This data set represents an all-inclusive GIS layer of ATONs for the year 2002, with spatial extent of the Seventh and Eighth Coast Guard Districts.

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Southeast regional bathymetric contours consist of a vector coverage of bathymetric contours with increasing resolution in coastal areas. Contours were derived from a composite of several bathymetric datasets of varying regional coverage and resolution. Isobath intervals range from 2 meter in coastal areas to 200 meters in deep offshore areas.

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This layer includes National Buoy Data Center buoys.

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This GIS data set shows the locations of marine facilities around Florida. These data were created by FWRI staff referencing various sources. Attributes include type of facility and location (address).

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U.S. Major Roads represents interstate, U.S. and state highways, major streets, and other major thoroughfares within the United States.

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U.S. National Transportation Atlas Interstate Highways represents rural and urban interstate highways. U.S. National Transportation Atlas Interstate Highways is part of the National Highway Planning Network version 4.0 (line) published by the Federal Highway Administration as part of the National Transportation Atlas Databases for the United States.

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U.S. States provides detailed boundaries that are consistent with the tract and county data sets and are effective at regional and state levels.

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This layer represents the counties of the United States in the fifty states and the District of Columbia.

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U.S. Cities represents locations for cities within United States with populations of 10,000 or greater, all state capitals, and the national capital.

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U.S. National Atlas Water Feature Areas represents the water feature areas (e.g., bays, glaciers, lakes, and swamps) of the United States.

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This data set was compiled originally to provide the National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) study units with an intermediate- scale river basin boundary for extracting other GIS data layers. The data can also be used for illustration purposes at intermediate or small scales (1:250,000 to 1:2 million).

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The National Waterway Network is a geographic database of navigable waterways in and around the United States, for analytical studies of waterway performance, for compiling commodity flow statistics, and for mapping purposes.

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The Ports database is a geographic database of the US Army Corps of Engineers Ports in and around the United States, for analytical studies of waterway performance, for compiling commodity flow statistics, and for mapping purposes.

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This data set consists of portions of three Landsat Thematic Mapper scenes which were analyzed according to the Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) protocol to determine land cover and a subsequent change detection. The data were field validated and mosaicked to produce a land cover inventory for North Carolina.

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This data set consists of three Landsat Thematic Mapper scenes which were analyzed according to the Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) protocol to determine land cover and a subsequent change detection. The data were field validated and mosaicked to produce a land cover inventory for South Carolina.

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This data set consists of three Landsat Thematic Mapper scenes which were analyzed according to the Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) protocol to determine land cover and a subsequent change detection. The data were field validated and mosaicked to produce a land cover inventory for Georgia.

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The Carolinas Coastal Ocean Observing and Prediction System (Caro-COOPS) is based upon an instrumented array of coastal and offshore moorings, which are being deployed off of the coast of the Carolinas.

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The University of North Carolina Wilmington's Coastal Ocean Research and Monitoring Program (CORMP) is a member of the congressionally mandated Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) . CORMP, primarily funded by NOAA, was established in 2000 as a research and monitoring program to address the IOOS goals in the southeastern North Carolina coastal ocean.

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South Atlantic Bight Synoptic Offshore Observational Network (SABSOON) is a real-time observational network that has been developed on the U.S. Southeastern continental shelf. Eight large offshore platforms, currently operated by the U.S. Navy for flight training, are being instrumented to provide a range of oceanographic and meteorological observations on a continuous real-time basis.

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This GIS data set represents oil protraction units of the outer continental shelf in the Atlantic region. The Minerals Management Service maintains these data.

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These data are the result of a cooperative agreement between the U.S. Minerals Management Service (MMS) and the State of North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources. The projects used both side-scan sonar and vibracores to identify potential sand resource areas in federal waters offshore of Dare County, NC. The majority of these potential regions contain information regarding the mean grain size, depth, sand volume, etc., although three of the locations do not include detailed attribute information. These three "distal" regions are considered secondary, less optimal borrow sites based on their distance from shore and water depth.
This dataset also now includes portions of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.

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These data represent a subset of the benthic habitat data set created for the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. The National Ocean Service and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Florida Marine Research Institute collaborated to create polygon geography that visually represents the benthic habitats geospatial data of South Florida. The NOAA Coastal Services Center extracted from these data all references to sediment texture for display in conjunction with other sand resource data sets.

