Leatherback Sea Turtle
Data Set (DS) | NMFS Office Of Protected Resources (OPR)GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:65327 | Updated: October 17, 2023 | Published / External
Item Identification
| Title: | Leatherback Sea Turtle |
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| Publication Date: | 2005-07-12 |
| Abstract: |
Critical habitat in the Caribbean Sea area includes the waters adjacent to Sandy Point, St. Croix from the 100 fathom curve shoreward to the level of mean high tide.Critical habitat in the Pacific Ocean areas includes marine waters to a depth of 80 meters from the ocean surface and is delineated along the shoreline at the line of extreme low water, except in the case of estuaries and bays where COLREGS lines (defined at 33 CFR part 80) are used as the shoreward boundary. The seaward boundary of the nearshore Washington/Oregon area (from Cape Flattery south to Cape Blanco) is defined along the 2,000 meter isobath. The seaward boundary of the nearshore California area (from Point Arena south to Point Arguello) is defined along the 3,000 meter isobath. |
| Purpose: |
These data represent critical habitat designated (March 23, 1979, 44 FR 17710) and revised (January 26, 2012, 77 FR 4170) under the Endangered Species Act for the leatherback sea turtle. |
Keywords
Theme Keywords
| Thesaurus | Keyword |
|---|---|
| ISO 19115 Topic Category |
biota
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| ISO 19115 Topic Category |
boundaries
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| ISO 19115 Topic Category |
environment
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| ISO 19115 Topic Category |
oceans
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| UNCONTROLLED | |
| None | critical habitat |
| None | leatherback sea turtle |
Spatial Keywords
| Thesaurus | Keyword |
|---|---|
| UNCONTROLLED | |
| None | California |
| None | Caribbean Sea |
| None | Oregon |
| None | Pacific Ocean |
| None | Sandy Point |
| None | St. Croix |
| None | U.S. Virgin Islands |
| None | Washington |
Physical Location
| City: | St Petersburg |
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| State/Province: | FL |
Data Set Information
| Data Set Scope Code: | Data Set |
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| Maintenance Frequency: | As Needed |
| Data Presentation Form: | Map (digital) |
| Data Set Credit: | CREDIT: National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Region and West Coast Region ORIGINATORS: Southeast Region, National Marine Fisheries Service ; Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service; |
Support Roles
Data Steward
| Date Effective From: | 2022-04-14 |
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| Date Effective To: | |
| Contact (Person): | Molineaux, Jonathan |
| Address: |
1315 East West Hwy Silver Spring, MD 20910 |
| Email Address: | jonathan.molineaux@noaa.gov |
| Phone: | 301-427-8440 |
Metadata Contact
| Date Effective From: | 2022-04-14 |
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| Date Effective To: | |
| Contact (Person): | Molineaux, Jonathan |
| Address: |
1315 East West Hwy Silver Spring, MD 20910 |
| Email Address: | jonathan.molineaux@noaa.gov |
| Phone: | 301-427-8440 |
Extents
| Currentness Reference: | Publication Date |
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Extent Group 1
| Extent Description: |
ground condition |
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Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1
| W° Bound: | -126.406934 | |
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| E° Bound: | -64.832997 | |
| N° Bound: | 48.506112 | |
| S° Bound: | 17.630262 |
Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1
| Time Frame Type: | Discrete |
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| Start: | 1979-03-23 00:00:00+0000 |
| Description: |
ground condition |
Spatial Information
Reference Systems
Reference System 1
Coordinate Reference System |
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Access Information
| Security Class: | Unclassified |
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| Data Use Constraints: |
These data are not the official legal definition of critical habitat. The Code of Federal Regulations (50 CFR 226.207) is the source for the legal definition of the critical habitat designation. |
Distribution Information
Distribution 1
