Data Management Plan (Deprecated)

This data set contains vector polygons depicting locations for aquaculture, essential habitats, and water intakes; and vector points depicting locations for aquaculture, artificial reefs, recreational fishing, repeated measurement sites, and water intakes found i in the New York/New Jersey Metro Area, Hudson River, and South Long Island regions.

Polygons in the SOCECON feature data set may overlap where an area is associated with more than one agency or feature type. As an example, multiple parks may fall within a county boundary, which may itself fall within a larger polygon depicting the jurisdiction of an Army Corps of Engineers region.

As a whole, the ESI data characterize the marine and coastal environments and wildlife by their sensitivity to spilled oil, and include information for three main components: shoreline habitats, sensitive biological resources, and human-use resources. The entirety of the NY/NJ Metro Area, Hudson River, and South Long Island Human-Use data layers consists of: PARKS-MANAGED AREAS Polygons, Points; NAVIGATION-MARINE Points, Lines; POLITICAL-JURISDICTIONAL Polygons, Points; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Polygons, Points; SOCECON Polygons, Points, Lines; and NATURAL HAZARD Polygons.

Process Steps:

• 2015-11-01 00:00:00 - The following describes the process used to map all human use data layers found within the SOCECON feature data set. The mapping extent was dependent upon information availability and location of mapped coastal habitats and shorelines. Sources of data used to depict human-use resources in this data layer include publically-available digital data sets supplemented with expert knowledge. Aquaculture locations were provided by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) and New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP). The United States Army Corps of Engineers provided data for their jurisdictional boundaries. United States Coast Guard (USCG) jurisdictional boundaries were acquired from the USCG Operation Systems Center. County jurisdictional boundaries were acquired from the New York State Geographic Information System Program (NYSGIS) Office and the New Jersey Office of Information Technology (NJOIT). Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region data came from the EPA. Essential Habitat for fish was provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service Mid-Atlantic Essential Fish Habitat and New England Essential Fish Habitat. Audubon New York and New Jersey Audubon provided Important Bird Areas data. Multi-species essential habitat in New York was mapped using New York State Department of State's Significant Coastal Fish and Wildlife Habitat data. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Regions were acquired by the FEMA Enterprise GIS Services. State managed shellfish areas were obtained from NJDEP and SeaPlan (Northeast Ocean Data). Historical sites came from the National Park Service (NPS), NJDEP, NJDOS, New York State Office of Cyber Security (NYSOCS), and New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation (NYSOPRHP). Military jurisdictional boundaries that fall under the responsibility of the Department of Defense came from the United States Census Bureau (Census Bureau), National Atlas, NJDEP, NYSOCS, and NOAA.s Office for Coastal Management. National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) boundary data for the Hudson River were provided by the NERR System. National Guard locations were mapped with data from the Census Bureau and the NYSOCS. Fire Island National Seashore and Gateway National Recreation Area were mapped using NPS data. The Nature Conservancy (TNC) properties and easements were provided by TNC. State boundaries were provided by NYSGIS and NJOIT. State park data were provided by NYSOCS and NYSOPRHP, USGS Protected Areas Database, and NOAA.s Office of National Marine Protected Areas Center. The Poospatuck and Shinnecock Reservations were mapped using Census Bureau data. Water Intake locations provided by NJDEP were offset and buffered as requested by New Jersey. United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) National Wildlife Refuge data were provided by the USFWS.
• 2015-11-01 00:00:00 - All polygons were edited to reflect the updated ESI shoreline. The above digital and/or hardcopy sources were compiled by the project biologist to create the data layers in the SOCECON feature dataset. Depending on the type of source data, two general approaches are used for compiling the data layer: 1) digital data layers are evaluated and used "as is" or integrated with the ESI base map features (ESIP, HYDROP, ESIL) 2) information gathered during initial interviews and from hardcopy sources are compiled and digitized using ESI base map features. See the Lineage section for additional information on the type of source data for this data layer. See the Lineage section for additional information on the type of source data for this data layer. The ESI, biology, and human-use data are compiled into the standard ESI digital data format. A second set of interviews with participating resource experts are conducted to review the compiled data. If necessary, edits to the data layer within the SOCECON feature dataset were made based on the recommendations of the resource experts, and final hardcopy maps and digital data are created.

Data can be accessed by downloading the zipped ArcGIS geodatabase from the Download URL (see Distribution Information). Questions can be directed to the ESI Program Manager (Point Of Contact).