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This data layer was built from coordinates defined by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 4. Coordinates are published in the Coastal Programs and Surface Water Quality Grants Section, Ocean Dumping Program.

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Areas which limit the use of highly efficient and potentially habitat-damaging gear.

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Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), as defined in Presidential Executive Order 13158, means any area of the marine environment that has been reserved by federal, state, territorial, tribal, or local laws or regulations to provide lasting protection for all or part of the natural and cultural resources therein. The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) further defines marine protected areas within its jurisdiction as a network of specific areas of marine environments reserved and managed for the primary purpose of aiding in the recovery of overfished stocks and to insure the persistence of healthy fish stocks, fisheries, and habitats.

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This data set contains the Submerged Lands Act boundary line (also known as State Seaward Boundary (SSB) and Fed State Boundary) in ESRI Arc/Info export and Arc/View shape file formats for the MMS Atlantic Region. The SLA defines the seaward limit of a state's submerged lands and the landward boundary of federally managed OCS lands. In the MMS Atlantic Region it is projected 3 nautical miles offshore from the baseline.

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This GIS data set represents Sanctuary protection area boundaries. John Halas of FKNMS Key West office provided Bill Sargent (FMRI) with coordinates for all the buoys in December of 1999. John Halas is responsible for maintaining the buoys and obtained the coordinates through differential GPS during inspections of the buoys. Bill typed those latitude and longitude coordinates into a spreadsheet, assuming that they were geographic. He exported them as decimal degrees in a dbase file, then pulled them in to ArcView as an event theme and converted to a shapefile. From that point shapefile, Bill connected the dots to make a polygon shapefile.

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This GIS data set represents the federal marine managed areas including National Parks, National Marine Fisheries Service areas, National Estuarine Research reserves, National Marine Sanctuaries, and National Wildlife Refuges. FWRI downloaded these data from mpa.gov, managed by NOAA and DOI. This data set includes only the areas in the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, and southeastern US Atlantic Ocean. The internet site has additional areas in the Pacific, Great Lakes, and Northeast US, which were are not included in this file. Executive Order 13158 mandates that the U.S. Departments of Commerce and the Interior "publish and maintain a list of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) that meet the definition of MPA for the purposes of this order."

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In international maritime law, an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is a seazone over which a state has special rights over the exploration and use of marine resources. Generally a state's EEZ extends to a distance of 200 nautical miles (370 km) out from its coast, except where resulting points would be closer to another country. Technically it does not include the state's territorial waters, so the EEZ's inner boundary follows the borders of the state's territorial waters (usually 12 nautical miles from the coast).

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This layer depicts vessel permits ....

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This GIS data set contains fishing license purchases (1995), boat registrations (1997), and county population (1995 predicted).

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This layer depicts the descriptive boundaries for Sea Turtle Sanctuaries: North Carolina's Fisheries Rule: 15A NCAC 3R .0101.

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Descriptive boundaries for Crab Spawning Sanctuaries: North Carolina's Fisheries Rule: 15A NCAC 3R 0.0110.

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This layer depicts the locations of shellfish harvesting areas in South Carolina as of 1997.

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View the coordinates of the Proposed Red Snapper Closure Alternatives PDF.

View the coordinates of the Proposed Allowable Golden Crab Fishery Areas PDF.
View the coordinates of the Shrimp Fishery Access Areas PDF.
View the coordinates of the Proposed Deepwater Lophelia Coral HAPCs PDF.
View a Combined Map of Proposed Actions in GEOPDF format.

The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (SAFMC) role is to develop fishery management plans needed to manage fishery resources within the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) extending from state waters (three miles in the south Atlantic) to 200 nautical miles. The 1996 Sustainable Fisheries Act (SFA) was passed by Congress to protect marine fish stocks with requirements to prevent and stop overfishing, minimize bycatch, and protect habitat. These layers geographically represents prohibitions on the use of various gear (to fish for and retain snapper grouper species) within the SAFMC EEZ.

