Florida Artificial Reefs

Citation:

Citation Information:

Originator: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), Bureau of Marine Fisheries Management (BMFM)
Publication Date: 2003
Title: camra_mrgis_artificialreef_fl
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: vector digital data
Series Information:

Publication Information:

Publication Place: Tallahassee, FL
Publisher: FWC, BMFM

Description:

Abstract:
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). BMFM maintains and updates the source database.
Purpose:
This data set is for display purposes only. Do not use it for navigation. Each point location is intended to represent a single deployment event, defined as either different location coordinates or the same coordinates but on different days. It is important to note that BMFM has not independently confirmed most of the reef locations and this data had been supplied form various sources without verification.
Supplemental Information: These data are also known as "Florida Artificial Reef Deployment Database."
Time Period of Content:

Time Period Information:

Range of Dates/Times:

Beginning Date: 3/20/2003

Currentness Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency: None planned

Spatial Domain:

Description of Geographic Extent:
Bounding Coordinates:

West Bounding Coordinate: -87.081682
East Bounding Coordinate: -79.833713
North Bounding Coordinate: 30.676393
South Bounding Coordinate: 24.411288

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme Keyword Thesaurus: FMRItheme
Theme Keyword: artificial reefs
Theme Keyword: GIS
Theme Keyword: mapping
Theme Keyword: benthic
Theme Keyword: habitat (rivers, estuaries, ecology, hard bottom)
Theme Keyword: marine

Place:

Place Keyword Thesaurus: FMRIplace
Place Keyword: Florida
Place Keyword: Florida Straits
Place Keyword: Atlantic Ocean
Place Keyword: Gulf of Mexico
Place Keyword: Tampa Bay
Place Keyword: Charlotte Harbor
Place Keyword: Estero Bay
Place Keyword: Florida Keys
Place Keyword: Biscayne Bay
Place Keyword: Cape Canaveral National Seashore
Place Keyword: northeast Florida
Place Keyword: northwest Florida
Place Keyword: Big Bend
Place Keyword: Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge
Place Keyword: south Florida
Place Keyword: southwest Florida
Place Keyword: statewide
Place Keyword: southeast Florida
Place Keyword: north Florida
Place Keyword: east coast of Florida
Place Keyword: west coast of Florida

Stratum:

Temporal:

Taxonomy:

Access Constraints: Available without restriction
Use Constraints: FMRI and BMFM must be credited.
Point of Contact:

Contact Information:

Contact Person Primary:

Contact Person: FWC-BMFM (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Bureau of Marine Fisheries Management)
Contact Organization: FWC-BMFM (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Bureau of Marine Fisheries Management)

Contact Address:

Address Type: mailing address
Address: 3900 Commonwealth Blvd., Ms 240
City: Tallahassee
State or Province: FL
Postal Code: 32399
Country: USA

Contact Voice Telephone: 850-922-4340
Contact Electronic Mail Address: bill.horn@fwc.state.fl.us
Hours of Service: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Eastern time

Data Set Credit:
FWC Bureau of Marine Fisheries Management
Security Information:

Security Classification System: FMRI-DC
Security Classification: Available without restriction
Security Handling Description: Available without restriction

Native Data Set Environment: Windows NT Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcInfo 8.1.0.415

Logical Consistency Report:
Attribute Description: FWC-BMFM has not independently confirmed most of the reef locations, and this data had been supplied from various sources without verification.
Lineage:
Source Information:

Source Citation:

Citation Information:

Originator: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), Bureau of Marine Fisheries Management (BMFM)
Publication Date: 2003
Title: REEFS-2003-03-20.xls
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: Excel file containing attributes and coordinates
Publication Information:

Publication Place: Tallahassee, FL
Publisher: FWC, BMFM

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Type of Source Media: Excel file containing attributes and coordinates
Source Time Period of Content:

Time Period Information:

Range of Dates/Times:

Beginning Date: 3/20/2003

Source Currentness Reference: publication date

Source Citation Abbreviation: BMFM artificial reefs
Source Contribution: The source data were converted to a shapefile.

