Description: Source: Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office for Coastal Management (OCM). MarineCadastre.gov. Principal Ports for the United States of America as of 2013. Retrieved May 23, 2017 from <a href='https://marinecadastre.gov/data/' target='_blank'><b>marinecadastre.gov/data.</b><a>
Description: Principal Ports are politically defined by port limits or US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) projects, exclude non-USACE projects not authorized for publication. The determination for the published Principal Ports is based upon the total tonnage for the port for the particular year; therefore the top 150 list can vary from year to year. The Principal Port file contains USACE port codes, names, and commodity tonnage summaries (total tons, domestic, foreign, imports and exports).
Metadata Link: <a href='https://coast.noaa.gov/dataservices/Metadata/TransformMetadata?u=https://coast.noaa.gov/data/Documents/Metadata/harvest/MarineCadastre/PrincipalPorts.xml&f=html' target='_blank'><b>https://coast.noaa.gov/dataservices/Metadata/TransformMetadata?u=https://coast.noaa.gov/data/Documents/Metadata/harvest/MarineCadastre/PrincipalPorts.xml&f=html</b><a></br>
Description: Source: NOAA Office of Coast Survey. MarineCadastre.gov. 200NM EEZ and Maritime Boundaries. Retrieved May 23, 2017 from <a href='https://marinecadastre.gov/data/' target='_blank'><b>marinecadastre.gov/data.</b><a>
Description: A boundary seems like a simple concept. Unfortunately, establishing boundaries is a complicated matter, especially in the ocean. The information provided helps to minimize the confusion surrounding marine boundaries and explain why planners should care. Planners can use marine boundary data sets for things like determining what laws apply where and which agencies have jurisdiction in a given area.
Metadata Link: <a href='https://marinecadastre.gov/news/load.php?url=posts/zones-limits-and-maritime-jurisdictions.html' target='_blank'><b>https://marinecadastre.gov/news/load.php?url=posts/zones-limits-and-maritime-jurisdictions.html</b><a></br>
Description: Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office of Coast Survey (OCS)
Description: Maritime limits for the United States are measured from the U.S. baseline, recognized as the low-water line along the coast as marked on NOAA's nautical charts in accordance with the articles of the Law of the Sea. The baseline and related maritime limits are reviewed and approved by the interagency U.S. Baseline Committee. The primary purpose of this dataset is to update the official depiction of these maritime limits and boundaries on NOAA's nautical charts. The Office of Coast Survey depicts on its nautical charts the territorial sea (12 nautical miles), contiguous zone (24nm), and exclusive economic zone (200nm, plus maritime boundaries with adjacent/opposite countries). </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>U.S. maritime limits are ambulatory and subject to revision based on accretion or erosion of the charted low water line.
Metadata Link: <a href='http://www.ncddc.noaa.gov/approved_recs/nos_de/ocs/ocs/ocs/MB_ParentDataset.html' target='_blank'><b>http://www.ncddc.noaa.gov/approved_recs/nos_de/ocs/ocs/ocs/MB_ParentDataset.html</b><a></br>
Description: Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office of Coast Survey (OCS)
Description: NOAA's Raster Navigational Charts (NOAA RNCs) have been developed to support the marine transportation infrastructure and coastal management. The NOAA RNCs are geo-referenced, full-color images of NOAA's paper nautical charts, published by NOAA in the .BSB format. They are an official product of NOAA, and meet the S-61 Standard, Raster Navigational Charts, of the International Hydrographic Organization. Nautical chart features contained within an NOAA RNC provide a detailed representation of the U.S. coastal and marine environment. This data includes coastal topography, bathymetry, landmarks, geographic place names and marine boundaries.
Metadata Link: <a href='http://www.charts.noaa.gov/RNCs/411_19115.xml' target='_blank'<b>http://www.charts.noaa.gov/RNCs/411_19115.xml</b><a>
Name: Managed and Protected Areas (Protection Level) U.S.
Display Field: Site_Name
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Source: NOAA Marine Protected Areas Center in joint effort with the US Department of the Interior. MarineCadastre.gov. MPA Inventory – MPAs by Fishing Restriction. Retrieved May 23, 2017 from <a href='https://marinecadastre.gov/data/' target='_blank'><b>marinecadastre.gov/data.</b><a>
Description: The inventory represents a collection of data compiled from various federal, state, tribal and territorial entities to provide a publicly available source of comprehensive information on place-based marine conservation efforts under U.S. federal, state, territorial, local, and tribal jurisdiction.