RESTRICTED GEAR INCLUDES:

GEAR	METADATA	SHAPEFILE	GOOGLE EARTH
Roller Rig Trawls	Metadata	Zip File ~70kb	KMZ
Sargassum	Metadata	Zip File ~75kb	KMZ
Black Sea Bass Pots	Metadata	Zip File ~30kb	KMZ
Bottom Longlines	Metadata	Zip File ~90kb	KMZ
Fish Traps	Metadata	Zip File ~73kb	KMZ

Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) that is judged to be particularly important to the long-term productivity of populations of one or more managed species, or to be particularly vulnerable to degradation, should be identified as "habitat areas of particular concern" (HAPC) to help provide additional focus for conservation efforts. As a result of the Sustainable Fisheries Act Amendment to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act in 1996 the Councils and the NMFS have been mandated to use an ecosystem approach in managing the Nation's Fisheries. The Council has taken the first step with the approval of the Habitat Plan identifying and describing in detail essential fish habitat (EFH) for species managed throughout the South Atlantic and with the approval of the Comprehensive Habitat Amendment amending all existing FMPs to include descriptions of EFH and EFH-habitat areas of particular concern (EFH-HAPCs). Due to their important ecological function, areas of the offshore pelagic environments discussed above and the associated benthic habitats represent essential fish habitat-habitat areas of particular concern (EFH-HAPC) and were designated as such though previous Council actions.

EFH-HAPC INCLUDES:

HABITAT	METADATA	SHAPEFILE	GOOGLE EARTH
Dolphin-Wahoo EFH-HAPC	Metadata	Zip File ~8 kb	KMZ
Coastal Migratory Pelagics EFH-HAPC	Metadata	Zip File ~238 kb	KMZ
Shrimp EFH-HAPC	Metadata	Zip File ~2 mb	KMZ
Spiny Lobster EFH-HAPC	Metadata	Zip File ~2.8 mb	KMZ
Snapper Grouper EFH-HAPC	Metadata	Zip File ~28 mb	KMZ
Coral, Coral Reef and Live or Hard Bottom EFH-HAPC	Metadata	Zip File ~2 mb	KMZ

The Sustainable Fisheries Act of 1996 (SFA), identifying the contribution of habitat loss and degradation on fishery declines, amended the Magnuson-Stevens Act to create a program to protect “essential fish habitat.” The statute defined EFH as “those waters and substrate necessary to fish for spawning, breeding, feeding, or growth to maturity.” The legislation authorized a regulatory program to provide detailed identification of such habitat and obligatory consultation regarding all fishery and non-fishery activities receiving federal funding, permitting, or authorization that could impact EFH. The Council has taken the first step with the approval of the Habitat Plan identifying and describing in detail essential fish habitat (EFH) for species managed throughout the South Atlantic and with the approval of the Comprehensive Habitat Amendment amending all existing FMPs to include descriptions of EFH and EFH-habitat areas of particular concern (EFH-HAPCs).

EFH for the SAFMC jurisdictional area INCLUDES:

Dolphin-Wahoo EFH	in progress	not available
Shrimp EFH	Metadata	Zip File ~46 mb
Spiny Lobster EFH	Metadata	Zip File ~29 mb
Coastal Migratory Pelagics EFH	Metadata	Zip File ~5 mb
Golden Crab EFH	Metadata	Zip File ~51 kb
Snapper Grouper EFH	Metadata	Zip File ~65 mb
Coral, Coral Reefs, Live or Hard Bottom EFH	Metadata	Zip File ~4 mb

This data layer was created from multiple sources. The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary boundary was acquired from Florida Marine Research Institute. Monitor and Gray's Reef Sanctuary boundaries were developed using the Code of Federal Regulations. All boundaries were reprojected and appended to create the final file.

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This dataset includes benthic data for Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay and the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. This multi-agency project involved FWC/FWRI, NOAA, and Dade County. 1:48,000-scale natural color aerial photography was interpreted and delineated by ecologists and FWC/FWRI staff. Each of the three regions had their data digitized in different manners. FKNMS used NOAA photogrammetrist and stereo analytical plotters. These plotter data were then converted into ARC/INFO. Biscayne Bay aerial photos were digitized by Greenhorne and O'Mara using stereo analytical plotters. Florida Bay data was digitized by NOAA-CSC in Charleston, SC by scanning the photos and the linework overlays. The classification system was the same for all three regions. A hard copy atlas and CD-ROM titled "Florida Marine Research Institute Technical Reports: Benthic Habitats of the Florida Keys", were created by the FWC/FWRI and NOAA. These data were edited in summer 2001 to correct attribute errors. The Florida Bay data was added to the layer at that time as well.

