Description: The National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) is a feature-based database that interconnects and uniquely identifies the stream segments or reaches that make up the nation's surface water drainage system. NHD data was originally developed at 1:100,000-scale and exists at that scale for the whole country. This high-resolution NHD, generally developed at 1:24,000/1:12,000 scale, adds detail to the original 1:100,000-scale NHD. (Data for Alaska, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands was developed at high-resolution, not 1:100,000 scale.) Local resolution NHD is being developed where partners and data exist. The NHD contains reach codes for networked features, flow direction, names, and centerline representations for areal water bodies. Reaches are also defined on waterbodies and the approximate shorelines of the Great Lakes, the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and the Gulf of Mexico. The NHD also incorporates the National Spatial Data Infrastructure framework criteria established by the Federal Geographic Data Committee.
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Value: Mandatory Ship Reporting for the Protection of Northern Right Whales Label: Mandatory Ship Reporting for the Protection of Northern Right Whales Description: N/A Symbol:
Description: The Pacific Regional Ocean Uses Atlas (PROUA) Project is an interagency collaboration between NOAA and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) designed to document where coastal communities use the ocean across a full range of typical human activities and sectors. Using participatory mapping techniques, the project offers a proven, flexible, and scalable approach that empowers coastal communities to paint an accurate picture of human use on a scale appropriate for local-, state-, or regional-level ocean planning.Spatial patterns were mapped for 32 ocean uses in Washington State, focusing on the marine areas of the Olympic Peninsula. The project included the Strait of Juan de Fuca west of Port Angeles, Gray's Harbor and Willapa Bay. Mapping workshops were conducted in Port Angeles and Aberdeen with 65 ocean experts to map the locations of all uses in the study area. Following a data cleaning and aggregating process, draft data were presented back to participants as downloadable maps, and participants were invited to a webinar to provide comments of the draft data. Data were finalized based on the comments and additional information.
Dominant use areas are defined as ocean areas routinely used by most users most of the time (within the seasonal patterns for that use).
Service Item Id: c1f74861d0644759b1b9466ae3b00d2c
Copyright Text: NOAA Coastal Services Center (CSC), Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Washington State Department of Ecology
Description: The Pacific Regional Ocean Uses Atlas (PROUA) Project is an interagency collaboration between NOAA and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) designed to document where coastal communities use the ocean across a full range of typical human activities and sectors. Using participatory mapping techniques, the project offers a proven, flexible, and scalable approach that empowers coastal communities to paint an accurate picture of human use on a scale appropriate for local-, state-, or regional-level ocean planning.Spatial patterns were mapped for 32 ocean uses in Washington State, focusing on the marine areas of the Olympic Peninsula. The project included the Strait of Juan de Fuca west of Port Angeles, Gray's Harbor and Willapa Bay. Mapping workshops were conducted in Port Angeles and Aberdeen with 65 ocean experts to map the locations of all uses in the study area. Following a data cleaning and aggregating process, draft data were presented back to participants as downloadable maps, and participants were invited to a webinar to provide comments of the draft data. Data were finalized based on the comments and additional information.
The general use footprint includes all areas in which the use is known to occur with some regularity (over the past 3-5 years), regardless of its frequency or intensity.
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Copyright Text: NOAA Coastal Services Center (CSC), Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Washington State Department of Ecology
Description: Includes walking, running, digging, resting, collecting of shells, wildlife viewing, driving on the beach, camping, kite flying, bonfires, picnicking, dog walking, horseback riding, and skim boarding. Excludes tide pooling, mining and mineral extraction, surface board sports, swimming, harvesting from shore, and coastal aquaculture.
The general use footprint includes all areas in which the use is known to occur with some regularity (over the past 3-5 years), regardless of its frequency or intensity.
Dominant use areas are defined as ocean areas routinely used by most users most of the time (within the seasonal patterns for that use).
Service Item Id: c1f74861d0644759b1b9466ae3b00d2c
Copyright Text: NOAA Coastal Services Center (CSC), Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Washington State Department of Ecology
Description: Includes the use of SCUBA diving, surface supply diving or snorkeling (free diving) to catch fishes and invertebrates for commercial purposes. Excludes all other forms of fishing and recreational SCUBA/snorkeling.