Metadata Link: <a href='http://marineprotectedareas.noaa.gov/pdf/helpful-resources/inventory/mpa_inventory_2014_metadata.pdf' target='_blank'><b>http://marineprotectedareas.noaa.gov/pdf/helpful-resources/inventory/mpa_inventory_2014_metadata.pdf</b><a></br>
Name: Managed and Protected Areas (Fishing Restriction) U.S.
Display Field: Site_Name
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Source: NOAA Marine Protected Areas Center in joint effort with the US Department of the Interior. MarineCadastre.gov. MPA Inventory – MPAs by Fishing Restriction. Retrieved May 23, 2017 from <a href='https://marinecadastre.gov/data/' target='_blank'><b>marinecadastre.gov/data.</b><a>
Description: The inventory represents a collection of data compiled from various federal, state, tribal and territorial entities to provide a publicly available source of comprehensive information on place-based marine conservation efforts under U.S. federal, state, territorial, local, and tribal jurisdiction.
Metadata Link: <a href='http://marineprotectedareas.noaa.gov/pdf/helpful-resources/inventory/mpa_inventory_2014_metadata.pdf' target='_blank'><b>http://marineprotectedareas.noaa.gov/pdf/helpful-resources/inventory/mpa_inventory_2014_metadata.pdf</b><a></br>
Description: Source: The United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) Description: The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) is a joint project between the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), managed by UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC).
The dataset described here shows the global distribution of terrestrial and marine protected areas. The dataset contains protected areas designated at the national level and under regional and international conventions and agreements. International designations include those under the Ramsar Convention, the World Heritage Convention (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO), and sites under the UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB). Regional agreements include sites under the Natura 2000 network (European), as well as Marine Protected Areas designated under regional conventions such as the Convention for the Protection of the marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic (OSPAR) and many others. It also contains data on protected areas established by other means.
Citation: IUCN and UNEP-WCMC (year), The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) Accessed June, 2017, Cambridge, UK: UNEP-WCMC. Available at: <a href='https://protectedplanet.net/' target='_blank'><b>https://protectedplanet.net/.</b><a></br>
Name: Federal Natural and Protected Areas of Mexico
Display Field: NOMBRE
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Source: Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas, Dirección de Evaluación y Seguimiento, Subdirección Encargada de la Coordinación de Geomática. <a href='http://www.conabio.gob.mx/informacion/gis/' target='_blank'><b>http://www.conabio.gob.mx/informacion/gis</b><a></br>
Description: Datos espaciales de las Áreas Naturales Protegidas Federales de la República Mexicana construidos en apego a su Decreto de creación publicado en el Diario Oficial de la Federación. Manejo de datos espaciales con herramientas de los Sistemas de Información Geográfica de la Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas.
Description: Source: DOF. 2016. DECRETO por el que se establece la zona de salvaguarda denominada Arrecifes de Coral del Golfo de México y Caribe Mexicano. Diario Oficial de la Federacion (DOF). Estados Unidos Mexicanos.
Description: This layer contains the zones in Mexico where oil and gas activity is prohibited.
Metadata Link: <a href='http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5464472&fecha=07/12/2016' target='_blanK'><b>http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5464472&fecha=07/12/2016</b><a>
Description: Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad CONABIO, (1998). <a href='http://www.conabio.gob.mx/informacion/gis/' target='_blank'><b>http://www.conabio.gob.mx/informacion/gis</b><a></br>
Description: Bajo esta perspectiva, la Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO) instrumentó el Programa de Regiones Marinas Prioritarias de México con el apoyo de la agencia The David and Lucile Packard Foundation (PACKARD), la Agencia Internacional para el Desarrollo de la Embajada de los Estados Unidos de América (USAID), el Fondo Mexicano para la Conservación de la Naturaleza (FMCN) y el Fondo Mundial para la Naturaleza (WWF por sus siglas en inglés). Este Programa, por medio de talleres multidisciplinarios, reunió a un grupo de 74 expertos del sector académico, gubernamental, privado, social y organizaciones no gubernamentales de conservación. En estos talleres, con base en la información y conocimiento compartido de los participantes, se identificaron, delimitaron y caracterizaron 70 áreas costeras y oceánicas consideradas prioritarias por su alta biodiversidad, por la diversidad en el uso de sus recursos y por su falta de conocimiento sobre biodiversidad. De la misma forma, se identificaron las amenazas al medio marino de mayor incidencia o con impactos significativos en nuestras costas y mares, de acuerdo con las cuales se hicieron recomendaciones para su prevención, mitigación, control o cancelación. Se elaboraron las fichas técnicas para cada área prioritaria identificada, las cuales contienen información general de tipo geográfico, climatológico, geológico, oceanográfico, así como el consenso generado por los participantes al taller respecto de la información biológica, de uso de los recursos, aspectos económicos y problemáticas de conservación y uso.
