Chesapeake Bay 2016 ESI RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Polygons, Points

Description

This data set contains vector polygons depicting locations of artificial reefs, critical habitats, essential habitats, and fishery areas; and vector points showing locations of aquaculture sites, artificial reefs, commercial fishing pound net sites, recreational fishing locations, repeated measure sites, and water intakes in Chesapeake Bay and the Outer Coasts of Maryland and Virginia. As a whole, the ESI data characterize the marine and coastal environments and wildlife by their sensitivity to spilled oil, and include information for three main components: shoreline habitats, sensitive biological resources, and human-use resources. The entirety of the ESI Human-Use data layers consists of: PARKS-MANAGED AREAS Polygons, Points; NAVIGATION-MARINE Polygons, Points, Lines; POLITICAL-JURISDICTIONAL Polygons, Points, Lines; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Polygons, Points; SOCECON Polygons, Points, Lines; and NATURAL HAZARD Polygons.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 This feature class is part of the downloadable Esri Arc Geodatabase. https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi_download
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/55002
0 Guidelines for developing ESI data content and overview of ESI data structure. Useful for data collectors and users requiring more in depth information on the ESI process. https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi_guidelines
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
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/orr/dmp/pdf/55002.pdf
0 Overview of ESI data content and uses. https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi

Tags

  • human dimensions
  • aquaculture production
  • united states of america
  • mariculture production
  • national ocean service
  • environmental monitoring
  • virginia
  • continent
  • doc/noaa/nos/orr
  • noaa
  • oil spill planning
  • oil spills
  • north america
  • atlantic ocean
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • esi
  • environmental impacts
  • chesapeake bay and the outer coasts of maryland and virginia
  • ocean
  • coastal zone management
  • coastal resources
  • maryland
  • human use resources
  • economic resources
  • management areas
  • 2016
  • north atlantic ocean
  • office of response and restoration
  • sensitivity maps

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