65265
Rough Cactus Coral
Data Set
Published / External
65207
National ESA Critical Habitat Geodatabase
Project
Completed
2023-08-09
These data represent the critical habitat designation (August 9, 2023) under the Endangered Species Act for the rough cactus coral (Mycetophyllia ferox). Critical habitat is defined as all marine waters in the defined depth ranges relative to mean low water.Within the defined boundaries, critical habitat does not include: - areas subject to the 2014 Naval Air Station Key West Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan- areas where the essential feature (i.e., reproductive, recruitment, growth, and maturation habitat) does not occur- all managed areas that may contain natural hard substrate but do not provide the quality of substrate essential for the conservation of threatened corals, such as dredged navigation channels, shipping basins, vessel berths, and active anchorages. Specific federally-authorized channels and harbors not included in the designation are: St. Lucie Inlet, Palm Beach Harbor, Hillsboro Inlet, Port Everglades, BakerâÂÂs Haulover Inlet, Miami Harbor, Key West Harbor, Arecibo Harbor, San Juan Harbor, Fajardo Harbor, Ponce Harbor, Mayaguez Harbor, St. Thomas Harbor, Christiansted Harbor.- artificial substrates such as fixed and floating structures, aids-to-navigation (AToNs), seawalls, wharves, boat ramps, fishpond walls, pipes, submarine cables, wrecks, mooring balls, docks, and aquaculture cages- the restricted area managed by the South Florida Ocean Measuring Facility.
These data represent the critical habitat designation (August 9, 2023) under the Endangered Species Act for the rough cactus coral (Mycetophyllia ferox).
Theme
ISO 19115 Topic Category
biota
Theme
ISO 19115 Topic Category
boundaries
Theme
ISO 19115 Topic Category
environment
Theme
ISO 19115 Topic Category
oceans
Theme
Mycetophyllia ferox
Theme
critical habitat
Theme
rough cactus coral
Theme
threatened species
Spatial
Atlantic Ocean
Spatial
Broward County
Spatial
Caribbean
Spatial
Caribbean Sea
Spatial
Dry Tortugas
Spatial
Florida
Spatial
Florida Keys
Spatial
Gulf of Mexico
Spatial
Miami-Dade County
Spatial
Navassa Island
Spatial
Puerto Rico
Spatial
St. Croix
Spatial
St. John
Spatial
St. Thomas
Spatial
U. S. Virgin Islands
St. Petersburg
FL
Data Set
As Needed
Map (digital)
CREDIT: National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Region ORIGINATORS: NOAA-National Marine Fisheries Service; NOAA-National Marine Fisheries Service;
65266
CoralRoughCactus_20230809
Published / External
GIS File
Yes
A collection of geographic features with the same geometry type.; Source: Esri
1
OBJECTID
n/a
No
No
Active
Internal feature number.; Source: Esri
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
2
SHAPE
n/a
No
No
Active
Feature geometry.; Source: Esri
Coordinates defining the features.
3
ID
n/a
No
No
Active
9 digit unique identifier for each feature in the geodatabase.
Used to relate or join supplemental attribute tables.; Source: National Marine Fisheries Service
4
SCIENAME
n/a
No
No
Active
Binomial or trinomial scientific name.
Value formatted as written in the Code of Federal Regulations.; Source: National Marine Fisheries Service
5
COMNAME
n/a
No
No
Active
Legal common name of species.
Value formatted as written in the Code of Federal Regulations.; Source: National Marine Fisheries Service
6
LISTENTITY
n/a
No
No
Active
Full text of the ESA listed entity: Species, Subspecies, Distinct Population Segment (DPS), or Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU).
Value formatted as written in the Code of Federal Regulations.
