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Esri OBJECTID OBJECTID OID 4 0 0 Internal feature number. Esri Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. SHAPE Shape Geometry 0 0 0 Feature geometry. Esri Coordinates defining the features. ID ID Double 8 0 0 9 digit unique identifier for each feature in the geodatabase. Used to relate or join supplemental attribute tables. National Marine Fisheries Service SCIENAME Scientific Name String 100 0 0 Binomial or trinomial scientific name. Value formatted as written in the Code of Federal Regulations. National Marine Fisheries Service COMNAME Common Name String 100 0 0 Legal common name of species. Value formatted as written in the Code of Federal Regulations. National Marine Fisheries Service LISTENTITY Listed Entity String 100 0 0 Full text of the ESA listed entity: Species, Subspecies, Distinct Population Segment (DPS), or Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU). Value formatted as written in the Code of Federal Regulations. *Note: for entire species listings, this value will be the same as COMNAME value. National Marine Fisheries Service LISTSTATUS Listing Status String 20 0 0 Current Endangered Species Act listing status. National Marine Fisheries Service Endangered Species that are in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of their range. Endangered Species Act of 1973 Threatened Species that are likely to become endangered in the foreseeable future. Endangered Species Act of 1973 Delisted Species that were removed from the Endangered Species Act list. Endangered Species Act of 1973 CHSTATUS Critical Habitat Status String 20 0 0 Status of the critical habitat designation. National Marine Fisheries Service Final A final rule in the Federal Register publishes the regulatory text in full with an effective date. The regulatory text sets out amendments to the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). Federal Register Proposed A proposed rule in the Federal Register notifies the public of a pending regulation. Any person or organization may comment on it during the comment period. Federal Register UNIT Unit String 200 0 0 Critical habitat unit name. Null if designation did not specify units or unit names. National Marine Fisheries Service TAXON Taxon String 50 0 0 Taxonomic unit. National Marine Fisheries Service baleen whale Any of a suborder (Mysticeti) of large whales that have baleen plates in the upper jaw which are used to filter chiefly small crustaceans out of large quantities of seawater. Merriam-Webster dictionary toothed whale Any of a suborder (Odontoceti) of cetaceans bearing usually numerous simple conical teeth. Merriam-Webster dictionary fish Any of numerous cold-blooded strictly aquatic craniate vertebrates that include the bony fishes and the cartilaginous and jawless fishes and that have typically an elongated somewhat spindle-shaped body terminating in a broad caudal fin, limbs in the form of fins when present at all, and a 2-chambered heart by which blood is sent through thoracic gills to be oxygenated. Merriam-Webster dictionary pinniped Any of an order or suborder (Pinnipedia) of aquatic carnivorous mammals with all four limbs modified into flippers. Merriam-Webster dictionary marine reptile Any of a class (Reptilia) of cold-blooded, air-breathing, usually egg-laying vertebrates that have adapted for an aquatic or semiaquatic life in a marine environment and have a body typically covered with scales or bony plates and a bony skeleton with a single occipital condyle, a distinct quadrate bone usually immovably articulated with the skull, and ribs attached to the sternum. Merriam-Webster dictionary invertebrate Any animal that lacks a spinal column. Merriam-Webster dictionary plant Any of a kingdom (Plantae) of multicellular eukaryotic mostly photosynthetic organisms typically lacking locomotive movement or obvious nervous or sensory organs and possessing cellulose cell walls. Merriam-Webster dictionary LEADOFFICE Lead Office String 50 0 0 Office responsible for the critical habitat Federal Register Notice. National Marine Fisheries Service Office of Protected Resources Headquarters office responsible for nationwide conservation, protection, and recovery of endangered and threatened marine species listed under the Endangered Species Act. National Marine Fisheries Service Alaska Region Includes Alaska and adjacent marine waters extending outwards to the 200 nautical mile boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone. National Marine Fisheries Service West Coast Region Includes Idaho, Washington, Oregon, California and adjacent marine waters extending outwards to the 200 nautical mile boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone. National Marine Fisheries Service Greater Atlantic Region Includes Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina (north of Cape Hatteras) and adjacent marine waters extending outwards to the 200 nautical mile boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone. National Marine Fisheries Service Southeast Region Includes North Carolina (south of Cape Hatteras), South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and adjacent marine waters extending outwards to the 200 nautical mile boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone. National Marine Fisheries Service Pacific Islands Region Includes Hawai'i, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Kingman Reef, Howland Island, Baker Island, Jarvis Island, Wake Island, Johnston Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and adjacent marine waters extending outwards to the 200 nautical mile boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone. National Marine Fisheries Service FR Federal Register Rule String 255 0 0 PUBDATE Publication Date String 10 0 0 Federal Register Notice publication date. MM/DD/YYYY format National Marine Fisheries Service EFFECTDATE Effective Date String 10 0 0 Effective date for a final critical habitat designation. Null for proposed critical habitat. MM/DD/YYYY format National Marine Fisheries Service AREASqKm Area SqKm Double 8 0 0 Geodesic area calculated in square kilometers. National Marine Fisheries Service CREATEDATE Create Date String 10 0 0 Date spatial feature was created or geometry was last edited. MM/DD/YYYY format National Marine Fisheries Service NOTES Notes String 255 0 0 Additional information about the feature that is not contained in other fields. National Marine Fisheries Service INPORTURL InPort URL String 255 0 0 Feature class metadata URL. InPort is the National Marine Fisheries Service's official metadata catalog found at: https://inport.nmfs.noaa.gov/inport/ National Marine Fisheries Service SHAPE_Length Shape_Length Double 8 0 0 Length of feature in internal units. Esri Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. 