Abandoned Shipwreck Act

Description

This data represents the extent of the Abandoned Shipwreck Act (ASA). The ASA allows states to manage a broad range of resources within submerged lands, including abandoned shipwrecks that have been deserted and to which the owner has relinquished ownership rights with no retention. With the exception of wrecks on certain federal public lands, the ASA asserts U.S. title to abandoned shipwrecks and automatically transfers the title to coastal states. Citing to the Submerged Lands Act, the ASA generally extends seaward a distance of three nautical miles from the coastline to the inner limit of the outer continental shelf. In the cases of Texas, the Gulf coast of Florida, and Puerto Rico, the ASA extends seaward three marine leagues-or nine nautical miles-from the coastline. When investigating geo-regulatory boundaries near the boundary edges, users should consult the most up-to-date applicable jurisdictional boundaries from all respective authoritative sources. Source: https://www.nps.gov/history/local-law/FHPL_AbndShipwreck.pdf Date enacted: April 28, 1988 Codification: 43 U.S.C. Sec. 2101 et seq Authority: U.S. National Park Service

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Name Format Description Link
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/48846
0 NOAA Office for Coastal Management Home Page https://coast.noaa.gov
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/ocm/dmp/pdf/48846.pdf
0 MarineCadastre.gov Data Registry https://marinecadastre.gov/data/
57 AbandonedShipwreckAct.zip https://marinecadastre.gov/downloads/data/mc/AbandonedShipwreckAct.zip
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords

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  • human dimensions
  • alaska
  • united states of america
  • office of coastal management
  • environmental governance/management
  • national ocean service
  • marine boundaries
  • american samoa
  • united states
  • continent
  • cnmi
  • noaa
  • guam
  • hawaii
  • north america
  • doc/noaa/nos/ocm
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • ocean planning
  • commonwealth of the northern mariana islands
  • abandoned shipwreck act
  • marinecadastre
  • u.s. virgin islands
  • puerto rico

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