{ "culture": "en-US", "name": "", "guid": "", "catalogPath": "", "snippet": "These data represent critical habitat designated (March 23, 1979, 44 FR 17710) and revised (January 26, 2012, 77 FR 4170) under the Endangered Species Act for the leatherback sea turtle.", "description": "

Critical habitat in the Caribbean Sea area includes the waters adjacent to Sandy Point, St. Croix from the 100 fathom curve shoreward to the level of mean high tide.Critical habitat in the Pacific Ocean areas includes marine waters to a depth of 80 meters from the ocean surface and is delineated along the shoreline at the line of extreme low water, except in the case of estuaries and bays where COLREGS lines (defined at 33 CFR part 80) are used as the shoreward boundary. The seaward boundary of the nearshore Washington/Oregon area (from Cape Flattery south to Cape Blanco) is defined along the 2,000 meter isobath. The seaward boundary of the nearshore California area (from Point Arena south to Point Arguello) is defined along the 3,000 meter isobath.<\/SPAN><\/P><\/DIV><\/DIV>", "summary": "These data represent critical habitat designated (March 23, 1979, 44 FR 17710) and revised (January 26, 2012, 77 FR 4170) under the Endangered Species Act for the leatherback sea turtle.", "title": "SeaTurtleLeatherback_20120126", "tags": [ "U.S. Virgin Islands", "Caribbean Sea", "Sandy Point", "St. Croix", "Pacific Ocean", "Washington", "Oregon", "California", "leatherback sea turtle", "critical habitat" ], "type": "", "typeKeywords": [], "thumbnail": "", "url": "", "minScale": 150000000, "maxScale": 5000, "spatialReference": "", "accessInformation": "National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Region and West Coast Region", "licenseInfo": "

These data are not the official legal definition of critical habitat. The Code of Federal Regulations (50 CFR 226.207) is the source for the legal definition of the critical habitat designation.<\/SPAN><\/P><\/DIV><\/DIV>" }