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There is a separate geospatial dataset that shows the riverine critical habitat, Units 1 through 7. The purpose of these data is to visually represent the critical habitat areas for GIS analysis and display. Amanda Frick NOAA-National Marine Fisheries Service GIS Coordinator 727-824-5301 727-824-5320 263 13th Ave S St Petersburg FL 33701-5505 US Amanda.Frick@noaa.gov Monday - Friday, 9:00am - 5:30pm Amanda Frick NOAA-National Marine Fisheries Service GIS Coordinator 727-824-5301 727-824-5320 263 13th Ave S St Petersburg FL 33701-5505 US Amanda.Frick@noaa.gov Monday - Friday, 9:00am - 5:30pm Lake Pontchartrain Apalachicola Bay Mississippi Sound Gulf of Mexico Suwannee Sound Mississippi Alabama Florida Pensacola Bay Choctawhatchee Bay Louisiana Lake Borgne Santa Rosa Sound Near shore Gulf of Mexico Gulf sturgeon Atlantic sturgeon Critical Habitat Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi GIS Endangered Species None 2003-03-19 Lake Pontchartrain Apalachicola Bay Mississippi Sound Gulf of Mexico Suwannee Sound Mississippi Alabama Florida Pensacola Bay Choctawhatchee Bay Louisiana Lake Borgne Santa Rosa Sound Near shore Gulf of Mexico Gulf sturgeon Atlantic sturgeon Critical Habitat Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi GIS Endangered Species The GIS files and their associated coordinates are not the legal source for determining the critical habitat boundaries of species described in this dataset, but are used to identify areas which contain the physical and biological features essential to the conservation of the species or areas otherwise determined to be essential. Inherent in any dataset used to develop graphical representations, are limitations of accuracy as determined, among others, the source, scale and resolution of the data. While the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) makes every effort to represent the critical habitat shown with data as completely and accurately as possible (given existing time and resource constraints), the NMFS gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of these data. In addition, the NMFS shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. Graphical representations provided by the use of these data do not represent a legal description of the critical habitat boundary. The user is referred to the critical habitat textual description in the appropriate final rule for this species as published in the Federal Register. These data are to be used only in the context of the definition and purpose of critical habitat. This primarily relates to Section 7 consultation under the Endangered Species Act. These data may be used for planning and land management purposes. They are not to be used for legal survey use. Please refer to Federal Register Citation Number 68FR13370, published 20030319 for the legal critical habitat information. Esri ArcGIS 12.9.0.32739 ground condition true -90.15426 -83.047743 29.067248 30.582624 2003-12-24T00:00:00 true -90.15426 -83.047743 29.067248 30.582624 true -90.15426 -83.047743 29.067248 30.582624 1 -90.154260 -83.047743 30.582624 29.067248 Amanda Frick NOAA-National Marine Fisheries Service GIS Coordinator 727-824-5301 727-824-5320 263 13th Ave S St Petersburg FL 33701-5505 US Amanda.Frick@noaa.gov Monday - Friday, 9:00am - 5:30pm Check Geometry test has been performed in ArcGIS. not applicable C-CAP 2003-12-24 shoreline used was from authoritative source true The base shoreline data set used in this process was the Coastal Assessment Framework shapefile from NOAA/NOS/SPO. Additional reference data sets included Mr SID CIR Imagery of the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway from www.atlas.lsu.edu, TIGER Line shapefiles of roads in Louisiana and Florida from www.geographynetwork.com and road and railroad shapefiles in Mississippi from MARIS. Maptech's Digital Chart Kit, Regions 8 and 17 featuring NOAA Digital Charts and a text description of the 72 COLREGS Demarcation lines from www.navcen.uscg.gov/mwv/regulations/33CFR080/33CFR80_GCD08.htm were also used. These additional layers were used to designate boundaries on individual units as dictated by the critical habitat designations described in the Federal Register Document.Inland units were created by digitizing a polygon slightly larger than the water body it represented. The new polygons were then "edit clipped" to the shoreline to exactly match the shoreline. In areas where the entire water body was not included, the boundaries were drawn following the feature described in Federal Register document. (Ex. The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway was digitized from the Mr SID's and used as the western boundary of the polygon. Bays with adjacent rivers or bayous that were excluded had their boundaries created by drawing a straight line across the river's mouth as dictated by the Document.) Every effort was made to exclude features at locations consistent with the descriptions in the Document.Near shore units were created by creating a 1 nautical mile buffer of the coastline (9nm in the case of the Suwannee Sound) or barrier island as indicated by the Document. The seaward side of these buffers was used as the southern boundary of the units. For the passes between islands, line segments were digitized to represent the 72 COLREGS Demarcation lines and 1 nautical mile buffers were created from those lines. Those buffers were merged with the buffers of the islands to complete the southern boundaries of the units. Every effort was made to accurately follow the descriptions of the 72 COLREGS lines. Whenever coordinates were used in the description, those coordinates were used in the creation of the buffers. When no coordinates were given, the lines/buffers were created by following the descriptions in the text.The Maptech software was used primarily as a guide to locate areas by name. The digital charts were also useful for accuracy evaluation in placement of the 72 COLREGS lines, as they were visible on the charts and could be compared to the lines digitized from text descriptions. 2003-12-24T00:00:00 Chris Henton National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC) GIS Analyst/Metadata Specialist 228-688-2354 228-688-2968 Stennis Space Center MS 39529 US 7 EPSG 6.2(3.0.1) 6.2(3.0.1) Simple FALSE 7 TRUE FALSE