gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:66068 eng UTF8 dataset West Coast Regional Office 501 West Ocean Blvd Long Beach CA 90802-4213 https://www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Website Website for this organization information resourceProvider Markle, Robert 503-230-5419 1201 NE Lloyd Blvd Portland OR 97232 robert.markle@noaa.gov pointOfContact 2025-09-25T15:45:49 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) EPSG::4326 SeaTurtleLeatherback_20120126 2005-07-12 publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 66068 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/66068 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information mapDigital 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. 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. CREDIT: National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Region and West Coast Region ORIGINATORS: Southeast Region, National Marine Fisheries Service ; Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service; Markle, Robert 503-230-5419 1201 NE Lloyd Blvd Portland OR 97232 robert.markle@noaa.gov pointOfContact Markle, Robert 503-230-5419 1201 NE Lloyd Blvd Portland OR 97232 robert.markle@noaa.gov custodian asNeeded critical habitat leatherback sea turtle theme California Caribbean Sea Oregon Pacific Ocean Sandy Point St. Croix U.S. Virgin Islands Washington place DOC/NOAA/NMFS/WCRO > West Coast 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 Act critical habitat project InPort otherRestrictions Cite As: West Coast Regional Office, [Date of Access]: SeaTurtleLeatherback_20120126 [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/66068. 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 Use Constraints: 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. unclassified NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA/NMFS/EDM 66068 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/wcro/dmp/pdf/66068.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 oceans Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.8.1.14362 ground condition -126.406934 -64.832997 17.630262 48.506112 ground condition | Currentness: Publication Date 1979-03-23T00:00:00Z false eng false GIS File SeaTurtleLeatherback_20120126 2021-12-22 publication ESRI File Geodatabase https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/map/leatherback-turtle-caribbean-critical-habitat-map-and-gis-data WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/map/leatherback-turtle-caribbean-critical-habitat-map-and-gis-data Data access URL download dataset Completeness Report Clarifications only apply to this feature class. Military areas ineligible for designation (qualifying INRMP): none Military areas excluded due to national security impacts: none Indian lands excluded: none Economic exclusions: none Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) exclusions: none Unoccupied areas designated: none Federal Register final rule page: January 26, 2012, 77 FR 4192 2021-05-26T00:00:00 Endangered Species Act critical habitat spatial data clarifications Detailed shoreline for St. Croix from NOAA digital vector chart was created, then the 100 fathom curve was created by conducting heads-up digitizing of the contour from NOAA chart 25641_1 using ESRI's ArcGIS software. The accuracy of this data set is dependent upon the accuracy of the shoreline and bathymetric data used in the creation process. 2005-07-12T00:00:00 Land area was erased from the buffer area using ET Geowizards. The source of land area used to erase was from the NCCOS project for coral and seafloor mapping. 2006-03-21T00:00:00 Data created for Pacific Ocean 2012. Polygons mapped to add critical habitat for leatherback sea turtles along the west coast (Washington, Oregon, California). 2012-01-26T00:00:00 Merged 2 datasets. During standardization, geometry was not edited for the Caribbean Sea polygon. Geometry was edited for the Pacific Ocean polygons. Attributes were edited. Metadata was edited and populated using the final rule/CFR and the sources: SeaTurtleLeatherback_19790323 (GCS_WGS_84 wkid 4326) and Final_LeatherbackCH.shp (NAD_1983_California_Teale_Albers). Geoprocessing steps: - Projected 2012 Pacific Ocean version Final_LeatherbackCH.shp (NAD_1983_California_Teale_Albers) to WGS84. - Exploded multipart polygon to populate separate attributes for WA/OR polygon and CA polygon. - Deleted 2 very tiny polygons that appeared after explosion, only 2 large polygons remained. - Merged with Caribbean Sea polygon (SeaTurtleLeatherback_19790323) to create the standardized feature class SeaTurtleLeatherback_20120126 (GCS_WGS_84 wkid 4326) using the National Critical Habitat Geodatabase processing protocol. - Migrated fields: none - Dropped fields: FID, NAME, SHAPE_Leng, SHAPE_Area - Caribbean Sea feature class deprecated (SeaTurtleLeatherback_19790323_archived). **Data history - for reference** See final rule map Figure 1 - Geographical Areas Occupied by the species (January 26, 2012, 77 FR 4188). The CFR text describes areas 1 and 7, but the CFR map does not show those boundaries. CFR text (i) matches area 1, (ii) matches area 7. CFR map shows areas 1 and 7 combined into a single polygon (i.e., the 200 meter isobath no longer existed, only the 3,000 meter isobath existed). 2021-04-26T00:00:00