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Sensitivity of Coastal Environments and Wildlife to Spilled Oil: Northwest Arctic, Alaska: FISH (Fish Polygons)
NW_Artic_FISH
2002-08
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NOAA/NMFS/EDM
40453
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/40453
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Prepared by Research Planning, Inc., Columbia, South Carolina for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service, Office of Response and Restoration, Hazardous Materials Response Division, Seattle, Washington and Anchorage, Alaska; Oil Spill Recovery Institute, Cordova, Alaska; Bering Straits Coastal Resources Service Area, Unalakleet, Alaska; Northwest Arctic Borough, Kotzebue, Alaska; Cominco Mining Company, Red Dog, Alaska; Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska; Alaska CHADUX Oil Spill Cooperative, Anchorage, Alaska; NANA Regional Corporation, Kotzebue, Alaska; Alaskan Civil Air Patrol, Kotzebue, Alaska; and National Marine Fisheries Service, Juneau, Alaska.
This data set contains sensitive biological resource data for marine, estuarine, freshwater, and anadromous fish species in Northwest Arctic, Alaska. Vector polygons in this data set represent fish distribution. Species-specific abundance, seasonality, status, life history, and source information are stored in relational data tables (described below) designed to be used in conjunction with this spatial data layer. See also the FISHL (Fish Lines) data layer, part of the larger Northwest Arctic database, for additional anadromous fish information.This data set comprises a portion of the Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) data for Northwest Arctic, Alaska. ESI data characterize the marine and coastal environments and wildlife by their sensitivity to spilled oil. The ESI data include information for three main components: shoreline habitats, sensitive biological resources, and human-use resources.
The ESI data were collected, mapped, and digitized to provide environmental data for oil spill planning and response. The Clean Water Act with amendments by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 requires response plans for immediate and effective protection of sensitive resources.
This project was supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service, Office of Response and Restoration, Hazardous Materials Response Division, Seattle, Washington and Anchorage, Alaska; Oil Spill Recovery Institute, Cordova, Alaska; Bering Straits Coastal Resources Service Area, Unalakleet, Alaska; Northwest Arctic Borough, Kotzebue, Alaska; Cominco Mining Company, Red Dog, Alaska; Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska; Alaska CHADUX Oil Spill Cooperative, Anchorage, Alaska; NANA Regional Corporation, Kotzebue, Alaska; Alaskan Civil Air Patrol, Kotzebue, Alaska; and National Marine Fisheries Service, Juneau, Alaska.
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ESI Program Manager
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle
WA
98115
orr.esi@noaa.gov
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ESI Program Manager
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle
WA
98115
orr.esi@noaa.gov
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Coastal Zone Management
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Fish
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DOC/NOAA/NOS/ORR > Office of Response and Restoration, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
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Cite As: Office of Response and Restoration, [Date of Access]: Sensitivity of Coastal Environments and Wildlife to Spilled Oil: Northwest Arctic, Alaska: FISH (Fish Polygons) [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/40453.
NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose.
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Use Constraints: DO NOT USE MAPS FOR NAVIGATIONAL PURPOSES.Besides the above warning, there are no use constraints on these data. Note that the ESI database should not be used to the exclusion of other pertinent data or information held by state or federal agencies or other organizations. Likewise, information contained in the database cannot be used in place of consultations with environmental, natural resource, and cultural resource agencies, or in place of field surveys. Recognize that the information contained in the ESI database represents known concentration areas or occurrences of natural, cultural, and human-use resources, but does not necessarily represent the full distribution or range of each species or resource. This is particularly important to recognize when considering potential impacts to protected resources, such as endangered species, wetlands, etc. Acknowledgment of the originators, publishers, contributors, and sources listed would be appreciated in products derived from these data.
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Distribution Liability: Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by NOAA regarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. NOAA warrants the delivery of this product in computer-readable format, and will offer a replacement copy of the product when the product is determined unreadable by computer-input peripherals, or when the physical medium is delivered in damaged condition.
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NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP)
NOAA/NMFS/EDM
40453
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/orr/dmp/pdf/40453.pdf
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NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort.