Process Step:

Process Description: The Excel file was converted to a dbase file with coordinates to 0.0001 decimal degrees, the level of precision that was used in the previous version of this shapefile (1999 version.) The dbase file was converted to a shapefile using the ArcMap "add X,Y data" tool. The shapefile was rePROJECTed to Albers NAD 83 projection and inserted into ArcSDE Geodatabase.
Source Used Citation Abbreviation: BMFM artificial reefs
Process Date: 04/2003
Source Produced Citation Abbreviation:
Process Contact:

Contact Information:

Contact Person Primary:

Contact Person: GIS Data Librarian
Contact Organization: FWC-FMRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Florida Marine Research Institute)

Contact Position: GIS Data Librarian
Contact Address:

Address Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Florida Marine Research Institute 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast
City: St. Petersburg
State or Province: Florida
Postal Code: 33701
Country: USA

Contact Voice Telephone: 727-896-8626
Contact Facsimile Telephone: 727-893-1679
Contact Electronic Mail Address: gislibrarian@fwc.state.fl.us
Hours of Service: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Eastern time

Direct Spatial Reference Method: Vector
Point and Vector Object Information:

SDTS Terms Description:

SDTS Point and Vector Object Type: Entity point
Point and Vector Object Count: 1403

Horizontal Coordinate System Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude Resolution: 0.0
Longitude Resolution: 0.0

Planar:

Map Projection:

Map Projection Name: Albers Conical Equal Area

Standard Parallel: 24.0
Standard Parallel: 31.5
Longitude of Central Meridian: -84.0
False Easting: 400000.0
False Northing: 0.0

Planar Coordinate Information:

Planar Coordinate Encoding Method: Coordinate Pair
Coordinate Representation:
Abscissa Resolution: 0.001024
Ordinate Resolution: 0.001024

Planar Distance Units: meters

Horizontal Datum Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major Axis: 6378137.0
Denominator of Flattening Ratio: 298.257222

Detailed Description:

Entity Type:

Entity Type Label: fmri.artificialreef_fl_point
Entity Type Definition: Artificial reef point feature class.
Entity Type Definition Source:

Attribute:

Attribute Label: AMOUNT
Attribute Definition: The amount (in dollars) of the grant if funded by BMFM or federal grants. No project amount data are available for non-BMFM grant projects.
Attribute Definition Source: BMFM

Attribute:

Attribute Label: COAST
Attribute Definition: This field indicates whether the reef is in the Gulf of Mexico "G" or Atlantic Ocean "A."
Attribute Definition Source: BMFM

Attribute:

Attribute Label: CONTRACT
Attribute Definition: When the reef is a grant-funded deployment administered by BMFM this field is the FWCC-BMFM contract number; otherwise, this field is blank.
Attribute Definition Source: BMFM

Attribute:

Attribute Label: COUNTY
Attribute Definition: The Florida county nearest to the artificial reef project.
Attribute Definition Source: BMFM

Attribute:

Attribute Label: DEPLOY
Attribute Definition: This is a "yes" or "no" field that indicates whether FWC-BMFM staff were present for the deployment of the materials.
Attribute Definition Source: BMFM

Attribute:

Attribute Label: DEPLOYDATE
Attribute Definition: This field contains the date the materials were placed offshore, if known. If only the year is known, then the last day of the year is entered (example 1988 would be 12/31/88). If only a month and year is known, then the last day of that month is entered (example July 1998 would be 7/31/98).
Attribute Definition Source: BMFM

Attribute:

Attribute Label: DEPLOYNUM
Attribute Definition: The number of discrete reef deployment; if greater than 1 then it is effectively the same as a previously listed deployment. A sort for "1" should return discrete reef sites.
Attribute Definition Source: BMFM

Attribute:

Attribute Label: DEPTH
Attribute Definition: Depth (in feet) to the bottom at the time of deployment.
Attribute Definition Source: BMFM

Attribute:

Attribute Label: DESCRIPTIO
Attribute Definition: This field contains a brief narrative description of the deployment and the name of the ship if available.
Attribute Definition Source: BMFM

Attribute:

Attribute Label: DIVEDATE
Attribute Definition: The most recent date that BMFM divers visited the site; data are given in month/day/year format. This would be updated after the dive event and the previous dive date shifted to the field "PREDIVE1" if applicable.
Attribute Definition Source: BMFM

Attribute:

Attribute Label: FEDGRANT
Attribute Definition: Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Program grant number, if the project was funded by that source. If not, this field is blank.
Attribute Definition Source: BMFM

