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      <title>IOOS Regions</title>
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      <parent-title>MarineCadastre</parent-title>
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      <status>Completed</status>
      <publication-date>2023-10-25</publication-date>
      <abstract>These data represent the boundaries of the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) eleven regional associations (RAs). There are thousands of ocean observing tools in use every day-satellites in orbit, gliders, buoys, high-frequency radar, sharks with satellite tags, sensors on the ocean floor, and more operated by different organizations and researchers. IOOS, a national-regional partnership, gathers and integrates many of those data streams and makes those observations compatible and accessible by science, industry, government, and citizens.  

RAs design regional coastal observing systems to meet the unique needs of the regional environment and stakeholders. The eleven IOOS RAs maintain and operate regional coastal observing systems and develop information products for their users. The RAs provide increased observations, distinctive knowledge, and critical technological abilities, and apply these towards the development of products to meet regional and local needs
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      <purpose>To support ocean planning activities pursuant to the Executive Order Regarding the Ocean Policy to Advance the Economic, Security, and Environmental Interests of the United States, the Energy Policy Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Rivers and Harbors Act, the Coastal Zone Management Act, and the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009.</purpose>
      <supplemental-information>Bureau Code: 006:48, Program Code: 006:055</supplemental-information>
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      <keyword controlled="Yes">
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      <keyword controlled="No">
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      <keyword controlled="No">
         <keyword-type>Theme</keyword-type>
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      <keyword controlled="No">
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      <keyword controlled="No">
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         <keyword>Outer Continental Shelf</keyword>
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      <keyword controlled="No">
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         <keyword>Territorial Sea</keyword>
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      <keyword controlled="No">
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      <distribution-liability>https://www.marinecadastre.gov/about/disclaimer.html</distribution-liability>
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                  <present>No</present>
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      <horizontal-positional-accuracy>Compiled to meet 10 meters horizontal accuracy at 95% confidence level</horizontal-positional-accuracy>
      <completeness-report>1) Due to a lack of adequate shoreline data, omissions occur in several locations, notably in the northern reaches of Chesapeake Bay and several other embayment's on the east coast. 

2) When present the NOAA CUSP data was used as the primary source for the U.S. land-water margin. Other sources such as the NOAA ENC were used to patch gaps in the CUSP.

3) Generally, shorelines are truncated at the first or second major obstruction (bridge, dam, waterfall) going from offshore to onshore.

4) Coastal ponds, lagoons and other water bodies not directly connected to the coastal ocean are not present.

5) The upland termination point for the offshore lateral boundaries were adjusted to be coincident with well established aids to navigation when they were present and appeared to be the intended boundary marker.</completeness-report>
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            <citation-title>2021 Census - Boundary files</citation-title>
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            <contact-name>Statistics Canada</contact-name>
            <contact-role-type>Originator</contact-role-type>
            <publish-date>2021-01-01</publish-date>
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            <citation-title>33 USC 3601</citation-title>
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            <contact-name>111th Congress</contact-name>
            <contact-role-type>Originator</contact-role-type>
            <publish-date>2009-03-30</publish-date>
            <citation-url>https://www.congress.gov/111/plaws/publ11/PLAW-111publ11.pdf</citation-url>
            <source-contribution>Public Law 111-11
Subtitle C  Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observing System Act of 2009</source-contribution>
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         <lineage-source cc-id="1277334">
            <citation-title>Accomack and Northampton County Shoreline and Tidal Marsh Inventory GIS Data - 2016</citation-title>
            <contact-type>Organization</contact-type>
            <contact-name>Virginia Institute of Marine Science</contact-name>
            <contact-role-type>Originator</contact-role-type>
            <citation-url>https://www.vims.edu/ccrm/advisory/ccrmp/portals/index.php</citation-url>
            <source-contribution>https://www.vims.edu/ccrm/advisory/ccrmp/portals/accomack/index.php
https://www.vims.edu/ccrm/advisory/ccrmp/portals/northampton/index.php
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            <citation-title>Alaska Coastline 1:250,000</citation-title>
            <contact-type>Organization</contact-type>
            <contact-name>Alaska State Geospatial Clearinghouse</contact-name>
            <contact-role-type>Publisher</contact-role-type>
            <publish-date>2023-08-15</publish-date>
            <citation-url>https://data-soa-dnr.opendata.arcgis.com/</citation-url>
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         <lineage-source cc-id="1277330">
            <citation-title>Federated States of Micronesia Exclusive Economic Zone (200 Nautical Miles)</citation-title>
            <contact-type>Organization</contact-type>
            <contact-name>FSM National Oceanic Resource Management Authority (NORMA)</contact-name>
            <contact-role-type>Publisher</contact-role-type>
            <publish-date>2022-03-11</publish-date>
            <citation-url>https://pacificdata.org/data/dataset/federated-states-of-micronesia-exclusive-economic-zone-200-nautical-miles</citation-url>
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         <lineage-source cc-id="1277339">
            <citation-title>IOOS Regional Association Boundaries</citation-title>
            <contact-type>Organization</contact-type>
            <contact-name>U.S. IOOS Office</contact-name>
            <contact-role-type>Originator</contact-role-type>
            <publish-date>2023-06-21</publish-date>
            <citation-url>https://ioos.noaa.gov/</citation-url>
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ra_region_boundaries.geojson</source-contribution>
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         <lineage-source cc-id="1277336">
            <citation-title>NOAA Continually Updated Shoreline Product (CUSP)</citation-title>
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            <contact-name>NOAA National Geodetic Survey</contact-name>
            <contact-role-type>Originator</contact-role-type>
            <citation-url>https://nsde.ngs.noaa.gov/</citation-url>
            <source-contribution>https://shoreline.noaa.gov/data/datasheets/cusp.html
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/60812
Extracted on 2023-07-24
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            <citation-title>NOAA Electronic Navigational Charts</citation-title>
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            <contact-name>NOAA Office of Coast Survey</contact-name>
            <contact-role-type>Originator</contact-role-type>
            <citation-url>https://nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/charts/noaa-enc.html</citation-url>
            <source-contribution>NaturalFeaturesA\Harbor_Land_Area
NaturalFeaturesA\Approach_Land_Area

Used to patch gaps in the following areas
1) Pacific Islands
2) Gulf of Mexico
3) Southeast
4) Northeast
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            <citation-title>Palau Exclusive Economic Zone (200 Nautical Miles)</citation-title>
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            <contact-name>Palau Bureau of Lands &amp; Surveys</contact-name>
            <contact-role-type>Originator</contact-role-type>
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            <citation-title>Republic of Marshall Islands Exclusive Economic Zone (200 Nautical Miles)</citation-title>
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            <contact-name>Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority (MIMRA)</contact-name>
            <contact-role-type>Publisher</contact-role-type>
            <publish-date>2021-07-28</publish-date>
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            <citation-title>U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System: A Blueprint for Full Capability version 1.0</citation-title>
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            <source-contribution>Definition of Coastal, page 1-3 paragraph 1

See also
1) https://ioos.noaa.gov/about/meet-the-ioos-program-office/
2) https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2021-title33/pdf/USCODE-2021-title33-chap49-sec3603.pdf</source-contribution>
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https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/39963
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            <description>Collect source data from publicly available web sites.
IMPORT source data and standardize the coordinate reference system and feature type.
Evaluate source data for overall quality and completeness.
Discard outdated, flawed, or superseded source data.
Use the ArcGIS Pro graphical user interface to edit features. Remove extraneous geometry, MERGE and snap geometry together, edge match and blend adjoining features, remove dangles, and convert to polygon type.
SELECT and EXPORT to a new feature class all coastal, ocean, and Great Lakes water features.
Acquire and enter attributes for each logical region.
Execute the CHECK GEOMETRY function to evaluate for valid feature types.
Execute the RECALCULATE FEATURE CLASS EXTENT function.
Execute the ADD SPATIAL INDEX function.
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      <metadata-record-created-by pers-id="21453">Daniel Martin</metadata-record-created-by>
      <metadata-record-created>2023-10-19T21:15:12</metadata-record-created>
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      <metadata-next-review-date>2020-04-25</metadata-next-review-date>
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