*Note: for entire species listings, this value will be the same as COMNAME value.; Source: National Marine Fisheries Service
7
LISTSTATUS
n/a
No
No
Active
Current Endangered Species Act listing status.; Source: National Marine Fisheries Service
Delisted: Species that were removed from the Endangered Species Act list.; Endangered: Species that are in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of their range.; Threatened: Species that are likely to become endangered in the foreseeable future.;
8
CHSTATUS
n/a
No
No
Active
Status of the critical habitat designation.; Source: National Marine Fisheries Service
Final: A final rule in the Federal Register publishes the regulatory text in full with an effective date. The regulatory text sets out amendments to the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).; Proposed: A proposed rule in the Federal Register notifies the public of a pending regulation. Any person or organization may comment on it during the comment period.;
9
UNIT
n/a
No
No
Active
Critical habitat unit name.
Null if designation did not specify units or unit names.; Source: National Marine Fisheries Service
10
TAXON
n/a
No
No
Active
Taxonomic unit.; Source: National Marine Fisheries Service
baleen whale: Any of a suborder (Mysticeti) of large whales that have baleen plates in the upper jaw which are used to filter chiefly small crustaceans out of large quantities of seawater.; fish: Any of numerous cold-blooded strictly aquatic craniate vertebrates that include the bony fishes and the cartilaginous and jawless fishes and that have typically an elongated somewhat spindle-shaped body terminating in a broad caudal fin, limbs in the form of fins when present at all, and a 2-chambered heart by which blood is sent through thoracic gills to be oxygenated.; invertebrate: Any animal that lacks a spinal column.; marine reptile: Any of a class (Reptilia) of cold-blooded, air-breathing, usually egg-laying vertebrates that have adapted for an aquatic or semiaquatic life in a marine environment and have a body typically covered with scales or bony plates and a bony skeleton with a single occipital condyle, a distinct quadrate bone usually immovably articulated with the skull, and ribs attached to the sternum.; pinniped: Any of an order or suborder (Pinnipedia) of aquatic carnivorous mammals with all four limbs modified into flippers.; plant: Any of a kingdom (Plantae) of multicellular eukaryotic mostly photosynthetic organisms typically lacking locomotive movement or obvious nervous or sensory organs and possessing cellulose cell walls.; toothed whale: Any of a suborder (Odontoceti) of cetaceans bearing usually numerous simple conical teeth.;
11
LEADOFFICE
n/a
No
No
Active
Office responsible for the critical habitat Federal Register Notice.; Source: National Marine Fisheries Service
Alaska Region: Includes Alaska and adjacent marine waters extending outwards to the 200 nautical mile boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone.; Greater Atlantic Region: Includes Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina (north of Cape Hatteras) and adjacent marine waters extending outwards to the 200 nautical mile boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone.; Office of Protected Resources: Headquarters office responsible for nationwide conservation, protection, and recovery of endangered and threatened marine species listed under the Endangered Species Act.; Pacific Islands Region: Includes Hawai'i, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Kingman Reef, Howland Island, Baker Island, Jarvis Island, Wake Island, Johnston Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and adjacent marine waters extending outwards to the 200 nautical mile boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone.; Southeast Region: Includes North Carolina (south of Cape Hatteras), South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and adjacent marine waters extending outwards to the 200 nautical mile boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone.; West Coast Region: Includes Idaho, Washington, Oregon, California and adjacent marine waters extending outwards to the 200 nautical mile boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone.;
12
FR
n/a
No
No
Active
; Source:
13
PUBDATE
n/a
No
No
Active
Federal Register Notice publication date.
MM/DD/YYYY format; Source: National Marine Fisheries Service
14
EFFECTDATE
n/a
No
No
Active
Effective date for a final critical habitat designation. Null for proposed critical habitat.
MM/DD/YYYY format
; Source: National Marine Fisheries Service
15
AREASqKm
n/a
No
No
Active
Geodesic area calculated in square kilometers.; Source: National Marine Fisheries Service
16
CREATEDATE
n/a
No
No
Active
Date spatial feature was created or geometry was last edited.