Attribute:

Attribute Label: GPS
Attribute Definition: This field is a code to indicate which sets of coordinates available to BMFM are presumed to be the most accurate, the latitude and longitude or LORAN. It represents how these more accurate coordinates were generated, if known. Values are; DGPS: these latitude and longitude coordinates were taken with a DGPS unit on the reef, GPS: these latitude and longitude coordinates were taken with a non-differential GPS unit on the reef, LOR: these LORAN coordinates were taken by LORAN unit on the reef, BOTH: Both sets of coordinates were given to BMFM If blank, it is unknown how these coordinates were generated and which sets are most accurate. LORAN is assumed to be more accurate prior to about 1995. BMFM staff used ASF corrections from the 1984 Defense Mapping Agency tables to mathematically calculate most of the non-field generated coordinates using the Andren Software LoranGPS program. Please note that all coordinates used to create the shapefile were the latitude and longitude coordinates.
Attribute Definition Source: BMFM

Attribute:

Attribute Label: GRANTEE
Attribute Definition: This field contains the name of recipient of the BMFM or federal grant.
Attribute Definition Source: BMFM

Attribute:

Attribute Label: LAT_DD
Attribute Definition: Latitude in decimal degrees.

Attribute:

Attribute Label: LONG_DD
Attribute Definition: Longitude in decimal degrees.

Attribute:

Attribute Label: LORAN1
Attribute Definition: The first set of LORAN time delay coordinates for the reef.
Attribute Definition Source: BMFM

Attribute:

Attribute Label: LORAN2
Attribute Definition: The second set of LORAN time delay coordinates for the reef.
Attribute Definition Source: BMFM

Attribute:

Attribute Label: MATERIAL1
Attribute Definition: The type of reef material that makes up the majority of that deployment. If it is a ship or barge, the size is given in feet (125'), if known. If the material is a prefabricated modular unit, the number of units is given in parentheses, i.e., Reefballs (80).
Attribute Definition Source: BMFM

Attribute:

Attribute Label: MATERIAL2
Attribute Definition: The second type of reef materials placed on the reef during that deployment.
Attribute Definition Source: BMFM

Attribute:

Attribute Label: MATERIAL3
Attribute Definition: The third type of reef materials placed on the reef during that deployment.
Attribute Definition Source: BMFM

Attribute:

Attribute Label: OBJECTID
Attribute Definition: Internal ID used by SDE.

Attribute:

Attribute Label: PREDIVE1
Attribute Definition: The second most recent date that BMFM divers visited the site; data are given in month/day/year format.
Attribute Definition Source: BMFM

Attribute:

Attribute Label: PREDIVE2
Attribute Definition: The third most recent date that BMFM divers visited the site; data are given in month/day/year format.
Attribute Definition Source: BMFM

Attribute:

Attribute Label: PREDIVE3
Attribute Definition: The fourth most recent date that BMFM divers visited the site; data are given in month/day/year format.
Attribute Definition Source: BMFM

Attribute:

Attribute Label: PREDIVE4
Attribute Definition: The fifth most recent date that BMFM divers visited the site; data are given in month/day/year format.
Attribute Definition Source: BMFM

Attribute:

Attribute Label: REEFNAME
Attribute Definition: The common name for the reef site. This may or may not be the name of the permitted site as several reefs may be within one permitted site. If a site is located within a shallow protected area, the word (BAY) is entered in parenthesis after the name. If the reef was unintentionally sunk offshore during a storm event or during war, the site is considered a wreck and a (W) is placed beside the name.
Attribute Definition Source: BMFM

Attribute:

Attribute Label: RELIEF
Attribute Definition: The height (in feet) of the reef materials off the bottom, also known as profile.
Attribute Definition Source: BMFM

Attribute:

Attribute Label: SHAPE
Attribute Definition: Feature geometry
Attribute Definition Source: ESRI

Attribute:

Attribute Label: TONS
Attribute Definition: The dry weight (in US tons) of the reef material deployed, if known.
Attribute Definition Source: BMFM

Attribute:

Attribute Label: VOLUMEFT3
Attribute Definition: Volume of reef material in cubic feet, if known.
Attribute Definition Source: BMFM

Attribute:

