gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:51779 eng UTF8 dataset GIS Files Office of Response and Restoration resourceProvider ESI Program Manager 7600 Sand Point Way NE Seattle WA 98115 orr.esi@noaa.gov pointOfContact 2024-02-29T00:00:00 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) geometryOnly complex 74 Massachusetts and Rhode Island 2016 M_MAMMAL (M_Mammal Polygons) Massachusetts and Rhode Island 2016 M_MAMMAL (M_Mammal Polygons) 2016 publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 51779 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/51779 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi_guidelines WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link ESI Guidelines Guidelines for developing ESI data content and overview of ESI data structure. Useful for data collectors and users requiring more in depth information on the ESI process. download https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link ESI Overview Overview of ESI data content and uses. download mapDigital This data set contains sensitive biological resource data for marine mammals in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Vector polygons in this data set represent known dolphin, whale, and pineped concentration areas and haul-out sites. Species-specific abundance, seasonality, status, life history, and source information are stored in associated data tables (described below) designed to be used in conjunction with this spatial data layer. This data set is a portion of the ESI data for Massachusetts and Rhode Island. As a whole, the ESI data characterize the marine and coastal environments and wildlife by their sensitivity to spilled oil, and include information for three main components: shoreline habitats, sensitive biological resources, and human-use resources. See also the M_MAMPT (Marine Mammal Point) data layer for additional seal information. The ESI data are intended to provide baseline environmental data for oil spill planning and response. The Clean Water Act with amendments by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 requires response plans for immediate and effective protection of sensitive resources. The ESI data may be appropriate for many other coastal management efforts, though the original intent should be kept in mind. This project was supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R), Emergency Response Division (ERD), Seattle, Washington. completed ESI Program Manager 7600 Sand Point Way NE Seattle WA 98115 orr.esi@noaa.gov pointOfContact ESI Program Manager 7600 Sand Point Way NE Seattle WA 98115 orr.esi@noaa.gov custodian asNeeded Data content is considered static once published. However, if issues with the Geodatabase linkages or table contents are identified, the Geodatabase and/or the associated Map Document may be updated. Assure most current data is being used by downloading from https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi_download and/or comparing modification dates provided at this site. https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/ESI-Browse-Graphic.pdf Depicts the relationships between the spatial data layers and the attribute data tables for the Massachusetts and Rhode Island ESI data. pdf EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > OIL SPILLS theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords 17.0 CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > MASSACHUSETTS CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > RHODE ISLAND place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 20.8 Coastal Zone Management Coastal resources ESI Environmental Monitoring Marine Mammals Oil spill planning Sensitivity maps Wildlife theme DOC/NOAA/NOS/ORR > Office of Response and Restoration, National Ocean 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 Massachusetts and Rhode Island, 2016 project InPort otherRestrictions Cite As: Office of Response and Restoration, [Date of Access]: Massachusetts and Rhode Island 2016 M_MAMMAL (M_Mammal Polygons) [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/51779. 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: DO NOT USE MAPS FOR NAVIGATIONAL PURPOSES. Management boundaries are not to be considered legal boundaries. Edges may have been altered for cartographic processes. Note that the ESI database should not be used to the exclusion of other pertinent data or information held by state or federal agencies or other organizations. Likewise, information contained in the database cannot be used in place of consultations with environmental, natural resource, and cultural resource agencies, or in place of field surveys. Recognize that the information contained in the ESI database represents known concentration areas or occurrences of natural, cultural, and human-use resources, but does not necessarily represent the full distribution or range of each species or resource. This is particularly important to recognize when considering potential impacts to protected resources, such as endangered species, wetlands, etc. Besides the above warnings, there are no use constraints on these data. Acknowledgment of the originators, publishers, contributors, and sources listed would be appreciated in products derived from these data. otherRestrictions Distribution Liability: Although these data have been processed and used successfully on a computer system at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by NOAA regarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. NOAA warrants the delivery of this product in computer-readable format. If problems are encountered in downloading the ESI data or with file corruption, contact NOAA (see Distributor). These data represent a snapshot in time and temporal changes may have occurred. The data are not intended to include all biological or human-use resources present in an area; they