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This GIS data set represents sampling sites of the Coral Reef Monitoring Program. Data describes stony coral composition and percent cover values for stony corals, octocorals, sponges, zooanthids, macroalgae, seagrass, and substrate. Four different habitat types are sampled annually from 40 different sites beginning in 1996. Data is collected at each site through video data analysis using twelve 22m permanent video transects 40 cm off the benthos. Raw video is digitized by framegrabbing and post-processing.

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This GIS data set represents sampling sites of the Coral Reef Monitoring Program. Data describes stony coral composition and percent cover values for stony corals, octocorals, sponges, zooanthids, macroalgae, seagrass, and substrate. Four different habitat types are sampled annually from 40 different sites beginning in 1996. Data is collected at each site through video data analysis using twelve 22m permanent video transects 40 cm off the benthos. Raw video is digitized by framegrabbing and post-processing.

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Bottom features were mapped based on sonar data at Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary (GRNMS). Backscatter from sidescan and bathymetry from multibeam sonar were used in conjunction with scuba and towed video to delineate bottom features.

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2m resolution graphic of the bathymetry of Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary.

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In response to recent research revealing the importance and uniqueness of deepwater coral habitats in the South Atlantic, coupled with new reports prepared for the Council by J. Reed and S. Ross, the Council decided to propose HAPC designation for deepwater coral areas to extend them a higher level of protection.

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This GIS data set represents the eastern boundaries of right whale southern critical habitat, digitized from NOAA Navigation Charts 11480A1 (Scale= 1:449,659) and 11460A1 (Scale= 1:466,940). Near the southern end of the critical habitat zone the navigation charts overlap. At this overlap, there are discrepancies between the charts; the critical habitat lines on the charts do not match. The finer scale navigation chart (11480A1) was given priority at this overlap, and the shapefile was edited to smooth the transition between the line discrepancies. A generalized state boundary (shoreline) was added to GIS layer in order to create a polygon. This west side shore boundary is not part of the legal description of the habitat area; its only intent is to create a polygon GIS layer.

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This GIS data set represents the eastern boundary of the Right Whale Mandatory Ship Reporting Zone South polygon digitized from NOAA Navigation Charts 11480A1 (Scale = 1:449,659) and 11460A1 (Scale= 1:466,940).

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This GIS data set represents the use restrictions within Oculina Bank Habitat Area of Particular Concern (HAPC). The bounds were acquired from 50CFR622.35 from the federal register. These data were verified against the current version of the Federal Register dated November 5, 2003.

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This GIS data set represents the use restrictions within Oculina Bank Habitat Area of Particular Concern (HAPC). The bounds were acquired from 50CFR622.35 from the federal register. These data were verified against the current version of the Federal Register dated November 5, 2003.

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The data presented in the Oculina Geographic Information System (OGIS) was collected as part of a cooperative project between: the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Undersea Research Program, NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (also primary sponsor of OGIS), NOAA's National Ocean Service, NOAA's Ocean Exploration Program, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution (HBOI) and Florida State University. OGIS provides a comprehensive, interactive data source for the Oculina Banks Habitat Area of Particular Concern (OHAPC), a marine protected area off the east coast of Florida in 70 to 120 meters of water depth. Data layers include: multi-beam bathymetry, single-beam bathymetry, sidescan mosaics, sediment analyses, resulting interpretative maps of habitat types, video and still imagery from submersible (human occupied and remotely operated vehicles) dive transects and point counts (fish and habitat cover), and dive narratives. The multi-beam and sidescan surveys performed in October 2002 provide a 1 meter resolution image of the bathymetry in the EORR.

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The data was collected as part of a cooperative project between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coastal and Marine Geology Program and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). It represents sidescan sonar data and sediment samples throughout both study areas and used video and observations from a manned submersible at selected sites.

