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North Pacific Right whale critical habitat for use in ESA/FIFRA consultations

Data Set (DS)  |  NMFS Office Of Protected Resources (OPR)
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:72885  |  Updated: August 6, 2024  |  Published / External 
Summary
Item Identification
Keywords
Data Set Info
Support Roles
Extents
Spatial Info
Access Info
Tech Environment
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Child Items
Catalog Details

Summary

Short Citation
NMFS Office Of Protected Resources, 2024: North Pacific Right whale critical habitat for use in ESA/FIFRA consultations, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/72885.
Full Citation Examples

Abstract

Critical habitat for the North Pacific right whale includes 2 areas:Bering Sea area - described by a series of straight lines connecting the following coordinates in the order listed: 58°00′ N/168°00′ W, 58°00′ N/163°00′ W, 56°30′ N/161°45′ W, 55°00′ N/166°00′ W, 56°00′ N/168°00′ W, 58 °00′ N/168°00′ W.Gulf of Alaska area - described by a series of straight lines connecting the following coordinates in the order listed: 57°03′ N/153°00′ W, 57°18′ N/151°30′ W, 57°00′ N/ 151°30′ W, 56°45′ N/153°00′ W, 57°03′ N/153°00′ W.

Distribution Information

No Distributions available.

Use Constraints:

These data are not the official legal definition of critical habitat. The Code of Federal Regulations (50 CFR 226.215) is the source for the legal definition of the critical habitat designation.

Controlled Theme Keywords

biota, environment, oceans

Child Items

Type Title
Entity WhaleNorthPacificRight_10145_CH

Contact Information

Point of Contact
Karrin Goodman
karrin.goodman@noaa.gov
‪(301) 427-8435‬

Point of Contact
Tammy Olson
tammy.olson@noaa.gov

Metadata Contact
Karrin Goodman
karrin.goodman@noaa.gov
‪(301) 427-8435‬

Extents

Geographic Area 1

-168° W, -151.5° E, 58° N, 55° S

Item Identification

Title: North Pacific Right whale critical habitat for use in ESA/FIFRA consultations
Publication Date: 2005-10-28
Abstract:

Critical habitat for the North Pacific right whale includes 2 areas:Bering Sea area - described by a series of straight lines connecting the following coordinates in the order listed: 58°00′ N/168°00′ W, 58°00′ N/163°00′ W, 56°30′ N/161°45′ W, 55°00′ N/166°00′ W, 56°00′ N/168°00′ W, 58 °00′ N/168°00′ W.Gulf of Alaska area - described by a series of straight lines connecting the following coordinates in the order listed: 57°03′ N/153°00′ W, 57°18′ N/151°30′ W, 57°00′ N/ 151°30′ W, 56°45′ N/153°00′ W, 57°03′ N/153°00′ W.
Purpose:

These data represent critical habitat designated (April 8, 2008, 73 FR 19000) under the Endangered Species Act for the North Pacific right whale.

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.

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
ISO 19115 Topic Category
biota
ISO 19115 Topic Category
environment
ISO 19115 Topic Category
oceans
UNCONTROLLED
None critical habitat
None North Pacific right whale

Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None Bering Sea
None Gulf of Alaska

Data Set Information

Data Set Scope Code: Data Set
Maintenance Frequency: As Needed
Data Presentation Form: Map (digital)
Data Set Credit: National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Region Note: 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 NOAA Fisheries. 2024. Species Critical Habitats for ESA/FIFRA Consultations Geodatabase. Silver Spring, MD: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Office of Protected Resources (OPR).

Support Roles

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 1340156
Date Effective From: 2024-06-17
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Goodman, Karrin
Email Address: karrin.goodman@noaa.gov
Phone: ‪(301) 427-8435‬

Point of Contact

CC ID: 1340037
Date Effective From: 2024-06-17
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Goodman, Karrin
Email Address: karrin.goodman@noaa.gov
Phone: ‪(301) 427-8435‬

Point of Contact

CC ID: 1338637
Date Effective From: 2023-11-13
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Olson, Tammy
Email Address: tammy.olson@noaa.gov

Extents

Currentness Reference: Publication Date

Extent Group 1

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 1338640
W° Bound: -168
E° Bound: -151.5
N° Bound: 58
S° Bound: 55

Extent Group 2

Extent Group 2 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 1338642
W° Bound: -168
E° Bound: -151.5
N° Bound: 58
S° Bound: 55

Extent Group 3

Extent Group 3 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 1338644
W° Bound: -168
E° Bound: -151.5
N° Bound: 58
S° Bound: 55

Extent Group 4

Extent Group 4 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 1338646
W° Bound: -168
E° Bound: -151.5
N° Bound: 58
S° Bound: 55

Spatial Information

Reference Systems

Reference System 1

CC ID: 1338634

Coordinate Reference System
CRS Type: Geographic 2D
EPSG Code: EPSG:4326
EPSG Name: WGS 84
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Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Data Use Constraints:

These data are not the official legal definition of critical habitat. The Code of Federal Regulations (50 CFR 226.215) is the source for the legal definition of the critical habitat designation.

Technical Environment

Description:

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 10.0 (Build 19045) ; Esri ArcGIS 12.6.0.24783

Lineage

Process Steps

Process Step 1

CC ID: 1338631
Description:

Data creation process 2005.

NPRWCH.shp (NAD_1983_Alaska_Albers)

The National Marine Fisheries Service revised (71 FR 38277, July 6, 2006) critical habitat for the northern right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) by designating areas in the Pacific Ocean, one in the Gulf of Alaska and another in the Bering Sea, which comprised approximately 95,325 square kilometers of marine habitat. This shapefile (NPRWCH.shp) was the original polygon data.

Subsequently, NMFS split the "northern right whale" listing into two separate listings under the ESA: North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica) and North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) due to genetic findings.

Critical habitat was designated (73 FR 19000, April 8, 2008) for the North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica), which was the same two areas, one in the Gulf of Alaska and another in the Bering Sea.
Process Date/Time: 2005-10-28 00:00:00

Process Step 2

CC ID: 1338632
Description:

The 2005 version NPRWCH.shp (NAD_1983_Alaska_Albers) was converted into the standardized feature class WhaleNorthPacificRight_20080408 (GCS_WGS_84 wkid 4326) using the National Critical Habitat Geodatabase processing protocol.

During standardization, geometry was not edited. Attributes were edited. Metadata was edited and populated using the final rule, source shapefile, and CFR.
Process Date/Time: 2020-10-29 00:00:00

Child Items

Rubric scores updated every 15m

Rubric Score Type Title
Entity WhaleNorthPacificRight_10145_CH

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 72885
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:72885
Metadata Record Created By: Karrin N Goodman
Metadata Record Created: 2024-06-04 20:55+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: Jeff D Adams
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2024-08-06 10:10+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2024-08-06
Owner Org: OPR
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year