MM/DD/YYYY format; Source: National Marine Fisheries Service
17
NOTES
n/a
No
No
Active
Additional information about the feature that is not contained in other fields.; Source: National Marine Fisheries Service
18
INPORTURL
n/a
No
No
Active
Feature class metadata URL.
InPort is the National Marine Fisheries Service's official metadata catalog found at:
https://inport.nmfs.noaa.gov/inport/; Source: National Marine Fisheries Service
19
SHAPE_Length
n/a
No
No
Active
Length of feature in internal units.; Source: Esri
Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
20
SHAPE_Area
n/a
No
No
Active
Area of feature in internal units squared.; Source: Esri
Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
21
HABTYPE
n/a
No
No
Active
; Source:
22
ECFR
n/a
No
No
Active
; Source:
Data Steward
2020-11-27
Person
Moore, Jennifer
Jennifer.Moore@noaa.gov
263 13th Ave. South
St. Petersburg
FL
33701
USA
727-824-5312
727-824-5309
Metadata Contact
2020-11-27
Position
NMFS Southeast Region GIS Coordinator
nmfs.ser.gis.coordinator@noaa.gov
Point of Contact
2020-11-27
Position
NMFS Southeast Region GIS Coordinator
nmfs.ser.gis.coordinator@noaa.gov
Publication Date
ground condition
-83.21319
-64.427776
26.326389
17.635728
Discrete
2020-11-27T00:00:00+00:00
ground condition
Geographic 2D
EPSG:4326
WGS 84
World Geodetic System 1984
WGS 84
6378137
298.257223563
1
Geodetic Lattitude
Lat
degree
north
2
Geodetic Longitude
Lon
degree
east
Unclassified
Users be advised that the accuracy of this data set is completely dependent upon the accuracy of the shoreline and/or bathymetric data used in the creation process. For more details on this process, see the process description. The proposed rule text description in 85 FR 76302 is always the one, true definition of the coral critical habitat. These or any other depictions are for information purposes only and shouldn't be relied on for regulatory purposes.
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/southeast/science-data/maps-geographic-information-systems-gis-data-southeast
Data access URL
File Geodatabase Feature Class
ESRI File Geodatabase
Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.8.1.14362
1
Bathymetry source: NGDC Coastal Relief Model for Puerto Rico & U.S. Virgin Islands (Vol. 9), and Florida and Eastern Gulf of Mexico (Vol. 3). Using ESRI's ArcGIS ArcMap software and Spatial Analyst extension, ran the focal statistics tool, which smoothed blocky contours. Then Surface >Contour tool with base contour set to 0.99999, which will also smooth some blockiness. Converted the polyline to a polygon. Deleted very small polygons/ or polys for depths +/- 1m. NOAA NCCOS provided bathymeric contours for Navassa based on sidescan sonar surveys.
2
A detailed shoreline was used for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands from NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), by selecting 'Land' and 'mangrove' polygons. Used NOAA medium resolution vector shoreline for Florida to create land polygon. Erased the bathymetry polygons with the land/mangrove polygons . For Florida shoreline, or shoreward side of the critical habitat polygon, used Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission (FWC) nearshore bathymetry (digitized from NOAA nautical charts), FWC 1:24,000 scale shoreline, COLREG lines, and intercouncil boundary between South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Councils at the mouths of bays and inlets, and information from the U.S. Navy for exclusions. In areas where shallow contours intersected the shoreline, the contours were edited so they would not overlap in the GIS layer and on the maps.
65266
Entity
CoralRoughCactus_20230809
gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:65265
Jonathan Molineaux
2021-08-31T20:48:56
SysAdmin InPortAdmin
2023-10-17T16:12:35
2021-11-30
NMFS Office Of Protected Resources
OPR
1315 East-West Highway, 13th Floor
Silver Spring
MD
20910
301-713-2332
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/
1001
Public
No
2021-11-30
1 Year
2022-11-30