Description
This file represents salmonid freshwater and estuarine Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) in the western United States. Congress, through the Magnuson-Stevens Act, defined EFH as "those waters and substrate necessary to fish for spawning, breeding, feeding, or growth to maturity." This dataset follows the federal codification of delineating EFH using 4th field Hydrologic Units. It spatially depicts designated EFH for Federally-managed Pacific salmon within freshwater and estuarine regions of California, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. Areas above identified certain impassible dams are not designated EFH, and these have been removed from the 4th field Hydrologic Units. Only areas defined as EFH are present in this dataset. Each Hydrologic Unit polygon has been coded to indicate for which species of salmon (Chinook salmon, coho and/or pink) it represents EFH.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essential Fish Habitat GIS data | HTML | This page contains links to pdf maps of: EFH Map - West Coast Salmon https://www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/publications/habitat/essential_fish_habitat/west_coast_salmon_efh_2014__1_.pdf EFH Map - West Coast Chinook Salmon https://www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/publications/habitat/essential_fish_habitat/chinook_salmon_efh_2014__1_.pdf EFH Map - West Coast Coho Salmon https://www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/publications/habitat/essential_fish_habitat/coho_salmon_efh_2014__1_.pdf EFH Map - Puget Sound Pink Salmon https://www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/publications/habitat/essential_fish_habitat/pink_salmon_efh_2014__1_.pdf | Open resource |
| Landing Page WCRO Essential Fish Habitat Maps & Data | HTML | Online Linkage for shapefile, pdf map, Google Earth KML | Open resource |
| noaa_wcr_salmonid_efh_2014.zip | HTML | Online Link for shapefile, pdf map, Google Earth KML | Open resource |
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | 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. | Open resource |
| Full Metadata Record | Unknown | View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. | Open resource |
| NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) | NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. | Open resource |