56737 Data Set Published / External 30946 West Coast Region Geospatial Data Project Completed 2015 2015 This file represents salmonid freshwater and estuarine Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) in the western United States. Congress, through the Magnuson-Stevens Act, defined EFH as "those waters and substrate necessary to fish for spawning, breeding, feeding, or growth to maturity." This dataset follows the federal codification of delineating EFH using 4th field Hydrologic Units. It spatially depicts designated EFH for Federally-managed Pacific salmon within freshwater and estuarine regions of California, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. Areas above identified certain impassible dams are not designated EFH, and these have been removed from the 4th field Hydrologic Units. Only areas defined as EFH are present in this dataset. Each Hydrologic Unit polygon has been coded to indicate for which species of salmon (Chinook salmon, coho and/or pink) it represents EFH. The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act requires that regional management councils identify and describe "essential fish habitat" in their fishery management plans; that Councils minimize impacts on this essential habitat from fishing activities; and that Councils and other federal agencies consult with the National Marine Fisheries Service about activities that might harm EFH. Actions that occur outside of EFH, but that might affect the habitat, must also be taken into account. The final rule of "Fisheries Off West Coast States; West Coast Salmon Fisheries; Amendment 18 to the Salmon Fishery Management Plan" was published in the Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 243/ Thursday, December 18, 2014. Geospatial data was based on information in that document in Table 1 to Part 660, Subpart H - Pacific Salmon EFH Identified by USGS Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC). It pertains to Chinook, coho, and pink salmon. This data is the geospatial representation of the final rule. Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Unknown Theme Chinook Theme Coho Theme EFH Theme Essential Fish Habitat Theme Magnuson-Stevens Act Theme Pink Theme Salmon Spatial California Spatial Idaho Spatial Oregon Spatial Pacific Spatial Washington Spatial West Coast Spatial Western United States West Coast Regional Office Long Beach CA Data Set GIS shapefile None Planned Not Applicable Map (digital) This file represents salmon freshwater and estuarine essential fish habitat (EFH) for the Pacific Coast Salmon. Congress, through the Magnuson-Stevens Act, defined EFH as "those waters and substrate necessary to fish for spawning, breeding, feeding, or growth to maturity." This dataset follows the federal codification of delineating EFH using 4th field Hydrologic Units. It spatially depicts Designated EFH for salmonids within freshwater regions of California, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. Areas above identified impassible dams have been removed from the 4th field Hydrologic Units. Only areas defined as EFH are present in this dataset. Each Hydrologic Unit polygon has been coded to indicate for which species of salmonid (Chinook salmon, coho salmon and/or Puget Sound pink salmon) it represents EFH. Not Applicable https://archive.fisheries.noaa.gov/wcr/maps_data/essential_fish_habitat.html These data are intended to assist in mapping and GIS efforts for fishery management efforts for the Pacific Coast Salmon. They can be used to depict the general areas of salmon EFH. Data were combined from the best available sources with some adjustments made to ensure a logical combination. Every attempt has been made to ensure the accuracy of these data, however they DO NOT constitute a legal description of Essential Fish Habitat. No liability is assumed for the accuracy or completeness of the information contained. Charleen Gavette, Barb Seekins Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable 56738 Published / External Completed zip file containing: NOAA_WCR_Salmonid_EFH_2014.cpg NOAA_WCR_Salmonid_EFH_2014.dbf NOAA_WCR_Salmonid_EFH_2014.prj NOAA_WCR_Salmonid_EFH_2014.sbn NOAA_WCR_Salmonid_EFH_2014.sbx NOAA_WCR_Salmonid_EFH_2014.shp NOAA_WCR_Salmonid_EFH_2014.shp.xml NOAA_WCR_Salmonid_EFH_2014.shx Other Yes Zip file containing GIS data Data Steward 2025 Person Chavez, Eric eric.chavez@noaa.gov Distributor 2015 Organization West Coast Regional Office WCRO 501 West Ocean Blvd Long Beach CA 90802-4213 https://www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/ Metadata Contact 2025 Person Chavez, Eric eric.chavez@noaa.gov Originator 2015 Person Gavette, Charleen A charleen.gavette@noaa.gov 777 Sonoma Ave Santa Rosa CA 95404 707-575-6017 707-578-3435 Data was compiled by NOAA Fisheries West Coast Region. Barb Seekins and Charleen Gavette developed the geospatial data with guidance by Dr. John Stadler, Kerry Griffin, and Eric Chavez as well as multiple NOAA Fisheries staff. Point of Contact 2025 Person Chavez, Eric eric.chavez@noaa.gov Publication Date Selected freshwater and estuarine areas in California, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. -124.77148 -112.998471 49.002481 36.762317 Continuing 2015 Unclassified None No warranty, expressed or implied is made and no liability is assumed by NOAA Fisheries as to the positional or attribute accuracy of the data. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty and no responsibility is assumed by the U.S. Government in the use of these files. https://archive.fisheries.noaa.gov/wcr/maps_data/essential_fish_habitat.html 2015 Organization West Coast Regional Office noaa_wcr_salmonid_efh_2014.zip Online Link for shapefile, pdf map, Google Earth KML zipped shapefiles: .zip containing .shp .dbf .shx. .avl Shapefile 20.8 mb Zip https://archive.fisheries.noaa.gov/wcr/maps_data/essential_fish_habitat.html 2015 Organization West Coast Regional Office Essential Fish Habitat GIS data This page contains links to pdf maps of: EFH Map - West Coast Salmon https://www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/publications/habitat/essential_fish_habitat/west_coast_salmon_efh_2014__1_.pdf EFH Map - West Coast Chinook Salmon https://www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/publications/habitat/essential_fish_habitat/chinook_salmon_efh_2014__1_.pdf EFH Map - West Coast Coho Salmon https://www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/publications/habitat/essential_fish_habitat/coho_salmon_efh_2014__1_.pdf EFH Map - Puget Sound Pink Salmon https://www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/publications/habitat/essential_fish_habitat/pink_salmon_efh_2014__1_.pdf PDF PDF - Adobe Portable Document Format Uncompressed https://archive.fisheries.noaa.gov/wcr/maps_data/essential_fish_habitat.html Landing Page WCRO Essential Fish Habitat Maps & Data Online Resource html Online Linkage for shapefile, pdf map, Google Earth KML The data set was created with ESRI ArcGIS Desktop software Data created at a scale of 1:100,000 Unknown Yes No The polygons depicted in this data set were obtained from the United States Geological Survey, National Geospatial Technical Operations Center, National Hydrography, Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) 8 (also known as 4th Field HUC). Areas above identified impassable barriers were removed from the HUC. 56738 Entity gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:56737 Charleen Gavette 2019-06-24T12:21:41 Lincoln Rehm 2025-09-25T15:18:21 2019-06-24 West Coast Regional Office WCRO 501 West Ocean Blvd Long Beach CA 90802-4213 https://www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/ 1001 Public No No 2019-06-24 1 Year 2020-06-24