focus on species and resources particularly sensitive to oiling. In the event of a spill, they should be used for a first assessment only. The data providers are the experts with regard to individual resources. They should be contacted to confirm if more current data exist or if in-depth information is needed about a particular resource. unclassified NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA/NMFS/EDM 51779 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/orr/dmp/pdf/51779.pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. information crossReference vector textTable eng; US biota environment The software packages used to develop the atlas are Environmental Systems Research Institute's ArcGIS for Desktop 10.2(R) . The hardware configuration is PCs with Windows Operating System 7. -71.8944 -69.6609 40.9459 42.8876 | Currentness: Publication Date 2014 2016 false eng false M_MAMMAL 2018-09-28 publication BIOFILE 2018-09-28 publication BREED_DT 2018-09-28 publication SOURCES 2018-09-28 publication ESRI File Geodatabase Zip ESI Program Manager 7600 Sand Point Way NE Seattle WA 98115 orr.esi@noaa.gov distributor https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi_download WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link MA_RI_ESI_2016.gdb This feature class is part of the downloadable Esri Arc Geodatabase. download dataset Accuracy A multi-stage error checking process is used to verify both attribute accuracy and logical consistency throughout data production. The process includes a standardized data entry methodology, data review by in-house and external resource experts, a final Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) process, and multiple automated logical consistency checks. Quantitative data (such as densities, counts, abundances, or concentrations) provided by resource experts for inclusion in the data set may vary widely in attribute accuracy, depending upon the methodology used to collect and compile such data. For a more detailed evaluation of source data attribute accuracy, contact the sources listed in the Lineage section. Completeness Report These data represent a synthesis of expert knowledge and digital data on marine mammal concentration areas and seal haul-out sites. Marine mammals depicted in the data include whales, dolphins, porpoises and seals. See also the M_MAMPT (Marine Mammal Point) data layer for additional seal information. These data do not necessarily represent all marine mammal occurrences in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The following species are included in this data set: M00011, Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus; M00013, Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae; M00027, Sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis; M00048, Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus; M00081, North Atlantic right whale, Eubalaena glacialis; M00002, Harbor seal, Phoca vitulina; M00006, Harbor porpoise, Phocoena phocoena; M00012, Minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata; M00014, Gray seal, Halichoerus grypus; M00017, Bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus; M00021, Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis; M00046, Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus; M00060, Short-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus delphis; M00086, Atlantic white-sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus acutus; M01006, Pilot whales, Globicephala spp.; M00084, Hooded seal, Cystophora cristata; M00085, Harp seal, Pagophilus groenlandicus; M00100, Striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba; M00108, White-beaked dolphin, Lagenorhynchus albirostris. Conceptual Consistency A multi-stage error checking process, described in the above Attribute Accuracy Report, is used to verify both attribute accuracy and logical consistency throughout data production. This process includes multiple automated logical consistency checks that test the files for missing or duplicate data, rules for proper coding, GIS topological consistencies, and SQL SERVER(R) to ArcGIS(R) consistencies. A final review is made by the GIS manager, before the final Geodatabase and metadata are created. After the data are delivered to NOAA, they are again subjected to several consistency checks, and processed into the final delivery format. Step 1. Developing ESI data for cetacean species. General distribution for whales, dolphins, and porpoises was mapped as large polygons based on NROC’s 2016 habitat-based density models, Atlantic Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (AMAPPS) line transect survey data (2013-2014), and the 2010 report Marine Mammals and Sea Turtles of Narragansett Bay, Block Island Sound, Rhode Island Sound, and Nearby Waters: Analysis of Existing Data for the Rhode Island Ocean Special Area Management Plan (Kenney and Vigness-Raposa). Species distribution maps in the Rhode Island Ocean SAMP analysis were created using modeled seasonal relative abundance patterns generated from seasonal sightings per unit effort (SPUE) values, as well as aggregated sighting, stranding, and bycatch records. With the exception of Cape Cod Bay, survey data within bays and sounds is limited and often terminates at COLREGS Demarcation Lines. These lines and 20’ depth contours were used to define the boundary between inshore and offshore marine mammal distribution polygons in this atlas. Input from local resource experts at New England Aquarium, NEFSC, GARFO, and University of Rhode Island Coastal Institute informed inshore as well as offshore species presence and concentrations. Cetaceans mapped in Narragansett Bay are restricted to the harbor porpoise, a few species of dolphin, and pilot whales. A higher biodiversity of species can be found in Buzzards Bay, Nantucket Sound, and Cape Cod Bay, and includes