The general use footprint includes all areas in which the use is known to occur with some regularity (over the past 3-5 years), regardless of its frequency or intensity.
Dominant use areas are defined as ocean areas routinely used by most users most of the time (within the seasonal patterns for that use).
Service Item Id: c1f74861d0644759b1b9466ae3b00d2c
Copyright Text: NOAA Coastal Services Center (CSC), Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Washington State Department of Ecology
Description: Includes use of traps, pots, bottom longlines, bottom or anchored gillnets, pound nets, weirs, and other bottom tending gear types used to catch benthic fishes and invertebrates. Excludes all other forms of fishing.
The general use footprint includes all areas in which the use is known to occur with some regularity (over the past 3-5 years), regardless of its frequency or intensity.
Dominant use areas are defined as ocean areas routinely used by most users most of the time (within the seasonal patterns for that use).
Service Item Id: c1f74861d0644759b1b9466ae3b00d2c
Copyright Text: NOAA Coastal Services Center (CSC), Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Washington State Department of Ecology
Description: Includes the use of rod and reel, trolling, trawling and other mobile gear to catch benthic fishes and mobile invertebrates. Excludes all other forms of fishing.
The general use footprint includes all areas in which the use is known to occur with some regularity (over the past 3-5 years), regardless of its frequency or intensity.
Dominant use areas are defined as ocean areas routinely used by most users most of the time (within the seasonal patterns for that use).
Service Item Id: c1f74861d0644759b1b9466ae3b00d2c
Copyright Text: NOAA Coastal Services Center (CSC), Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Washington State Department of Ecology
Description: Includes commercial harvest in the intertidal zone of living marine plant or animal species for consumption or aquaria. Excludes all other forms of intertidal or coastal harvesting.
The general use footprint includes all areas in which the use is known to occur with some regularity (over the past 3-5 years), regardless of its frequency or intensity.
Dominant use areas are defined as ocean areas routinely used by most users most of the time (within the seasonal patterns for that use).
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Copyright Text: NOAA Coastal Services Center (CSC), Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Washington State Department of Ecology
Description: Includes use of mid-water trawling, purse seine, pelagic longlines, handlines, harpoons, mid-water gillnets, rod and reel, trolling, and buoys to catch pelagic fishes and mobile invertebrates. Excludes all other forms of fishing.
The general use footprint includes all areas in which the use is known to occur with some regularity (over the past 3-5 years), regardless of its frequency or intensity.
Dominant use areas are defined as ocean areas routinely used by most users most of the time (within the seasonal patterns for that use).
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Copyright Text: NOAA Coastal Services Center (CSC), Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Washington State Department of Ecology
Description: Includes transit, mooring, towing, barging or anchoring by ships, tankers, ferries and other large commercial vessels. Excludes cruise ships and military vessels.
The general use footprint includes all areas in which the use is known to occur with some regularity (over the past 3-5 years), regardless of its frequency or intensity.
Dominant use areas are defined as ocean areas routinely used by most users most of the time (within the seasonal patterns for that use).
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Copyright Text: NOAA Coastal Services Center (CSC), Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Washington State Department of Ecology
Description: Includes transit, mooring or anchoring for extended overnight recreational travel on commercial ships. Excludes motorized boating and commercial shipping.
The general use footprint includes all areas in which the use is known to occur with some regularity (over the past 3-5 years), regardless of its frequency or intensity.
Dominant use areas are defined as ocean areas routinely used by most users most of the time (within the seasonal patterns for that use).
Service Item Id: c1f74861d0644759b1b9466ae3b00d2c
Copyright Text: NOAA Coastal Services Center (CSC), Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Washington State Department of Ecology
Description: Includes traditional use of specific ocean, coastal, and shoreline areas based on inherent cultural, spiritual, or aesthetic values and significance. Excludes all other uses and activities.
