65359
Atlantic Sturgeon (New York Bight DPS)
Data Set
Published / External
67040
Atlantic Sturgeon
Project
Completed
This dataset depicts the river lengths along which Critical Habitat has been designated (82 FR 39160, August 17, 2017) for the New York Bight DPS of Atlantic Sturgeon. Critical habitat includes all of the river along the specified segment, from the ordinary high water mark of one riverbank to the ordinary high water mark of the opposing riverbank of the mainstem of the river, to the downstream limit at the bank-to-bank transect of the specified segment. For clarification of the critical habitat definition, please refer to the maps and narrative descriptions in the CFR. It is a product of the NOAA Fisheries ServiceĆ¢s Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office (GARFO). This dataset includes boundaries for the following Regulated Areas: Critical Habitat for New York Bight Distinct Population Segment of Atlantic Sturgeon: Connecticut River, Housatonic River, Hudson River, and Delaware River. Because GIS projection and topology functions can change or generalize coordinates, these GIS files are considered to be approximate representations and are NOT an OFFICIAL record for the exact Area boundaries. For information on the official legal definition refer to the Use Constraints metadata section.
Beginning in 2010 and in response to mounting requests for digital depictions of NMFS Regulated Areas in Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic Waters (Regulated Areas), the NMFS Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office (GARFO) and Southeast Regional Office Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Committee launched a project to standardize the development, publication and regular updating of GIS files depicting Regulated Area boundaries. This dataset is a product of that initiative. This dataset was created to depict the boundaries of NMFS Regulated Areas in Northeast Waters only. For information on the proper use of the dataset refer to the Use Constraints metadata section.
Theme
ISO 19115 Topic Category
environment
Theme
ISO 19115 Topic Category
location
Theme
ISO 19115 Topic Category
planningCadastre
Theme
Atlantic
Theme
Atlantic Sturgeon
Theme
Biology
Theme
Compliance
Theme
Conservation
Theme
Critical Habitat
Theme
DPS
Theme
Distinct Population Segment
Theme
ESA
Theme
Ecology
Theme
Ecosystem
Theme
Endangered Species Act
Theme
Environment
Theme
GARFO
Theme
Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office
Theme
Human
Theme
Management
Theme
Marine
Theme
Monitoring
Theme
NMFS
Theme
NOAA
Theme
National Marine Fisheries Service
Theme
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Theme
Natural Resources
Theme
Permits
Theme
Regulatory
Theme
Section 7
Theme
Water
Theme
boundaries
Theme
location
Theme
oceans
Theme
planningCadastre
Spatial
Connecticut River
Spatial
Delaware River
Spatial
Housatonic River
Spatial
Hudson River
Data Set
As Needed
Map (digital)
65360
SturgeonAtlantic_AtlanticSubspecies_NewYorkBightDPS_20170817
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
CREATEDATE
n/a
No
No
Active
Date spatial feature was created or last edited.
MM/DD/YYYY format; Source: National Marine Fisheries Service
16
AREASqKm
n/a
No
No
Active
; Source:
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
HABTYPE
n/a
No
No
Active
; Source:
21
ECFR
n/a
No
No
Active
; Source:
Publication Date
Publication date
-75.58141
-72.330869
42.751977
39.417247
-83.795166
-68.631092
44.941008
30.355757
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
The user assumes the entire risk related to use of these data. NMFS is providing these data "as is," and NMFS disclaims any and all warranties, whether express or implied, including (without limitation) any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. No warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the accuracy or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. It is strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these data to evaluate dataset limitations, restrictions or intended use. In no event will NMFS be liable to you or to any third party for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special or exemplary damages, or lost profit resulting from any use or misuse of this data.
Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.8.1.14362
Data were collected using methods that are accurate to within 2-5 meters (EPA National Geospatial Data Policy [NGDP] Accuracy Tier 2). For more information, please see EPA's NGDP at http://epa.gov/geospatial/policies.html
Features represented are valid. No geometry problems were detected.
Check Geometry test has been performed in ArcGIS.
Electronic Code of Federal Regulations
Organization
Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
Originator
Discrete
2017-09-26T00:00:00+00:00
http://www.ecfr.gov
Source Online Linkage
URL where the source data were originally accessed.
Spatial definitions for Regulated Area boundaries.
National Hydrography Dataset
Organization
U.S. Geological Survey
Originator
Discrete
2009-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
This source river flowline was used to identify river lengths along which bank-to-bank Critical Habitat was designated. Other components of NHD (NHDArea polygons, typically) were used to identify the downstream limits (mouths) for critical habitat river lengths.
National Inventory of Dams
Organization
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Originator
This source dam location layer was used to identify upstream limits of some Atlantic Sturgeon critical habitat.
U.S. Major Highways
Organization
ESRI
Originator
Discrete
2005-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
http://www.arcgis.com/
Source Online Linkage
URL where the source data were originally accessed.
This source highway location layer was used to identify upstream limits of some Atlantic sturgeon critical habitat.
1
[Check Geometry] The ESRI ArcGIS Check Geometry tool was run on the feature class to identify any geometry problems. If problems were encountered, they were reviewed and corrected.
2017-01-01T00:00:00
2
[Policy Review] The Critical Habitat spatial definition text, shapefile geometry and attribute values were reviewed with policy staff to verify that the feature class accurately depicted and described the intended boundaries.
2017-01-01T00:00:00
3
[Downstream Limits] Some downstream limits to Critical Habitat are located where river mouths are ambiguous, or where rivers flow into other water bodies not included in the Critical Habitat designation. To clarify the downstream limits of Critical Habitat we delineated bank-to-bank transects at the end of each river length feature, in consultation with NOAA biologists.
2017-01-01T00:00:00
4
[Extract features] To generate the Critical Habitat river lengths, we extracted relevant river lines segments from the NHDFlowline feature class. Flowlines through relevant major tributaries or bays/estuaries were also included. We merged flowlines into a single feature for each Critical Habitat unit. We used the location of NID dams and Major Highways to clip the features at the appropriate upstream limits. We clipped flowline features at their downstream limit based on consultation with NOAA biologists. The lines represent the length of the river along which bank-to-bank Critical Habitat was designated.
2017-01-01T00:00:00
5
[Metadata] A GARFO Regulated Area shapefile metadata template was developed using the EPA Metadata Editor v3.2. This template was applied and customized to reflect the specific characteristics of the given shapefile. The metadata was validated for FGDC CSDGM compliance.
2017-01-01T00:00:00
6
[Get Definition Text] The spatial definition (text and map) for Critical Habitat was copied from the Federal Register.
2017-01-01T00:00:00
7
[Final Review] The shapefile was reviewed by members of the GARFO GIS Committee, policy experts from the GARFO Division responsible for the Regulated Area, and General Counsel, according to the GARFO GIS Data Distribution Policy.
2017-01-01T00:00:00
8
[Publication] The shapefile, with accompanying metadata, was uploaded for public download on the NOAA NMFS GARFO GIS website.
2017-09-28T00:00:00
65360
Entity
SturgeonAtlantic_AtlanticSubspecies_NewYorkBightDPS_20170817
gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:65359
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2021-08-31T20:59:00
SysAdmin InPortAdmin
2023-05-30T18:10:14
2022-04-18
NMFS Office Of Protected Resources
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