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Oculina GIS (OGIS) provides a comprehensive, interactive data source for the Oculina Banks Habitat Area of Particular Concern (OHAPC), a marine protected area off the east coast of Florida in 70 to 120 meters of water depth. Data layers include: multi-beam bathymetry, single-beam bathymetry, sidescan mosaics, sediment analyses, resulting interpretative maps of habitat types, video and still imagery from submersible (human occupied and remotely operated vehicles) dive transects and point counts (fish and habitat cover), and dive narratives. The images in the photos2.shp and video.shp datasets are composed of representative digital clips and still images captured from the video tapes recorded during the 2001 "Islands in the Stream" Expedition submersible dives.

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OGIS provides a comprehensive, interactive data source for the Oculina Banks Habitat Area of Particular Concern (OHAPC), a marine protected area off the east coast of Florida in 70 to 120 meters of water depth. Data layers include: multi-beam bathymetry, single-beam bathymetry, sidescan mosaics, sediment analyses, resulting interpretative maps of habitat types, video and still imagery from submersible (human occupied and remotely operated vehicles) dive transects and point counts (fish and habitat cover), and dive narratives. The images in the photos2.shp and video.shp datasets are composed of representative digital clips and still images captured from the video tapes recorded during the 2001 "Islands in the Stream" Expedition submersible dives.

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One-minute grid covering the South Atlantic Bight. Each grid cell is one-minute latitude by one-minute longitude. The grid (actually a polygon shapefile) extends from the VA/NC border south along the US east coast, around the southern tip of FL and westward through the Dry Tortugas. The grid extends from the shoreline to approximately five nautical miles beyond the 200 m depth contour (roughly the continental shelf break).

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This GIS data set represents bottom type data collected by the Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program - South Atlantic, Bottom Mapping Workgroup. Areas are classed as either hard bottom, possible hard bottom or not hard bottom. Data extent covers Florida coastal areas from just north of Key Biscayne southward through the Florida Keys and westward to the Dry Tortugas. Coverage extends offshore to a maximum distance of approximately 10 miles.

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This GIS data set represents bottom type transect data collected by the Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program - South Atlantic, Bottom Mapping Workgroup. Transects are classed as either hard bottom, possible hard bottom or not hard bottom. Data extent covers the eastern U.S. continental shelf from the VA/NC border, southward to Jupiter Inlet in FL. Coverage extends offshore to approximately the 200 m depth contour (shelf break).

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This GIS data set represents bottom type location data collected by the Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program - South Atlantic, Bottom Mapping Workgroup. Point locations are classed as either hard bottom, possible hard bottom or not hard bottom. Data extent covers the eastern U.S. continental shelf from the VA/NC border, southward to Jupiter Inlet in FL. Coverage extends offshore to approximately the 200 m depth contour (shelf break).

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The North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Marine Fisheries, in cooperation with the NC Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, developed the GIS Data set, Fisheries Nursery Areas, to describe areas where the initial post-larval and juvenile development of young finfish and crustaceans in North Carolina occurs. The file enables the user to identify these protected areas.

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The North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Division of Water Quality in cooperation with the NC Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, developed the GIS data set, High Quality Water and Outstanding Resource Water Management Zones, to enhance planning, siting and impact analysis in areas directly affecting waters considered as having excellent (high) water quality or designated as an outstanding resource. Point and non-point source pollution management strategies are applicable to these waters. Zones in North Carolina were developed from NC DWQ Stream Classification Schedule, October 1, 1992.

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These data represent artificial reef locations in Georgia and South Carolina as polygons based on coordinates (Georgia) or area (South Carolina). Artificial reef locations for North Carolina and Florida are NOT included because only point locations are available for these states.

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These data represent artificial reef locations in North Carolina.

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Each point in this GIS data set represents a single deployment event (either a uniquely located artificial reef or deployments of the same reef on different days). Division of Marine Fisheries Management maintains and updates the source database. This data set represents deployments through September, 2008.

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This data set comprises a portion of the Gulf-Wide Information System (G-WIS) database for the entire coastal zone of Florida and the lower St. Johns River. These data characterize coastal environments and wildlife resources for environmental planning and natural resource management purposes. The G-WIS data include three main components: Shoreline habitats, sensitive biological resources, and human-use resources. The G-WIS data are updated and re-formatted Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) data published from 1995-1997.