Name: Priority Marine Biodiversity Sites of Mexico
Display Field: NSACENTO
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO), Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas (CONANP), The Nature Conservancy - Programa México (TNC), Pronatura. (2007). <a href='http://www.conabio.gob.mx/informacion/gis/' target='_blank'><b>http://www.conabio.gob.mx/informacion/gis</b><a></br>
Description: La planificación de la conservación de la biodiversidad marina es fundamental ya que un componente esencial de la megadiversidad de México son los ambientes costeros, oceánicos e insulares. Estos ecosistemas son de importancia crítica ya que en ellos habitan una gran cantidad de especies tanto endémicas como de distribución amplia y al mismo tiempo son sitios importantes de reproducción, anidación, descanso y alimentación de la fauna marina y aves migratorias. Debido a las grandes diferencias en conocimiento y disponibilidad de información sobre la biodiversidad de las diferentes regiones marinas de México, se decidió utilizar la opinión de expertos para la identificación de los sitios prioritarios para la conservación de la biodiversidad marina, que incluye costas, océanos e islas. Para este fin, el 4 y 5 de octubre de 2005 se efectuó en la ciudad de México el Taller para la determinación de sitios prioritarios marinos y costeros para la conservación, organizado por CONABIO, CONANP, Pronatura y TNC. Los sitios identificados fueron posteriormente delimitados y validados por medio de un sitio WiKi en internet, el cual sirvió como un portal para el intercambio de información y opiniones entre los participantes del Taller, al que se sumó otro grupo de especialistas. El resultado final fueron 105 sitios marinos.
Description: Source: NOAA Fisheries Atlantic Highly Migratory Species. “NMFS Announces the Final Rule for Amendment 7 to the 2006 Consolidated Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan”. 2014. <a href='http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/' target='_blank'><b>www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms</b><a>
Description: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announces the final rule to implement Amendment 7 to the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Fishery Management Plan (FMP). This action is necessary to meet domestic management objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act including preventing overfishing, achieving optimal yield, and minimizing bycatch to the extent practicable, as well as the objectives of the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act (ATCA) and obligations pursuant to binding recommendations of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). NMFS takes these actions to reduce and account for bluefin dead discards in all categories; optimize fishing opportunities in all categories within the United States’ quota; enhance reporting and monitoring; and adjust other management measures as necessary.
Metadata Link: <a href='https://hmspermits.noaa.gov/other/listserv%20a7%20final%20rule_final.pdf' target='_blank'><b>https://hmspermits.noaa.gov/other/listserv%20a7%20final%20rule_final.pdf</b><a>
Description: Source: CNIH Technical Information Website. Mexico Oil and Gas Administrative Boundaries. National Hydrocarbon Information Center. Data accessed at <a href='http://portal.cnih.cnh.gob.mx/iicnih/?lng=en_US' target='_blank'><b>http://portal.cnih.cnh.gob.mx/iicnih/?lng=en_US</b><a> in 2017.
Description: These oil and gas administrative layers can be useful for careful offshore exploration planning in order to avoid harmful effects on marine life and species migration in the Gulf.
Metadata Link: <a href='http://portal.cnih.cnh.gob.mx/iicnih/?lng=es_MX' target='_blank'><b>http://portal.cnih.cnh.gob.mx/iicnih/?lng=es_MX</b><a>
Description: Source: CNIH Technical Information Website. Mexico Oil and Gas Administrative Boundaries. National Hydrocarbon Information Center. Data accessed at <a href='http://portal.cnih.cnh.gob.mx/iicnih/?lng=en_US' target='_blank'><b>http://portal.cnih.cnh.gob.mx/iicnih/?lng=en_US</b><a> in 2017.