Attribute Label: VOLUMEYD3
Attribute Definition: Volume of reef materials in cubic yards, if known.
Attribute Definition Source: BMFM

Attribute:

Attribute Label: VOL_DIVE
Attribute Definition: Dates that any non-FWCC official dives were done on site.
Attribute Definition Source: BMFM

Attribute:

Attribute Label: FT-PRNT-FT2
Attribute Definition: Footprint of the reef materials on the bottom in square feet.
Attribute Definition Source: BMFM

Attribute:

Attribute Label: STATE
Attribute Definition: Whether the reef is in state (S) or federal (F) waters.
Attribute Definition Source: BMFM

Attribute:

Attribute Label: SOURCE
Attribute Definition: Where the current sets of coordinates were originally obtained. (1) MPF, the FWC Materials Placement Forms, (Required by Chapter 370.25, Florida Statutes) (2) Dive date was an FWC field visit, (3) Pybase 97 was the Atlas of Artificial Reefs by Florida Sea grant 1997 (most of the records with blank values in this field also came from this source). (4) Various monitoring grants to field truth locations or county staff.
Attribute Definition Source: BMFM

Attribute:

Attribute Label: TYPE
Attribute Definition: This is a special type of reef that may be tracked. Currently there are three types (1) WRECK (not intentionally placed), (2) BAY (inshore Bay waters) and (3) MITIGATION (reefs placed for mitigation purposes).
Attribute Definition Source: BMFM

Attribute:

Attribute Label: PERMIT_SIT
Attribute Definition: The common name for the permit site as it appears on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permits.
Attribute Definition Source: BMFM

Attribute:

Attribute Label: COE_PERMIT
Attribute Definition: This is the Corps of Engineers active permit number for the site.
Attribute Definition Source: BMFM

Distributor:

Contact Information:

Contact Person Primary:

Contact Person: GIS Data Librarian
Contact Organization: FWC-FMRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Florida Marine Research Institute)

Contact Position: GIS Data Librarian
Contact Address:

Address Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Florida Marine Research Institute 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast
City: St. Petersburg
State or Province: Florida
Postal Code: 33701
Country: USA

Contact Voice Telephone: 727-896-8626
Contact Facsimile Telephone: 727-893-1679
Contact Electronic Mail Address: gislibrarian@fwc.state.fl.us
Hours of Service: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Eastern time

Distribution Liability: 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-FMRI 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 Florida Marine 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.

Fees: None. However, persons or organizations requesting information must provide transfer media (CD-ROM only) if FTP is not available and must pay express shipping costs if express shipping is required.
Ordering Instructions: Contact GIS Librarian by e-mail, telephone, or letter explaining which products are needed and providing a brief description of how the products will be used. Also, provide name and address of the person or organization requesting the products.
Turnaround: Usually within 10 business days, although, complex requests may take longer

Fees: None. However, persons or organizations requesting information must provide transfer media (CD-ROM only) if FTP is not available and must pay express shipping costs if express shipping is required.
Ordering Instructions: Contact GIS Librarian by e-mail, telephone, or letter explaining which products are needed and providing a brief description of how the products will be used. Also, provide name and address of the person or organization requesting the products.
Turnaround: Usually within 10 business days, although, complex requests may take longer

Time Period Information:

Single Date/Time:

Time of Day: Known

Metadata Date: 05/21/2001
Metadata Review Date: 09/30/2003
Metadata Contact:

Contact Information:

Contact Person Primary:

Contact Person: GIS Data Librarian
Contact Organization: FWC-FMRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Florida Marine Research Institute)

Contact Position: GIS Data Librarian
Contact Address:

Address Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Florida Marine Research Institute 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast
City: St. Petersburg
State or Province: Florida
Postal Code: 33701
Country: USA

Contact Voice Telephone: 727-896-8626
Contact Facsimile Telephone: 727-893-1679
Contact Electronic Mail Address: gislibrarian@fwc.state.fl.us
Hours of Service: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Eastern time

Metadata Standard Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata Standard Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata Time Convention: local time
Metadata Access Constraints: No restrictions on metadata.
Metadata Use Constraints: Metadata must be distributed with the data set.
Metadata Security Information:

Metadata Security Classification System: FMRI-MC
Metadata Security Classification: Available
Metadata Security Handling Description: Metadata must be distributed with the data set.

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