The general use footprint includes all areas in which the use is known to occur with some regularity (over the past 3-5 years), regardless of its frequency or intensity.
Dominant use areas are defined as ocean areas routinely used by most users most of the time (within the seasonal patterns for that use).
Service Item Id: c1f74861d0644759b1b9466ae3b00d2c
Copyright Text: NOAA Coastal Services Center (CSC), Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Washington State Department of Ecology
Description: Includes the use of hook and line fishing from kayaks or any other similar vessel to catch fishes and mobile invertebrates. Excludes all other forms of fishing.
The general use footprint includes all areas in which the use is known to occur with some regularity (over the past 3-5 years), regardless of its frequency or intensity.
Dominant use areas are defined as ocean areas routinely used by most users most of the time (within the seasonal patterns for that use).
Service Item Id: c1f74861d0644759b1b9466ae3b00d2c
Copyright Text: NOAA Coastal Services Center (CSC), Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Washington State Department of Ecology
Description: Includes cultivating and harvesting marine organisms in the near-shore or offshore using man-made enclosures that can be fixed, floating or submerged (e.g. nets, pens and cages). Excludes aquaculture wholly pursued on land.
The general use footprint includes all areas in which the use is known to occur with some regularity (over the past 3-5 years), regardless of its frequency or intensity.
Dominant use areas are defined as ocean areas routinely used by most users most of the time (within the seasonal patterns for that use).
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Copyright Text: NOAA Coastal Services Center (CSC), Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Washington State Department of Ecology
Description: Includes the collection, monitoring and routine siting of marine debris, including targeted debris removal areas. Excludes any other form of ocean dumping.
The general use footprint includes all areas in which the use is known to occur with some regularity (over the past 3-5 years), regardless of its frequency or intensity.
Dominant use areas are defined as ocean areas routinely used by most users most of the time (within the seasonal patterns for that use).
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Copyright Text: NOAA Coastal Services Center (CSC), Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Washington State Department of Ecology
Description: Includes transit of military vessels related to training activities, ship and submarine maneuvers, war games, and ordnance disposal. Excludes wartime military operations.
The general use footprint includes all areas in which the use is known to occur with some regularity (over the past 3-5 years), regardless of its frequency or intensity.
Dominant use areas are defined as ocean areas routinely used by most users most of the time (within the seasonal patterns for that use).
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Copyright Text: NOAA Coastal Services Center (CSC), Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Washington State Department of Ecology
Description: Includes sand and gravel and sediment extraction, seabed mining for commercial minerals, dredging, and beach re-nourishment . Excludes energy production.
The general use footprint includes all areas in which the use is known to occur with some regularity (over the past 3-5 years), regardless of its frequency or intensity.
Dominant use areas are defined as ocean areas routinely used by most users most of the time (within the seasonal patterns for that use).
Service Item Id: c1f74861d0644759b1b9466ae3b00d2c
Copyright Text: NOAA Coastal Services Center (CSC), Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Washington State Department of Ecology
Description: Includes transit, mooring or anchoring by motorized vessels for commercial or recreational purposes, and personal watercraft (PWC). Excludes fishing, wildlife viewing at sea, cruise ships, shipping, and sailing.
The general use footprint includes all areas in which the use is known to occur with some regularity (over the past 3-5 years), regardless of its frequency or intensity.
Dominant use areas are defined as ocean areas routinely used by most users most of the time (within the seasonal patterns for that use).
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Copyright Text: NOAA Coastal Services Center (CSC), Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Washington State Department of Ecology
Description: Includes kayaking, canoeing, rowing, outrigger paddling, and stand-up paddling. Excluding motorized boating and surface board sports.
The general use footprint includes all areas in which the use is known to occur with some regularity (over the past 3-5 years), regardless of its frequency or intensity.
Dominant use areas are defined as ocean areas routinely used by most users most of the time (within the seasonal patterns for that use).
Service Item Id: c1f74861d0644759b1b9466ae3b00d2c
Copyright Text: NOAA Coastal Services Center (CSC), Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Washington State Department of Ecology
Description: Includes sites, transects, and monitoring areas where routine research or monitoring is conducted. Excludes motorized boating and commercial shipping.