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This polygon GIS data set represents a compilation of statewide seagrass data from various source agencies and scales. The data were mapped from sources ranging in date from 1987 to 2007. Not all data in this compilation are mapped from photography; some are the results of field measurements. See the "Sources" section for more information. The original source data sets were not all classified in the same manner; some used the Florida Land Use Cover and Forms Classification System (FLUCCS) codes 9113 for discontinuous seagrass and 9116 for continuous seagrass; some defined only presence and absence of seagrass, and some defined varying degrees of seagrass percent cover. In order to merge all of these data sources into one compilation data set, FWRI reclassified the various source data attribute schemes into two categories: "continuous" and "discontinuous" seagrass. In areas where studies overlap, the most recent study where a given area has been interpreted is represented in this data set.This data set is not comparable to previous statewide data sets for time series studies - not all areas have been updated since the previous statewide compilation and some areas previously not mapped are now included. Please contact GIS Librarian to request the source data if you need to do a time series comparison.

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This GIS data set represents mangroves in Florida. The data are reselected from land use and land cover data from Florida's water management districts.

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This GIS data set represents salt marsh from NWI and 1990 land use/land cover from Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD) and Suwannee River Water Management District (SRWMD).

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This GIS data set represents statewide tidal flats.

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This GIS data set represents South Carolina bed types.

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In 1982, the Gulf and South Atlantic Fisheries Development Foundation, the Georgia Sea Grant College Program, and five shrimp bottom captains initiated a cooperative venture fishing program to determine how shrimp trawlers could be used for fishing for offshore finfish. Four alternative fishing methods were examined, including bottom trawling, trapping, bottom longlining, and handlining. Gear construction and gear use in the project are described and discussed, as are catches, ex-vessel prices, and other results/findings.

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This layer represents the base geology of areas off the Georgia and South Carolina coasts. Published by Skidaway Institute of Oceanography with incomplete metadata.

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SEAMAP Deep water (200 -2,000) meters) Bottom Mapping Protocols to Capture and transform data into standardized database. Published by Skidaway Institute of Oceanography with incomplete metadata.

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The Southeastern United States Deep-Sea Corals (SEADESC) initiative began in 2004 to provide a means of rapidly delivering general, small-scale habitat composition data from deep-sea (> 200 m) habitats in the region. SEADESC's main objective was to generate bottom habitat characterizations along with basic metadata from direct observations. This phase of SEADESC focused on projects funded by NOAA-OE from 2001 through 2004 in the southeastern United States (SEUS), which used a manned submersible (Johnson-Sea-Link, JSL; Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, HBOI) to make video observations of bottom habitats. Analyzing these data involved defining basic habitat categories, creating and correcting submersible tracks, developing video analysis protocols, developing a database for storage and manipulation of data, and generating summary dive and site forms.

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This map depicts the grographic locations of stations that have data contained in the National Benthic Inventory. Only stations that fall within southeastern United States estuaries and near coastal waters were included in this map.

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This dataset was created for The Nature Conservancy's South Florida Marine Ecoregional Plan. The purpose of this dataset is to provide data for an assessment of target species and habitat types that will be used in the ecoregional planning process of the South Florida Marine Ecoregion.

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The National Estuarine Research Reserves System is a network of 26 areas representing different biogeographic regions of the United States that are protected for long-term research, water-quality monitoring, education and coastal stewardship.

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Estuaries are places where rivers meet the sea. Estuaries are critical to the health of coastal environments and to our enjoyment of them. EPA's National Estuary Program was established by Congress in 1987 to improve the quality of estuaries of national importance.

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These Nautical Charts were downloaded during July 2009 directly from NOAA's website:

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These Nautical Charts were downloaded from NOAA's Raster Navigational Charts webpage during July 2009. Due to modifications made in the KMZ-creation process, these charts should not be used for navigation. These redistributed NOAA RNCs™ are NOT considered official NOAA RNCs™, and do not meet federal chart carriage regulations for regulated vessels. This official status attends only to the original downloaded files which can be obtained directly from NOAA.

NAVIGATION WARNING: Not appropriate for navigation

THE FOLLOWING CHART SETS ARE INCLUDED: