Seasonal Management Areas for North Atlantic Right Whales GIS data

Description

These data represent Seasonal Mangagement Area locations where regulations implement speed restrictions in shipping areas at certain times of the year along the coast of the U.S. Atlantic seaboard. The purpose of the regulations is to reduce the likelihood of deaths and serious injuries to endangered North Atlantic right whales that result from collisions with ships as designated by 73 FR 60173, October 10, 2008, Rules and Regulations. Sunset clause removed 78 FR 73726, December 9, 2013

Resources

Name Format Description Link
57 Seasonal Management Areas for Speed Restrictions to Protect North Atlantic Right Whales https://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/maps_gis_data/protected_resources/management_areas/geodata/right_whale_sma_all.zip
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/23732
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/sero/dmp/pdf/23732.pdf
21 Shapefile, metadata, map, and Google Earth downloads for all Management Areas https://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/maps_gis_data/protected_resources/management_areas/index.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

Tags

  • doc/noaa/nmfs/sero
  • fishery-dependent
  • south atlantic ocean
  • noaa
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • national marine fisheries service
  • marine mammal information
  • north atlantic ocean
  • southeast regional office
  • sma speed restrictions right whale noaa nmfs
  • non-environmental data

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