Description: These oil and gas administrative layers can be useful for careful offshore exploration planning in order to avoid harmful effects on marine life and species migration in the Gulf.
Metadata Link: <a href='http://portal.cnih.cnh.gob.mx/iicnih/?lng=es_MX' target='_blank'><b>http://portal.cnih.cnh.gob.mx/iicnih/?lng=es_MX</b><a>
Description: Source: Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Gulf of Mexico OCS Region. MarineCadastre.gov. Drilling Platforms. Retrieved May 23, 2017 from <a href='https://marinecadastre.gov/data/' target='_blank'><b>marinecadastre.gov/data.</b><a>
Description: This data set contains point locations for oil and gas platforms (structures) located in the Gulf of Mexico federal waters. Note: Platforms are being added or modified continuously; obtaining updates of this database are required to know the true distribution of platform data. Because GIS projection and topology functions can change or generalize coordinates, these GIS files are considered to be approximate and are NOT an OFFICIAL record. Contains the platform locations as of December 2014. Used ArcCatalog to create shape files.
Metadata Link: <a href='https://metadata.boem.gov/geospatial/OCSplatforms-GOMR-NAD27.xml' target='_blank'><b>https://metadata.boem.gov/geospatial/OCSplatforms-GOMR-NAD27.xml</b><a></br>
Name: Mexico 5-year (2015-2019) shallow lease areas Plan
Display Field: CLAVE_BLOQ
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Source: CNIH Technical Information Website. Mexico Oil and Gas Administrative Boundaries. National Hydrocarbon Information Center. Data accessed at <a href='http://portal.cnih.cnh.gob.mx/iicnih/?lng=en_US' target='_blank'><b>http://portal.cnih.cnh.gob.mx/iicnih/?lng=en_US</b><a> in 2017.
Description: These oil and gas administrative layers can be useful for careful offshore exploration planning in order to avoid harmful effects on marine life and species migration in the Gulf.
Metadata Link: <a href='http://portal.cnih.cnh.gob.mx/iicnih/?lng=es_MX' target='_blank'><b>http://portal.cnih.cnh.gob.mx/iicnih/?lng=es_MX</b><a>
Name: Mexico 5-year (2015-2019) deep lease areas Plan
Display Field: CLAVE_BLOQ
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Source: CNIH Technical Information Website. Mexico Oil and Gas Administrative Boundaries. National Hydrocarbon Information Center. Data accessed at <a href='http://portal.cnih.cnh.gob.mx/iicnih/?lng=en_US' target='_blank'><b>http://portal.cnih.cnh.gob.mx/iicnih/?lng=en_US</b><a> in 2017.
Description: These oil and gas administrative layers can be useful for careful offshore exploration planning in order to avoid harmful effects on marine life and species migration in the Gulf.
Metadata Link: <a href='http://portal.cnih.cnh.gob.mx/iicnih/?lng=es_MX' target='_blank'><b>http://portal.cnih.cnh.gob.mx/iicnih/?lng=es_MX</b><a>
Description: Source: CNIH Technical Information Website. Mexico Oil and Gas Administrative Boundaries. National Hydrocarbon Information Center. Data accessed at <a href='http://portal.cnih.cnh.gob.mx/iicnih/?lng=en_US' target='_blank'><b>http://portal.cnih.cnh.gob.mx/iicnih/?lng=en_US</b><a> in 2017.
Description: These oil and gas administrative layers can be useful for careful offshore exploration planning in order to avoid harmful effects on marine life and species migration in the Gulf.
Metadata Link: <a href='http://portal.cnih.cnh.gob.mx/iicnih/?lng=es_MX' target='_blank'><b>http://portal.cnih.cnh.gob.mx/iicnih/?lng=es_MX</b><a>
Description: Source: CNIH Technical Information Website. Mexico Oil and Gas Administrative Boundaries. National Hydrocarbon Information Center. Data accessed at <a href='http://portal.cnih.cnh.gob.mx/iicnih/?lng=en_US' target='_blank'><b>http://portal.cnih.cnh.gob.mx/iicnih/?lng=en_US</b><a> in 2017.
Description: These oil and gas administrative layers can be useful for careful offshore exploration planning in order to avoid harmful effects on marine life and species migration in the Gulf.