fin, humpback, and North Atlantic right whales. All cetaceans are indicated as having a year-round presence, though seasonal concentrations vary among species and by location. Many species peak in offshore waters during the spring and summer and are rarest in winter, whereas Cape Cod Bay exhibits increased species presence during the colder months of the year due in part to mass stranding. A number of species including beluga and Bryde’s whales visit the atlas area but are not recorded with any consistency and are mostly anecdotal records. These species typically occur farther offshore and were not mapped due to their rarity in the AOI. Concentration areas for fin, humpback, and North Atlantic right whales were included in Massachusetts using 2015 Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan Core Habitat vector digital data (Mass CZM). This dataset is based on sightings from 1998-2014. These state and federally endangered species are considered a special, sensitive, or unique (SSU) resource and regularly use Massachusetts waters for feeding. Cape Cod Bay is particularly rich in nutrients and is a significant foraging area for other marine mammals as well. 2016-01-01T00:00:00 ESI Program Manager orr.esi@noaa.gov processor Step 2. Developing ESI data for pinniped species. Harbor seals are the most common pinniped species in New England coastal waters and have increased significantly in abundance over the last few decades. They are present year-round off the coast of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, but are most common as a winter resident south of Cape Cod as they migrate from the Gulf of Maine in September to warmer waters in pursuit of abundant food resources (Raposa and Dapp, 2009). Harbor seal haulouts are most active October through May and are concentrated along the Cape and Islands, Block Island, and Narragansett Bay. Gray seals are present year-round as well and can regularly be seen hauling out with harbor seals at Monomoy Island, Chatham Harbor, Jeremy Point in Wellfeet, and Muskeget Island and Shoals off Nantucket. Most gray seals in Rhode Island are recently weaned pups in the spring and are spotted only occasionally with harbor seals, such as at the north end of Block Island (Kenney, personal communication). Breeding for gray seals occurs during the winter months (December through February) and has been noted at haulouts on Monomoy, Muskeget, and Nomans Islands. Harp and hooded seals are present in Massachusetts and Rhode Island waters as well November through May, but do not haul out regularly like harbors and grays. Known occurrences are either strandings or fishery bycatch records (Kenney, personal communication). Harbor and gray seal haulout locations, seasonality, and breeding activity in Massachusetts were provided by Beth Josephson, NEFSC. Harbor seal haulouts in Rhode Island were mapped according the 2009 report A Protocol for Long-term Monitoring of Harbor seals (Phoca Vitulina Concolor) in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island (Raposa and Dapp) that is based on seal counts conducted in 2007-2008. This information was supplemented by vector point data from Cheryl Schroeder, Save the Bay (2005), and Wenley Ferguson, Save the Bay, who provided data for two sporadic haulout sites along the Sakonnet River. All digital data obtained from Massachusetts and Rhode Island for the Marine Mammals Layer were edited as necessary to match NOAA ESI Shoreline layer included in this atlas. 2016-01-01T00:00:00 ESI Program Manager orr.esi@noaa.gov processor ATLANTIC MARINE ASSESSMENT PROGRAM FOR PROTECTED SPECIES (AMAPPS) NORTHEAST AERIAL AND SHIPBOARD CRUISE SPRING AND WINTER 2014 2016-01-01 publication Northeast Fisheries Science Center, NEFSC http://seamap.env.duke.edu/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Source Citation URL Source Citation URL information 2014 ATLANTIC MARINE ASSESSMENT PROGRAM FOR PROTECTED SPECIES (AMAPPS) NORTHEAST AERIAL AND SHIPBOARD CRUISE SUMMER AND WINTER 2013 2013-12-31 publication Northeast Fisheries Science Center, NEFSC http://seamap.env.duke.edu/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Source Citation URL Source Citation URL information 2013 ATTACHED MUSSEL BEDS 2015-01-06 publication THE MASSACHUSETTS OFFICE OF COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT (CZM) http://www.mass.gov/eea/mop WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Source Citation URL Source Citation URL information 2013-05-01 MARINE LIFE: MARINE MAMMAL, SEA TURTLE, BIRD, FISH, AND INVERTEBRATE DENSITY MAPS 2016-01-01 publication NORTHEAST REGIONAL OCEAN COUNCIL (NROC) http://northeastoceandata.org/data WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Source Citation URL Source Citation URL information 1992 2014 MARINE MAMMALS AND SEA TURTLES OF NARRAGANSETT BAY, BLOCK ISLAND SOUND, RHODE ISLAND SOUND, AND NEARBY WATERS: AN ANALYSIS OF EXISTING DATA FOR THE RHODE ISLAND OCEAN SPECIAL AREA MANAGEMENT PLAN 2010-06-22 publication ROBERT KENNEY AND KATHLEEN VIGNESS-RAPOSA, UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND http://seagrant.gso.uri.edu/oceansamp/pdf/appendix/10-Kenney-MM&T_reduced.pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Source Citation URL Source Citation URL information 1970 2008 NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALE, FIN WHALE, AND HUMPBACK WHALE CORE HABITATS, 2015 MASSACHUSETTS OCEAN MANAGEMENT PLAN 2015-01-06 publication THE MASSACHUSETTS OFFICE OF COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT (CZM) http://www.mass.gov/anf/research-and-tech/it-serv-and-support/application-serv/office-of-geographic-information-massgis/datalayers/morislayers.html WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Source Citation URL Source Citation URL information 1988 2014 SEAL HAUL OUTS IN MASSACHUSETTS Northeast Fisheries Science Center, NEFSC 2016