated in 8 regions around the United States and its territories. The process for determining these areas varies regionally. This GIS dataset combines all regional data for EFH currently mapped.Pursuant to the Magnuson-Stevens Act, each fishery management plan (FMP) must identify and describe Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) for the managed fishery, and the statute defines EFH as "those waters and substrates necessary to fish for spawning, breeding, feeding or growth to maturity." 16 U.S.C. § 1853(a)(7) and § 1802(10). NOAA’s regulations further define EFH adding, among other things, that "necessary" means "the habitat required to support a sustainable fishery and the managed species contribution to a healthy ecosystem." 50 C.F.R. § 600.10. More information on this dataset and what species are or are not included in the dataset can be found at: https://www.habitat.noaa.gov/protection/efh/newInv/index.html.Code of Federal Regulations with laws regarding EFHs can be found at: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2001-title50-vol3/xml/CFR-2001-title50-vol3-sec600-815.xml. |
Purpose: |
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. |
Supplemental Information: |
The native coordinate system for this layer is WGS 1984 World Mercator (ESPG: 3395). Please note: all MarineCadastre.gov data served by the NOAA Office for Coastal Management and hosted through Esri REST services are in the WGS 1984 Web Mercator Auxiliary Sphere (EPSG: 3857) projection. |
Keywords
Theme Keywords
Thesaurus | Keyword |
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords | Earth Science > Human Dimensions > Environmental Governance/Management |
ISO 19115 Topic Category | environment |
ISO 19115 Topic Category | farming |
ISO 19115 Topic Category | oceans |
ISO 19115 Topic Category | planningCadastre |
None | alternative energy planning |
None | biological occurrence |
None | coastal energy planning |
None | conservation |
None | ecology |
None | environment |
None | environmental |
None | environmental energy planning |
None | farming |
None | fish |
None | habitat |
None | management |
None | marine |
None | marine cadastre |
None | marine spatial planning |
None | marine wildlife |
None | migration |
None | national |
None | natural resources |
None | ocean energy planning |
None | oceans |
None | offshore energy planning |
None | planningCadastre |
None | renewable energy planning |
None | United States |
Spatial Keywords
Thesaurus | Keyword |
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords | Continent > North America > United States Of America |
None | Atlantic |
None | national |
None | Pacific |
None | United States |
Physical Location
City: | Charleston |
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State/Province: | SC |
Data Set Information
Data Set Scope Code: | Data Set |
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Maintenance Frequency: | As Needed |
Data Presentation Form: | Map (digital) |
Distribution Liability: |
NOAA makes no warranties or representations whatsoever regarding the availability, quality, accuracy, content, completeness or suitability for the user's needs of such information. The services, information, and data made available on the Marine Cadastre web site are provided "as is" without warranties of any kind. These data are intended for coastal and ocean use planning. Not for navigation. http://www.marinecadastre.gov/about/disclaimer.html |
Data Set Credit: | ORIGINATORS: Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Ocean Service (NOS), Office for Coastal Management (OCM); Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries, NOAA Fisheries; Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS); |
Support Roles
Data Steward
Date Effective From: | 2018-06 |
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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 |
Distributor
Date Effective From: | 2018-06 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Organization): | Office for Coastal Management (OCM) |
Address: |
2234 South Hobson Avenue Charleston, SC 29405-2413 |
URL: | https://www.coast.noaa.gov/ |
Metadata Contact
Date Effective From: | 2018-06 |
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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 |
Point of Contact
Date Effective From: | 2018-06 |
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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 |
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Extent Group 1
Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1
W° Bound: | -129.163655 | |
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E° Bound: | -63.87228 | |
N° Bound: | 48.393771 | |
S° Bound: | 14.924739 |
Access Information
Security Class: | Unclassified |
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Data Use Constraints: |
NOAA makes no warranties or representations whatsoever regarding the availability, quality, accuracy, content, completeness or suitability for the user's needs of such information. The services, information, and data made available on the Marine Cadastre web site are provided "as is" without warranties of any kind. These data are intended for coastal and ocean use planning. Not for navigation. http://www.marinecadastre.gov/about/disclaimer.html |
Distribution Information
Distribution 1
Download URL: | ftp://ftp.coast.noaa.gov/pub/MSP/ORT/EFH_HighlyMigratorySpecies.zip |
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Distributor: | |
File Name: | EFH Highly Migratory Species |
Description: |
Data access URL |
Distribution 2
Download URL: | https://coast.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/OceanReportingTool/ |
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Distributor: | |
File Name: | ORT Map Service |
Description: |
Data access URL |
URLs
URL 1
URL: | https://marinecadastre.gov/oceanreports |
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Name: | Ocean Reports |
URL Type: |
Online Resource
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Description: |
More information and online data visualization. |
Technical Environment
Description: |
Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.5.1.7333 |
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Data Quality
Accuracy: |
The attributes in this dataset are believed to be accurate. |
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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
Essential Fish Habitat Highly Migratory Species
Contact Name: | Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries, NOAA Fisheries |
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Extent Type: | Discrete |
Extent Start Date/Time: | 2018-05-01 |
Citation URL: | https://www.habitat.noaa.gov/protection/efh/newInv/index.html |
Citation URL Name: | Source Online Linkage |
Citation URL Description: |
URL where the source data were originally accessed. |
Source Contribution: |
National EFH spatial data to extract HMS from |
Process Steps
Process Step 1
Description: |
(1) Added "TYPE" field. (2) Selected all features that are associated with fish, viewed selection, calculated TYPE field to be "Fish". (3) Switched selection, calculated TYPE field to be "Shark". |
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Process Date/Time: | 2018-08-01 00:00:00 |
Process Step 2
Description: |
(1) The Nationwide Shapefile (Latest data update: 03/14/2018) was downloaded (2) The Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (AHMS) and Pacific Highly Migratory Species (PHMS) were selected and exported out (3) The LTTD_Link and LTTDT_LINK field were deleted as the links were broken (4) The LTTD_Title field was deleted as this provided no useful information (5) ZONE, INSTATEWAT, ACRES were all deleted (6) The ZoomLevel field was deleted as this provided no usable information (7) The CentroidLa and CentroidLo were both deleted as this information is not needed (8) The Region field was deleted as this was redundant with the FMC (Fisheries Management Council) field (9) The DDBOX and LTTD_TIT_1 fields were both deleted as these were both identical to the SITENAME_L field (10) The DATACAVEAT field was deleted as this was only present for the Pacific HMS and was incomplete (11) TYPE field deleted as the only value was “EFH” – since the layer is the EFH for HMS it is not necessary (12) “Area_km2” added and Area calculation performed in WGS 1984 World Mercator performed to provide more accurate measurements (13) SITENAME_L renamed to EFH_HMS |
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Process Date/Time: | 2018-05-01 00:00:00 |
Catalog Details
Catalog Item ID: | 54378 |
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Metadata Record Created By: | Anna Verrill |
Metadata Record Created: | 2018-10-25 12:07+0000 |
Metadata Record Last Modified By: | Jesse Brass |
Metadata Record Last Modified: | 2019-10-01 13:30+0000 |
Metadata Record Published: | 2018-10-26 |
Owner Org: | OCM |
Metadata Publication Status: | Published Externally |
Do Not Publish?: | N |
Metadata Next Review Date: | 2019-10-27 |