Metadata Link: <a href='http://portal.cnih.cnh.gob.mx/iicnih/?lng=es_MX' target='_blank'><b>http://portal.cnih.cnh.gob.mx/iicnih/?lng=es_MX</b><a>
Description: Source: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). MarineCadastre.gov. Selected Pipelines. Retrieved May 23, 2017 from <a href='https://marinecadastre.gov/data/' target='_blank'><b>marinecadastre.gov/data.</b><a>
Description: Structures used to transport oil and gas from offshore platform or terminal to inshore facility. These structures are usually submerged.
Metadata Link: <a href='https://metadata.boem.gov/geospatial/OCSpipelines-GOMR-NAD27.xml' target='_blank'><b>https://metadata.boem.gov/geospatial/OCSpipelines-GOMR-NAD27.xml</b><a>
Description: Source: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). MarineCadastre.gov. BOEM Oil and Gas Planning Areas. Retrieved May 23, 2017 from <a href='https://marinecadastre.gov/data/' target='_blank'><b>marinecadastre.gov/data.</b><a>
Description: BOEM Planning areas are used to divide the Outer Continental Shelf into smaller more manageable regions for the purpose of planning and defining areas of potential lease sales within the Oil and Gas Leasing 5 year Program Plan. There are currently 26 planning areas within the OCS. Fifteen of these areas are in Alaska. Lease sales will usually occur for only one planning area at a time. The 5 year program identifies which planning areas may have sales within the next 5 years. If areas are not identified for potential lease sales in the 5 year program, new areas cannot be added for lease within that 5 year period.
Metadata Link: <a href='https://metadata.boem.gov/geospatial/' target='_blank'><b>https://metadata.boem.gov/geospatial</b><a>
Description: Source: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). MarineCadastre.gov. Outer Continental Shelf Protraction Diagrams. Retrieved May 23, 2017 from <a href='https://marinecadastre.gov/data/' target='_blank'><b>marinecadastre.gov/data.</b><a>
Description: Official Protraction Diagrams (OPDs) are drawings showing subdivisions of the OCS intended for leasing purposes and depict all the related OCS blocks. OPDs are named for the most prominent geographic feature within the protraction and by the United Nations International Map Numbering System. Protractions in the middle latitudes are 2 degrees longitude by 1 degree latitude. In the Gulf of Mexico, similar maps known as Leasing Maps exist off the coast of TX and LA and are also made available as part of this map layer.
Metadata Link: <a href='https://metadata.boem.gov/geospatial/OCS_ProtractionDiagrams_Gulf_of_Mexico_NAD27.xml' target='_blank'><b>https://metadata.boem.gov/geospatial/OCS_ProtractionDiagrams_Gulf_of_Mexico_NAD27.xml</b><a>
Description: Source: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). MarineCadastre.gov. Outer Continental Shelf Lease Blocks. Retrieved May 23, 2017 from <a href='https://marinecadastre.gov/data/' target='_blank'><b>marinecadastre.gov/data.</b><a>
Description: Outer Continental Shelf Lease Blocks are used to assist in leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf. Blocks are numbered areas depicted on the OPDs or Leasing Maps. Most are of a uniform size according to the projection and type of map on which they are depicted, but many are of non-uniform size and shape due to their proximity to an adjacent map, projection zone, or boundary. Blocks should always be referred to with their parent protraction name or number since block numbers repeat from one protraction to the next.
Metadata Link: <a href='https://metadata.boem.gov/geospatial/OCS_LeaseBlocks_Gulf_of_Mexico_NAD27.xml' target='_blank'><b>https://metadata.boem.gov/geospatial/OCS_LeaseBlocks_Gulf_of_Mexico_NAD27.xml</b><a>
Description: Source: Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office for Coastal Management (OCM). MarineCadastre.gov. Artificial Reefs. Retrieved May 23, 2017 from <a href='https://marinecadastre.gov/data/' target='_blank'><b>marinecadastre.gov/data.</b><a>
Description: An artificial reef is a human-made underwater structure, typically built to promote marine life in areas with a generally featureless bottom, control erosion, block ship passage, or improve surfing. Many reefs are built using objects that were built for other purposes, for example by sinking oil rigs (through the Rigs-to-Reefs program), scuttling ships, or by deploying rubble or construction debris. Other artificial reefs are purpose built (e.g. the reef balls) from PVC or concrete. Shipwrecks may become artificial reefs when preserved on the sea floor. Regardless of construction method, artificial reefs generally provide hard surfaces where algae and invertebrates such as barnacles, corals, and oysters attach; the accumulation of attached marine life in turn provides intricate structure and food for assemblages of fish. The presence and location of these artificial reefs are not considered to be exact, and have been derived from multiple state websites.
