Essential Fish Habitat, Pacific Salmon GIS Data

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
21 Online Link for shapefile, pdf map, Google Earth KML https://archive.fisheries.noaa.gov/wcr/maps_data/essential_fish_habitat.html
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/56737
21 Online Linkage for shapefile, pdf map, Google Earth KML https://archive.fisheries.noaa.gov/wcr/maps_data/essential_fish_habitat.html
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/wcro/dmp/pdf/56737.pdf
21 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 https://archive.fisheries.noaa.gov/wcr/maps_data/essential_fish_habitat.html
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/wcro/dmp/pdf/56737.pdf
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/56737
21 Online Linkage for shapefile, pdf map, Google Earth KML https://archive.fisheries.noaa.gov/wcr/maps_data/essential_fish_habitat.html
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
21 Online Link for shapefile, pdf map, Google Earth KML https://archive.fisheries.noaa.gov/wcr/maps_data/essential_fish_habitat.html
21 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 https://archive.fisheries.noaa.gov/wcr/maps_data/essential_fish_habitat.html

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  • salmon
  • chinook
  • idaho
  • west coast
  • west coast regional office
  • west coast region geospatial data
  • noaa
  • pacific
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • national marine fisheries service
  • essential fish habitat
  • doc/noaa/nmfs/wcro
  • california
  • magnuson-stevens act
  • washington
  • efh
  • western united states
  • pink
  • coho
  • oregon

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