False killer whale main Hawaiian Islands Insular DPS critical habitat for use in ESA/FIFRA consultations

The false killer whale (main Hawaiian Islands insular DPS) critical habitat designation includes marine waters surrounding the main Hawaiian Islands from the 45 meter depth contour seaward to the 3,200 meter depth contour. Areas deemed ineligible for designation and areas that were excluded from the designation are described in the final rule (83 FR 35062). Ineligible and excluded areas were clipped out of this dataset.

These data represent the critical habitat designated for the false killer whale (main Hawaiian Islands insular DPS) on July 24, 2018 (83 FR 35062) under the Endangered Species Act.

Note that this ESA/FIFRA spatial data file contains the same information as NMFS’s “agency-official” species critical habitat data as seen via the critical habitat mapper: https://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=f66c1e33f91d480db7d1b1c1336223c3

NMFS OPR added a new "Citation", "File Identifier", “Credits”, and “Point of Contact” to this metadata record that are unique to the ESA/FIFRA consultations.

These data are not the official designation. Refer to the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) section 226.226 for the official legal definition of critical habitat.The appropriate uses for these data are for regulatory reasons, to determine where critical habitat has been designated. These data are not to be used for navigational purposes. NOAA makes no warranty regarding these data, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data, nor as a result of the failure of these data to function on a particular system.

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