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The software packages used to develop the atlas are Environmental Systems Research Institute's ARC/INFO(r) (version 8.0.2) and ORACLE(r) RDBMS (version 8.0.5.0.0). The hardware configuration is Hewlett Packard workstations (models 715/50 and 712/80i) with UNIX operating system (HP-UX Release A.10.20), and PC's with Windows Operating System (NT4.0/2000).The Spatial_Data_Organization Information section refers only to the source files in the ARC export format. The following files are included in that data set: birds.e00, esi.e00, fish.e00, fishl.e00, habitats.e00, hydro.e00, index.e00, invert.e00, m_mammal.e00, m_mampt.e00, mgt.e00, nests.e00, socecon.e00, t_mammal.e00. Associated relational and desktop data tables provided in Arc export and text format are bio_lut, biofile, biores, breed, breed_dt, seasonal, soc_dat, soc_lut, sources, species, and status.
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| Currentness: The biological data were compiled during 2001-2002. The currentness dates for these data range from 1983 to 2002 and are documented in the Source_Information section.
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Resource Description - ESI Atlas for Northwest Arctic, Alaska
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2017-08-07
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2017-08-07
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2017-08-07
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2017-08-07
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BREED
2017-08-07
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2017-08-07
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2017-08-07
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ESI Program Manager
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle
WA
98115
orr.esi@noaa.gov
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http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi
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http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi
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dataset
Accuracy
A multi-stage error checking process is used to verify both attribute accuracy and logical consistency throughout data production. The process includes a standardized data entry methodology, hardcopy data review by in-house and external resource experts, a final Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) process, and multiple automated logical consistency checks. Quantitative data (such as densities, counts, abundances, or concentrations) provided by resource experts for inclusion in the data set may vary widely in attribute accuracy, depending upon the methodology used to collect and compile such data. For a more detailed evaluation of source data attribute accuracy, contact the sources listed in the Lineage section.
Horizontal Positional Accuracy
Some of the spatial components of the biological data sets are developed using regional experts who estimate concentration areas. It is difficult to estimate the positional accuracy of such data, except to state that they are compiled on hardcopy basemaps with a scale of 1:250,000. Most of the spatial components of the biological data sets are developed from pre-existing digital sources and reflect the positional accuracy of these original data. See the Lineage and Process_Description sections for more information on the original data source and how these data were integrated or manipulated to create the final data set. Note that biological resource data by their very nature are considered "fuzzy", and this should be understood when considering the positional accuracy of vector digital objects representing these resources.
Completeness Report
These data represent a synthesis of expert knowledge and available hardcopy maps. Refer to the FISHL (Fish Lines) data layer for additional information on anadromous fish species. These data do not represent all fish occurrences in the Northwest Arctic. The following species are included in this data set (Species_ID, Common Name, Scientific Name, if applicable): 7, Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis; 12, Starry flounder, Platichthys stellatus; 66, Pacific herring, Clupea pallasi; 68, Chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; 69, Coho salmon (silver), Oncorhynchus kisutch; 70, Pink salmon (humpy), Oncorhynchus gorbuscha; 71, Sockeye salmon (red), Oncorhynchus nerka; 72, Chum salmon (dog), Oncorhynchus keta; 84, Rainbow smelt, Osmerus mordax; 135, Dolly varden, Salvelinus malma; 185, Northern pike, Esox lucius; 189, Arctic char, Salvelinus alpinus; 237, Burbot, Lota lota; 697, Whitefish; 698, Sheefish, Stendous leucichthys nelma; 699, Saffron cod, Eleqinus gracilis.
Conceptual Consistency
A multi-stage error checking process, described in the above Attribute_Accuracy_Report, is used to verify both attribute accuracy and logical consistency throughout data production. This process includes multiple automated logical consistency checks that test the files for missing or duplicate data, rules for proper coding, GIS topological consistencies (such as dangles, unnecessary nodes, etc.), and ORACLE(r) to ARC/INFO(r) consistencies. A final review is made by the GIS manager, where the data are written to CD-ROM and the metadata are written.After the data are delivered to NOAA, they are again subjected to a number of quality and consistency checks. In the process of checking for topological and database consistencies, new ID's and RARNUM's or HUNUM's are also generated. The new ID's are a combination of atlas number, element number, and record number. In addition, the value used to represent the element is modified to reflect the type of feature being mapped. In the case of an element that is normally represented by a point or polygon, a value of 20 is added to the standard element value for mapping of linear features. In the case where an element usually mapped as a polygon is represented by a point, a value of 30 is added to the regular element value. The RARNUM's are also modified to include the atlas number, so multiple atlases can be combined and RARNUM's remain unique. RARNUM's are redefined on an element basis, so "resource at risk" groupings will contain only a single element. HUNUM's are also modified to include the atlas number.
