20180314 vector digital data https://www.habitat.noaa.gov/application/efhinventory/data/nationwide/nationwide_efh.zip This dataset contains NOAA designated Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) surrounding the State of Florida. Essential Fish Habitat are those areas that have been identified and described by species and lifestage. Fish require healthy surroundings to survive and reproduce. Essential fish haitat includes all types of aquatic habitat - wetlands, coral reefs, sea-grasses, rivers - where fish spawn, breed, feed, or growh to maturity. EFH Mapper Data is a combination of three existing data layers: Essential Fish Habitat (EFH), Habitat Areas of Particular Concern (HAPC) and EFH Areas Protected from Fishing (EFHA). This dataset dipicts the boundary of essential fish habitat for managed species in the EFH Mapper. Latest data update: 03/14/2018. Habitats provide the basic needs of living things including food, water, and shelter throughout an organism's life cycle. Fish habitat includes any aquatic ecosystem where the organism can live either permanently or temporarily. In many instances human impacts have depleted the habitats that are essential for American fisheries. Within the US there are 1000 federal managed species for which EFH has been designated. The Data Inventory allows quick access to geospatial habitat information of these species currently mapped in the Essential Fish Habitat Mapper. The Magnuson-Stevens Act requires federal agencies to consult with the Secretary of Commerce, through NOAA, with respect to "any action authorized, funded, or undertaken, or proposed to be authorized, funded, or undertaken, by such agency that may adversely affect any essential fish habitat identified under this Act." 16 U.S.C. § 1855(2). Pursuant to the Magnuson-Stevens Act, each fishery management plan (FMP) must identify and describe Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) for the managed fishery, and the statute defines EFH as "those waters and substrates necessary to fish for spawning, breeding, feeding or growth to maturity." 16 U.S.C. § 1853(a)(7) and § 1802(10). NOAA’s regulations further define EFH adding, among other things, that "necessary" means "the habitat required to support a sustainable fishery and the managed species contribution to a healthy ecosystem." 50 C.F.R. § 600.10. Essential Fish Habitat website: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/habitat-conservation/essential-fish-habitat 20180314 State of Florida As needed -87.705264 -76.153280 31.053441 23.619227 ISO 19115 Topic Categories biota oceans None Florida None 2017 None Data Disclaimer for Nationwide EFH:This GIS data layer is a composite of regional designations for EFH. Note: The inland extents were defined by medium to low resolution coastline data and may be subject to coastline artifacts. NOAA Fisheries / Office of Habitat Conservation / Habitat Protection Division https://www.habitat.noaa.gov/application/efhinventory/index.html https://www.habitat.noaa.gov/application/efhinventory/data/nationwide/nationwide_efh.zip Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.7.1.11595 The GeoPlan Center downloaded the following NOAA dataset on July 7th, 2020 from the NOAA Essential Fish Habitat - Data Inventory Website: https://www.habitat.noaa.gov/application/efhinventory/index.html Nationwide EFH has been designated in 8 regions around the United States and its territories. The process for determining these areas varies regionally. This GIS dataset combines all regional data for EFH currently mapped. Latest data update: 03/14/2018 https://www.habitat.noaa.gov/application/efhinventory/data/nationwide/nationwide_efh.zip nationwide_efh.shp -------------------------- Original Projection Information: WGS_1984_World_Mercator WKID: 3395 Authority: EPSG Projection: Mercator False_Easting: 0.0 False_Northing: 0.0 Central_Meridian: 0.0 Standard_Parallel_1: 0.0 Linear Unit: Meter (1.0) Geographic Coordinate System: GCS_WGS_1984 Angular Unit: Degree (0.0174532925199433) Prime Meridian: Greenwich (0.0) Datum: D_WGS_1984 Spheroid: WGS_1984 Semimajor Axis: 6378137.0 Semiminor Axis: 6356752.314245179 Inverse Flattening: 298.257223563 -------------------------- Projected to NAD_1983_HARN_Florida_GDL_Albers (3087) using the following Transformation: WGS_1984_(ITRF00)_To_NAD_1983 + NAD_1983_To_HARN_Florida During the QA/QC process the following tasks were undertaken: - Clipped the nationwide dataset to the State of Florida extent using the following: CH_NMFS_EXTENT - Uppercased all records in the table except any URL fields. - A DESCRIPT field was added based on the following: [SITENAME_L] & " [LIFESTAGE: " & [LIFESTAGE] & "]" - A FGDLAQDATE field was added based on date downloaded from source. - Renamed file to ESSENTIAL_FISH_HABITAT_MAR18. 20200707 University of Florida GeoPlan Center Kate Norris Geospatial Data Manager & Senior GIS Specialist mailing and physical

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Gainesville FL 32611-5706 US www.fgdl.org data@fgdl.org Vector GT-polygon composed of chains 132 NAD 1983 HARN Florida GDL Albers 24.0 31.5 -84.0 24.0 400000.0 0.0 coordinate pair 0.0001 0.0001 meter D North American 1983 HARN GRS 1980 6378137.0 298.257222101 ESSENTIAL_FISH_HABITAT_MAR18 ESSENTIAL_FISH_HABITAT_MAR18.DBF NOAA OBJECTID Internal feature number. Esri Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Shape Feature geometry. ESRI Coordinates defining the features. SITENAME_L Field definition not provided by Source. NOAA LIFESTAGE Field definition not provided by Source. NOAA LTTDT_LINK Field definition not provided by Source. NOAA LTTD_TITLE Field definition not provided by Source. NOAA LTTD_LINK_ Field definition not provided by Source. NOAA TYPE Field definition not provided by Source. NOAA FMC FISHERY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL NOAA LTTD_TIT_1 Field definition not provided by Source. NOAA ACRES Acres NOAA DDBOX Field definition not provided by Source. NOAA DATACAVEAT Field definition not provided by Source. NOAA FMC_REPORT Field definition not provided by Source. NOAA REGION Field definition not provided by Source. NOAA FMP_REPORT Field definition not provided by Source. NOAA DESCRIPT Field added by FGDL based on the following: [SITENAME_L] & " [LIFESTAGE: " & [LIFESTAGE] & "]" GeoPlan FGDLAQDATE The date FGDL acquired the data from the Source. GeoPlan AUTOID SHAPE.AREA SHAPE.LEN Florida Geographic Data Library (FGDL) mailing

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