The general use footprint includes all areas in which the use is known to occur with some regularity (over the past 3-5 years), regardless of its frequency or intensity.
Dominant use areas are defined as ocean areas routinely used by most users most of the time (within the seasonal patterns for that use).
Service Item Id: c1f74861d0644759b1b9466ae3b00d2c
Copyright Text: NOAA Coastal Services Center (CSC), Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Washington State Department of Ecology
Description: Includes any submerged pipe system used to transport oil, gas, sewage or other fluid. Excludes underwater transmission cables.
The general use footprint includes all areas in which the use is known to occur with some regularity (over the past 3-5 years), regardless of its frequency or intensity.
Dominant use areas are defined as ocean areas routinely used by most users most of the time (within the seasonal patterns for that use).
Service Item Id: c1f74861d0644759b1b9466ae3b00d2c
Copyright Text: NOAA Coastal Services Center (CSC), Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Washington State Department of Ecology
Description: Includes the use of SCUBA diving, surface supply diving or snorkeling (free diving) to catch fishes and invertebrates for recreational purposes. Excludes commercial fishing with SCUBA/snorkel and SCUBA/snorkel for viewing purposes.
The general use footprint includes all areas in which the use is known to occur with some regularity (over the past 3-5 years), regardless of its frequency or intensity.
Dominant use areas are defined as ocean areas routinely used by most users most of the time (within the seasonal patterns for that use).
Service Item Id: c1f74861d0644759b1b9466ae3b00d2c
Copyright Text: NOAA Coastal Services Center (CSC), Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Washington State Department of Ecology
Name: Recreational Fishing from Boats for Benthic Species
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Description: Includes recreational fishing from head boats, party boats, charters, or private boats targeting benthic species including mobile invertebrates. Excludes any other boat- or shore-based fishing.
The general use footprint includes all areas in which the use is known to occur with some regularity (over the past 3-5 years), regardless of its frequency or intensity.
Dominant use areas are defined as ocean areas routinely used by most users most of the time (within the seasonal patterns for that use).
Service Item Id: c1f74861d0644759b1b9466ae3b00d2c
Copyright Text: NOAA Coastal Services Center (CSC), Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Washington State Department of Ecology
Name: Recreational Fishing from Boats for Pelagic Species
Display Field: Shape_Length
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Includes recreational fishing from head boats, party boats, charters, or private boats targeting pelagic species. Excludes any other boat- or shore-based fishing.
The general use footprint includes all areas in which the use is known to occur with some regularity (over the past 3-5 years), regardless of its frequency or intensity.
Dominant use areas are defined as ocean areas routinely used by most users most of the time (within the seasonal patterns for that use).
Service Item Id: c1f74861d0644759b1b9466ae3b00d2c
Copyright Text: NOAA Coastal Services Center (CSC), Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Washington State Department of Ecology
Description: Includes rod and reel, surf-casting, fishing from piers, jetties, crab traps, and cast nets for recreational purposes. Excludes all other forms of shore-based fishing.
The general use footprint includes all areas in which the use is known to occur with some regularity (over the past 3-5 years), regardless of its frequency or intensity.
Dominant use areas are defined as ocean areas routinely used by most users most of the time (within the seasonal patterns for that use).
Service Item Id: c1f74861d0644759b1b9466ae3b00d2c
Copyright Text: NOAA Coastal Services Center (CSC), Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Washington State Department of Ecology
Description: Includes recreational harvest in the intertidal zone of living marine plant or animal species for consumption or aquaria. Excludes all other forms of intertidal harvesting.
The general use footprint includes all areas in which the use is known to occur with some regularity (over the past 3-5 years), regardless of its frequency or intensity.
Dominant use areas are defined as ocean areas routinely used by most users most of the time (within the seasonal patterns for that use).
Service Item Id: c1f74861d0644759b1b9466ae3b00d2c
Copyright Text: NOAA Coastal Services Center (CSC), Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Washington State Department of Ecology
Description: Includes systems designed to generate electricity from wind, wave, currents or tidal power using turbines, fixed or floating platforms, buoys, and/or dams, and associated offshore infrastructure including substructures, transmission hubs, generators, cables and service platforms. Excludes onshore power grids.
