gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:25835 eng UTF8 dataset Southeast Regional Office (727)824-5301 263 13th Ave. South St. Petersburg FL 33701 USA 8:00 am - 5:00 pm EST resourceProvider 2026-03-04T19:17:18 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Gulf sturgeon Critical Habitat Units 8-14 Gulf sturgeon Critical Habitat Units 8-14 2003-03-19 publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 25835 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/25835 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information https://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/maps_gis_data/protected_resources/critical_habitat/geodata/gulf_sturgeon_critical_habitat_unit8_14.zip WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Citation URL Online Resource download mapDigital These data represent the critical habitat for Gulf Sturgeon as designated by Federal Register Vol. 68, No. 53, Wednesday, March 19, 2003, Rules and Regulations. The purpose of these data is to visually represent the critical habitat areas for GIS analysis and display. completed asNeeded Non-Environmental Data theme PARR Exclusion Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi Critical Habitat Endangered Species GIS Gulf Sturgeon fishery-dependent theme Alabama Apalachicola Bay Choctawhatchee Bay Florida Gulf of Mexico Lake Borgne Lake Pontchartrain Louisiana Mississippi Mississippi Sound Near shore Gulf of Mexico Pensacola Bay Santa Rosa Sound Suwannee Sound place DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SERO > Southeast Regional Office, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2017-04-24 publication 8.5 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 22. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Endangered Species Information project InPort otherRestrictions Cite As: Southeast Regional Office, [Date of Access]: Gulf sturgeon Critical Habitat Units 8-14 [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/25835. NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose. otherRestrictions Access Constraints: None otherRestrictions Use Constraints: Users be advised that the accuracy of this data set is completely dependent upon the accuracy of the shoreline data used in the creation process. Also be advised that the Colreg Demarcation lines used in the delineation of boundaries are the best estimate possible given the available source data. For more details on this process, see the process description. The text description in 68 FR 13370 is always the one, true definition of Gulf sturgeon critical habitat. These or any other depictions are for information purposes only and shouldn't be relied on for regulatory purposes. unclassified NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA/NMFS/EDM 25835 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/sero/dmp/pdf/25835.pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. information crossReference eng; US biota boundaries environment Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.3.0.4322 -90.154254 -83.04774 29.067242 30.582618 | Currentness: Ground Condition 2003-12-24 false eng false Gulf_sturgeon_Critical_Habitat_Unit8_14 2019-05-31 publication Southeast Regional Office (727)824-5301 263 13th Ave. South St. Petersburg FL 33701 USA https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-regional-office WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Southeast Regional Office Website About South East Regional Office information 8:00 am - 5:00 pm EST (727) 824-5301 distributor https://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/maps_gis_data/protected_resources/critical_habitat/geodata/gulf_sturgeon_critical_habitat_unit8_14.zip WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link https://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/maps_gis_data/protected_resources/critical_habitat/geodata/gulf_sturgeon_critical_habitat_unit8_14.zip download dataset Completeness Report Complete Pending NMFS PRD Review Conceptual Consistency Not Applicable 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. 2003-12-23T00:00:00