Tilefish EFH_HPAC
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- Originator:
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Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
- Publication_Date: June 2011
- Title: Tilefish EFH_HPAC
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- Publication_Place: St. Petersburg, FL
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Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
- Description:
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- Abstract:
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Essential Fish Habitiat (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).
In September 2010, NOAA Fisheries Service engaged regional deepwater fishery scientists in the development of definitions of EFH-HAPC for blueline tilefish and golden tilefish. Council and Habitat Advisory Panel members confirmed that the core distribution of golden tilefish would be 150-300m and the GIS presentation of EFH-HAPC would cover both species and be 150-300 meters.
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The spatial representation of areas which for Tilefish ranked high in terms of ecological function, sensitivity, probability of stressor introduction, and/or criteria established for designation of Essential Fish Habitat-Habitat Areas of Particular Concern (EFH-HAPC).
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- Currentness_Reference: publication date
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- Progress: Complete
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
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- Bounding_Coordinates:
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- West_Bounding_Coordinate: -83.000452
- East_Bounding_Coordinate: -74.726601
- North_Bounding_Coordinate: 36.551939
- South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.253744
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
- Theme_Keyword: boundaries
- Theme:
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: FWC Theme
- Theme_Keyword: essential fish habitat
- Theme_Keyword: fisheries
- Theme_Keyword: GIS
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- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean
- Place_Keyword: east coast of Florida
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Available without restriction. All data must be verified by Principal Investigator or Group Database Analyst prior to release. It is strongly recommended that this data is directly acquired from FWC and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. FWC makes no claims as to the data's suitability for other purposes.
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Acknowledgement of the FWC-FWRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute) as the data source would be appreciated in any products developed from these data, and such acknowledgment as is standard for citation and legal practices for data source is expected by users of this data. Please cite the original metadata when using portions of the record to create a similar record of slightly altered data, such as reprojection. If any data are modified or adjusted, please share the edited information with FWC. Users should be aware that comparison with other data sets for the same area from other time periods may be inaccurate due to inconsistencies resulting from changes in mapping conventions, data collection, and computer processes over time. FWC shall not be liable for improper or incorrect use of this data. These data are not legal documents and are not to be used as such. This is not a survey data set and should not be utilized as such. These data are not to be used for navigation.
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
- Contact_Person: GISLibrarian
- Contact_Position: GIS Data Librarian
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
- Address: 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast
- City: St. Petersburg
- State_or_Province: Florida
- Postal_Code: 33701
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-896-8626
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-893-1697
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: GISLibrarian@MyFWC.com
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- Security_Classification_System: FWRI-DC
- Security_Classification: Available without restriction
- Security_Handling_Description: Available without restriction
- Data_Quality_Information:
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- Logical_Consistency_Report: Data are topologically and logically consistent.
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EFH-HAPC areas are represented within the constraints of available information.
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- Source_Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Publication_Date: March 2009
- Title: ETOPO1 Global Relief Model
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data
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Amante, C. and B. W. Eakins, ETOPO1 1 Arc-Minute Global Relief Model: Procedures, Data Sources and Analysis. NOAA Technical Memorandum NESDIS NGDC-24, 19 pp, March 2009.
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- Process_Description:
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processed ETOPO1 Global Relief Model to generate 150m and 300m contours
- Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: ETOPO1 Global Relief Model
- Process_Date: 6/8/2011
- Process_Time: 13542900
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- Process_Description:
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processed and cleaned the 150m and 300m contours to create a polygon
- Process_Date: 6/10/2011
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- Latitude_Resolution: 8.9831528411952133e-009
- Longitude_Resolution: 8.9831528411952133e-009
- Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal Degrees
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- Horizontal_Datum_Name: D WGS 1984
- Ellipsoid_Name: WGS 1984
- Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0
- Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257223563
- Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
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- Detailed_Description:
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- Entity_Type:
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- Entity_Type_Label: TilefishHAPC
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- Attribute_Label: FID
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Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization:
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Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
- Contact_Person: GISLibrarian
- Contact_Position: GIS Data Librarian
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
- Address: 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast
- City: St. Petersburg
- State_or_Province: Florida
- Postal_Code: 33701
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-896-8626
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-893-1697
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: GISLibrarian@MyFWC.com
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This data set is in the public domain, and the recipient may not assert any proprietary rights thereto nor represent it to anyone as other than a FWC-FWRI produced data set; it is provided "as-is" without warranty of any kind, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The user assumes all responsibility for the accuracy and suitability of this data set for a specific application. In no event will the staff of the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute be liable for any damages, including lost profits, lost savings, or other incidental or consequential damages arising from the use of or the inability to use this data set.
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- Metadata_Date: 20120801
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Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
- Contact_Person: GISLibrarian
- Contact_Position: GIS Data Librarian
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
- Address: 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast
- City: St. Petersburg
- State_or_Province: Florida
- Postal_Code: 33701
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-896-8626
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-893-1697
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: GISLibrarian@MyFWC.com
- Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
- Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
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