The general use footprint includes all areas in which the use is known to occur with some regularity (over the past 3-5 years), regardless of its frequency or intensity.
Dominant use areas are defined as ocean areas routinely used by most users most of the time (within the seasonal patterns for that use).
Service Item Id: c1f74861d0644759b1b9466ae3b00d2c
Copyright Text: NOAA Coastal Services Center (CSC), Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Washington State Department of Ecology
Description: Includes transit, mooring, motoring or anchoring by sailboats, including sailing kayaks and canoes. Excludes motorized boating, and paddling.
The general use footprint includes all areas in which the use is known to occur with some regularity (over the past 3-5 years), regardless of its frequency or intensity.
Dominant use areas are defined as ocean areas routinely used by most users most of the time (within the seasonal patterns for that use).
Service Item Id: c1f74861d0644759b1b9466ae3b00d2c
Copyright Text: NOAA Coastal Services Center (CSC), Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Washington State Department of Ecology
Description: Includes SCUBA diving, surface supply diving, and snorkeling (free diving). Excludes swimming and dive fishing.
The general use footprint includes all areas in which the use is known to occur with some regularity (over the past 3-5 years), regardless of its frequency or intensity.
Dominant use areas are defined as ocean areas routinely used by most users most of the time (within the seasonal patterns for that use).
Service Item Id: c1f74861d0644759b1b9466ae3b00d2c
Copyright Text: NOAA Coastal Services Center (CSC), Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Washington State Department of Ecology
Description: Includes shore and boat-based fishing or hunting for vertebrates, birds, mammals and reptiles, and harvest of seaweed or algae for subsistence purposes. Excludes all other forms of fishing.
The general use footprint includes all areas in which the use is known to occur with some regularity (over the past 3-5 years), regardless of its frequency or intensity.
Dominant use areas are defined as ocean areas routinely used by most users most of the time (within the seasonal patterns for that use).
Copyright Text: NOAA Coastal Services Center (CSC), Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Washington State Department of Ecology
Description: Includes tow-in and paddle-in surfing, wind-surfing, kite surfing and sailboarding. Excludes paddling, SCUBA/snorkeling, and swimming.
The general use footprint includes all areas in which the use is known to occur with some regularity (over the past 3-5 years), regardless of its frequency or intensity.
Dominant use areas are defined as ocean areas routinely used by most users most of the time (within the seasonal patterns for that use).
Service Item Id: c1f74861d0644759b1b9466ae3b00d2c
Copyright Text: NOAA Coastal Services Center (CSC), Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Washington State Department of Ecology
Description: Includes short- and long-distance surface swimming and wading any distance from shore, and body surfing. Excludes SCUBA/snorkeling and surface board sports.
The general use footprint includes all areas in which the use is known to occur with some regularity (over the past 3-5 years), regardless of its frequency or intensity.
Dominant use areas are defined as ocean areas routinely used by most users most of the time (within the seasonal patterns for that use).
Service Item Id: c1f74861d0644759b1b9466ae3b00d2c
Copyright Text: NOAA Coastal Services Center (CSC), Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Washington State Department of Ecology
Description: Includes the use of the intertidal zone between high and low tides for recreational, scientific or educational purposes. Excludes harvesting from shore and shore use.
The general use footprint includes all areas in which the use is known to occur with some regularity (over the past 3-5 years), regardless of its frequency or intensity.
Dominant use areas are defined as ocean areas routinely used by most users most of the time (within the seasonal patterns for that use).
Service Item Id: c1f74861d0644759b1b9466ae3b00d2c
Copyright Text: NOAA Coastal Services Center (CSC), Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Washington State Department of Ecology
Description: Includes cables installed on the seafloor to transmit data, communications, and electricity generated on land. Excludes lost fishing gear and renewable electricity transmission cables.
The general use footprint includes all areas in which the use is known to occur with some regularity (over the past 3-5 years), regardless of its frequency or intensity.
Dominant use areas are defined as ocean areas routinely used by most users most of the time (within the seasonal patterns for that use).
Service Item Id: c1f74861d0644759b1b9466ae3b00d2c
Copyright Text: NOAA Coastal Services Center (CSC), Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Washington State Department of Ecology
Description: Includes boat-based wildlife viewing at sea, usually on a commercial vessel. Excludes incidental wildlife viewing from shore or while at sea pursuing other uses.
The general use footprint includes all areas in which the use is known to occur with some regularity (over the past 3-5 years), regardless of its frequency or intensity.
Dominant use areas are defined as ocean areas routinely used by most users most of the time (within the seasonal patterns for that use).
Service Item Id: c1f74861d0644759b1b9466ae3b00d2c
Copyright Text: NOAA Coastal Services Center (CSC), Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Washington State Department of Ecology
Description: This data set contains Official Protraction Diagram (OPD) outlines in ESRI Arc/Info export and Arc/View shape file formats for the BOEM Pacific Region. The use of OPD s makes it easier to refer to individual blocks within a region or planning area. Further information on the historic development of OPD s can be found in OCS Report BOEM 99-0006: Boundary Development on the Outer Continental Shelf. These OPD diagrams were clipped along the Submerged Lands Act (SLA) boundary and along lines contained in the Continental Shelf Boundaries (CSB) GIS data files to show only those blocks or portions thereof within federal jurisdiction. Because GIS projection and topology functions can change or generalize coordinates, these GIS files are NOT an OFFICIAL record for the exact OPD boundaries. Only the paper OPD or a digital image of them serve as OFFICIAL records.
Description: This data set contains Official Protraction Diagram (OPD) outlines in ESRI Arc/Info export and Arc/View shape file formats for the BOEM Pacific Region. The use of OPD s makes it easier to refer to individual blocks within a region or planning area. Further information on the historic development of OPD s can be found in OCS Report BOEM 99-0006: Boundary Development on the Outer Continental Shelf. These OPD diagrams were clipped along the Submerged Lands Act (SLA) boundary and along lines contained in the Continental Shelf Boundaries (CSB) GIS data files to show only those blocks or portions thereof within federal jurisdiction. Because GIS projection and topology functions can change or generalize coordinates, these GIS files are NOT an OFFICIAL record for the exact OPD boundaries. Only the paper OPD or a digital image of them serve as OFFICIAL records.
Description: Maritime limits for the United States are measured from the U.S. baseline, recognized as the low-water line along the coast as marked on NOAA's nautical charts in accordance with the articles of the Law of the Sea. The baseline and related maritime limits are reviewed and approved by the interagency U.S. Baseline Committee. The primary purpose of this dataset is to update the official depiction of these maritime limits and boundaries on NOAA's nautical charts. The Office of Coast Survey depicts on its nautical charts the territorial sea (12 nautical miles), contiguous zone (24nm), and exclusive economic zone (200nm, plus maritime boundaries with adjacent/opposite countries). U.S. maritime limits are ambulatory and subject to revision based on accretion or erosion of the charted low water line. To ensure you are up-to-date and for more information about U.S. Maritime Limits and Boundaries, see http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/csdl/mbound.htm.For the full FGDC metadata record, see http://www.ncddc.noaa.gov/approved_recs/nos_de/ocs/ocs/ocs/MB_ParentDataset.html.Coordinates for the US/Canada international boundary, on land and through the Great Lakes, are managed by the International Boundary Commission. These boundaries are included with this dataset for continuity.
Service Item Id: c1f74861d0644759b1b9466ae3b00d2c
Copyright Text: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office of Coast Survey (OCS)
Description: Maritime limits for the United States are measured from the U.S. baseline, recognized as the low-water line along the coast as marked on NOAA's nautical charts in accordance with the articles of the Law of the Sea. The baseline and related maritime limits are reviewed and approved by the interagency U.S. Baseline Committee. The primary purpose of this dataset is to update the official depiction of these maritime limits and boundaries on NOAA's nautical charts. The Office of Coast Survey depicts on its nautical charts the territorial sea (12 nautical miles), contiguous zone (24nm), and exclusive economic zone (200nm, plus maritime boundaries with adjacent/opposite countries). U.S. maritime limits are ambulatory and subject to revision based on accretion or erosion of the charted low water line. To ensure you are up-to-date and for more information about U.S. Maritime Limits and Boundaries, see http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/csdl/mbound.htm.For the full FGDC metadata record, see http://www.ncddc.noaa.gov/approved_recs/nos_de/ocs/ocs/ocs/MB_ParentDataset.html.Coordinates for the US/Canada international boundary, on land and through the Great Lakes, are managed by the International Boundary Commission. These boundaries are included with this dataset for continuity.
Service Item Id: c1f74861d0644759b1b9466ae3b00d2c
Copyright Text: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office of Coast Survey (OCS)
Description: The National Marine Sanctuary Program manages a system of sanctuaries and other managed areas around the country. The legal boundaries of Thesee sanctuaries are defined within the Code of Federal Regulations, at 15 C.F.R. Part 922 and the subparts for each national marine sanctuary. The GIS compatible digital boundary files for each national marine sanctuary are representations of those legal boundaries and are based on the best available data. Thesee files are available for public use at locations defined in this metadata record.
Description: The National Marine Sanctuary Program manages a system of sanctuaries and other managed areas around the country. The legal boundaries of Thesee sanctuaries are defined within the Code of Federal Regulations, at 15 C.F.R. Part 922 and the subparts for each national marine sanctuary. The GIS compatible digital boundary files for each national marine sanctuary are representations of those legal boundaries and are based on the best available data. Thesee files are available for public use at locations defined in this metadata record.
Description: The purpose of HAPCs is to focus conservation, management, and research efforts on subsets of EFH that are vulnerable to degradation or are especially important ecologically for federally managed fish. The HAPC designation alone does not confer additional protection or restrictions to an area, but helps to focus EFH conservation, management, and research priorities. HAPC designation is a valuable way to acknowledge areas where we have detailed information on ecological function and habitat vulnerability, indicating a greater need for conservation and management. In some instances the Councils and NMFS may develop fishery management measures to conserve the habitat within the HAPC.HAPCs are a subset of EFH that deserve special attention because they provide extremely important ecological functions and/or are especially vulnerable to degradation. For instance, HAPC designation may be warranted for areas that play a vital role in the reproductive cycle of a managed species (e.g., grouper spawning sites) or areas that contain a rare habitat type (e.g., corals) that may be sensitive to disturbance from fishing or other human activities.Councils may designate an area as a HAPC for one or more of the following reasons:The habitat provides important ecological functionsThe habitat is sensitive to human-induced environmental degradationDevelopment activities are, or will be, stressing the habitatThe habitat type is rare.
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Copyright Text: NOAA Fisheries: Northeast Regional Office, Southeast Regional Office, Southwest Regional Office, Northwest Regional Office, Alaska Regional Office, Pacific Regional Office; Fishery Management Councils: New England, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific, North Pacific, Western Pacific; NOAA Fisheries Science Centers: Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, Northwest, Pacific Islands, Alaska; Highly Migratory Species Division (headquarters); Habitat Protection Division (headquarters).
Description: These color oblique aerial photos were taken between 1976-1977 along the marine shorelines of Puget Sound, portions of the Pacific coast of Washington and the Washington side of the lower Columbia River. Each photo represents approximately 1.5 miles of shoreline length.
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Copyright Text: Washington State Department of Ecology, Shorelands and Environmental Assistance & Coastal Zone Management Program
Description: These color oblique aerial photos were taken at intervals between 1976-2017 along the shorelines of Puget Sound, portions of the Pacific coast of Washington, Washington's inland waters, and the Washington side of the lower Columbia River. Each photo represents approximately 1.5 miles of shoreline length.
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Copyright Text: Washington State Department of Ecology, Shorelands and Environmental Assistance & Coastal Zone Management Program