Two main sources of data were used to depict fish distribution and seasonality for this data layer: 1) personal interviews with resource experts from National Park Service (NPS), Norton Sound Economic Development Commission (NSEDC), and Alaska Department of Fish & Game (ADF&G); and 2) various hardcopy maps, including: a 2001 NPS Herring Spawning Areas map, a 2001 ADF&G Groundfish/Shellfish statistical areas chart, a 1985 Northwest Alaska Native Association (NANA) Region Map Atlas: Coastal Management Plan, 1983 ADF&G Offshore Prospecting Permits: Coastal Habitat Maps, and a 1986 ADF&G Habitat Management Guide, Arctic Region, Map Atlas.Information gathered during initial interviews and from hardcopy maps was compiled onto U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) 1:250,000 topographic quadrangles. The compiled data were digitized off of the base maps into an ArcInfo system to create the FISH data layer. All ESI, biology, and human-use data were plotted onto hardcopy draft maps. Following the creation of draft maps, a second set of interviews with resource experts was conducted. Participants who were unable to attend the meetings were sent a set of maps to review. Edits to the FISH data layer were made based on the recommendations of the resource experts, and final hardcopy maps were created.The resource experts provided concentration and seasonality information.
2002-05-01T00:00:00
Source Contribution: Fish information | Source Geospatial Form: Hardcopy map | Type of Source Media: CD-ROM
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Alaska habitat management guide, arctic region, map atlas. 19 maps
1986-01-01
publication
Alaska Dept of Fish and Game (ADF&G).
1986
Source Contribution: Fish information | Source Geospatial Form: Expert knowledge | Type of Source Media: CD-ROM
Anadromous fish distribution and seasonality
DeCicco, F. (ADF&G, Fairbanks)
2001
Source Contribution: Fish information | Source Geospatial Form: Expert knowledge | Type of Source Media: CD-ROM
Anadromous fish seasonality
Lean, C. (NPS); DeCicco, F. (ADF&G)
2001
Source Contribution: Fish information | Source Geospatial Form: Expert knowledge | Type of Source Media: CD-ROM
Capelin spawning areas and seasonality
Pahlke, K (ADF&G, Juneau)
2002
Source Contribution: Fish information | Source Geospatial Form: Expert knowledge | Type of Source Media: CD-ROM
Fish and invertebrate concentration areas
Lean, C. (NPS, Nome)
2001
Source Contribution: Fish information | Source Geospatial Form: Expert knowledge | Type of Source Media: CD-ROM
Fish distribution
Jones, W. (ADF&G, Nome)
2001
Source Contribution: Fish information | Source Geospatial Form: Hardcopy map | Type of Source Media: CD-ROM
Groundfish/shellfish statistical areas: chart 4 - northern Bering Sea
2001-01-01
publication
Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game (ADF&G)
2001
Source Contribution: Fish information | Source Geospatial Form: Hardcopy map | Type of Source Media: CD-ROM
250000
NANA Region map atlas: coastal management plan
1985-01-01
publication
NANA Coastal Resource Service Area
1985
Source Contribution: Fish information | Source Geospatial Form: Hardcopy map | Type of Source Media: CD-ROM
Norton Sound herring spawning areas
National Park Service (NPS), Nome
2001
Source Contribution: Fish information | Source Geospatial Form: Hardcopy map | Type of Source Media: CD-ROM
250000
Offshore prospecting permits: coastal habitats
1983-01-01
publication
Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game (ADF&G)
1983
Source Contribution: Fish information | Source Geospatial Form: Expert knowledge | Type of Source Media: CD-ROM
Pacific halibut seasonality
Kinneen, S. (NSEDC)
2001