| Download URL: | https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/map/leatherback-turtle-caribbean-critical-habitat-map-and-gis-data |
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| Distributor: | |
| Description: |
Data access URL |
| File Type (Deprecated): | File Geodatabase Feature Class |
| Distribution Format: | ESRI File Geodatabase |
Technical Environment
| Description: |
Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.8.1.14362 |
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Data Quality
| Completeness Report: |
Clarifications only apply to this feature class. Military areas ineligible for designation (qualifying INRMP): none Military areas excluded due to national security impacts: none Indian lands excluded: none Economic exclusions: none Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) exclusions: none Unoccupied areas designated: none Federal Register final rule page: January 26, 2012, 77 FR 41922021-05-26T00:00:00Endangered Species Act critical habitat spatial data clarifications |
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Lineage
Process Steps
Process Step 1
| Description: |
Detailed shoreline for St. Croix from NOAA digital vector chart was created, then the 100 fathom curve was created by conducting heads-up digitizing of the contour from NOAA chart 25641_1 using ESRI's ArcGIS software. The accuracy of this data set is dependent upon the accuracy of the shoreline and bathymetric data used in the creation process. |
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| Process Date/Time: | 2005-07-12 00:00:00 |
Process Step 2
| Description: |
Land area was erased from the buffer area using ET Geowizards. The source of land area used to erase was from the NCCOS project for coral and seafloor mapping. |
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| Process Date/Time: | 2006-03-21 00:00:00 |
Process Step 3
| Description: |
Data created for Pacific Ocean 2012. Polygons mapped to add critical habitat for leatherback sea turtles along the west coast (Washington, Oregon, California). |
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| Process Date/Time: | 2012-01-26 00:00:00 |
Process Step 4
| Description: |
Merged 2 datasets. During standardization, geometry was not edited for the Caribbean Sea polygon. Geometry was edited for the Pacific Ocean polygons. Attributes were edited. Metadata was edited and populated using the final rule/CFR and the sources: SeaTurtleLeatherback_19790323 (GCS_WGS_84 wkid 4326) and Final_LeatherbackCH.shp (NAD_1983_California_Teale_Albers). Geoprocessing steps: - Projected 2012 Pacific Ocean version Final_LeatherbackCH.shp (NAD_1983_California_Teale_Albers) to WGS84. - Exploded multipart polygon to populate separate attributes for WA/OR polygon and CA polygon. - Deleted 2 very tiny polygons that appeared after explosion, only 2 large polygons remained. - Merged with Caribbean Sea polygon (SeaTurtleLeatherback_19790323) to create the standardized feature class SeaTurtleLeatherback_20120126 (GCS_WGS_84 wkid 4326) using the National Critical Habitat Geodatabase processing protocol. - Migrated fields: none - Dropped fields: FID, NAME, SHAPE_Leng, SHAPE_Area - Caribbean Sea feature class deprecated (SeaTurtleLeatherback_19790323_archived). **Data history - for reference** See final rule map Figure 1 - Geographical Areas Occupied by the species (January 26, 2012, 77 FR 4188). The CFR text describes areas 1 and 7, but the CFR map does not show those boundaries. CFR text (i) matches area 1, (ii) matches area 7. CFR map shows areas 1 and 7 combined into a single polygon (i.e., the 200 meter isobath no longer existed, only the 3,000 meter isobath existed). |
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| Process Date/Time: | 2021-04-26 00:00:00 |
Catalog Details
| Catalog Item ID: | 65327 |
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| GUID: | gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:65327 |
| Metadata Record Created By: | Jonathan Molineaux |
| Metadata Record Created: | 2021-08-31 20:55+0000 |
| Metadata Record Last Modified By: | SysAdmin InPortAdmin |
| Metadata Record Last Modified: | 2023-10-17 16:12+0000 |
| Metadata Record Published: | 2022-04-02 |
| Owner Org: | OPR |
| Metadata Publication Status: | Published Externally |
| Do Not Publish?: | N |
| Metadata Last Review Date: | 2022-04-02 |
| Metadata Review Frequency: | 1 Year |
| Metadata Next Review Date: | 2023-04-02 |