Metadata Link: <a href='https://coast.noaa.gov/dataservices/Metadata/TransformMetadata?u=https://coast.noaa.gov/data/Documents/Metadata/harvest/MarineCadastre/ArtificialReefs.xml&f=html' target='_blank'><b>https://coast.noaa.gov/dataservices/Metadata/TransformMetadata?u=https://coast.noaa.gov/data/Documents/Metadata/harvest/MarineCadastre/ArtificialReefs.xml&f=html</b><a></br>
Description: Source: MEOW Working Group (Spalding et al.)
Description: A biogeographic classification of the world's coastal and continental shelf waters following a nested hierarchy of realms, provinces and ecoregions. USERS PLEASE NOTE - shapefile does NOT accurately represent outer MEOW boundaries: As specified in the original publications, the boundaries in this shapefile have been extended out some 200 nautical miles from land (and this buffer is extended to include any additional marine areas less than 200metres in depth which lie beyond this distance). This outer boundary buffer is primarily drawn here to ease visibility of ecoregions in global and regional scale maps. Similarly the inland boundaries of the ecoregions extend far inland - a convention to ensure inclusion of any coastline and estuarine/lagoonal systems which may be derived from different map sources. As specified, the ecoregional classification relates primarily to coast and shelf biotas for which a 200m depth contour is a more accurate indicative boundary. It is therefore not an appropriate use of the data to calculate total ecoregion areas or generate other area or volumetric dependent statistics using these boundaries alone. A version of the shapefile cut to shelf areas will be released on this site by December 2007. TNC users please note: TNC has adopted the Marine Ecoregions of the World as our marine ecoregional boundaries, but in some cases around North America we are using older and slightly different boundaries for ecoregional planning. Download this data at: <a href='http://maps.tnc.org/' target='_blank'><b>http://maps.tnc.org/</b><a></br>
Metadata Link: <a href='http://maps.tnc.org/files/metadata/MEOW.xml' target='_blank'><b>http://maps.tnc.org/files/metadata/MEOW.xml</b><a></br>
Name: Biologically Important Areas for marine mammals
Display Field: sci_name
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Source: Environmental Response Management Application. Web application. Gulf of Mexico. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2015. Web. 23 May. 2017. <a href='http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/erma' target='_blank><b>http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/erma</b><a>.
Description: The Biologically Important Areas (BIA) identifies areas where cetacean species concentrate for specific behaviors, provides additional contest with which to examine interactions between cetaceans and human activities, and can assist resource managers with planning, analyses, and decisions to reduce adverse impacts to cetaceans from human activities.
Metadata Link: <a href='http://cetsound.noaa.gov/important' target='_blank'><b>http://cetsound.noaa.gov/important</b><a>, accessed at <a href='https://erma.noaa.gov/gulfofmexico/erma.html' target='_blank'><b>https://erma.noaa.gov/gulfofmexico/erma.html</b><a>
Description: Data Source: University of South Florida (USF)
Description: The sea surface temperature (SST) and chlorophyll-A climatology layers were derived at the University of South Florida’s Institute of Marine Remote Sensing, using MODIS satellite imagery. Learn more at <a href='http://imars.usf.edu' target='_blank'><b>imars.usf.edu</b><a></br>
Citation: (1st is for SST, 2nd is for chlorophyll-a)
USF. 2015. Sea surface temperature monthly climatology. Institute of Marine Remote Sensing. University of South Florida.
USF. 2015. Chlorophyll-a monthly climatology. Institute of Marine Remote Sensing. University of South Florida.
Metadata: MODIS sea surface temperature and chlorophyll-a climatologies, 2003-2010, 1x1 km. Contact: Dr. Frank Muller-Karger, IMARS-USF, <a href="mailto:carib@usf.edu">carib@usf.edu </a>
Description: Data Source: University of South Florida (USF)
Description: The sea surface temperature (SST) and chlorophyll-A climatology layers were derived at the University of South Florida’s Institute of Marine Remote Sensing, using MODIS satellite imagery. Learn more at <a href='http://imars.usf.edu' target='_blank'><b>imars.usf.edu</b><a></br>
Citation: (1st is for SST, 2nd is for chlorophyll-a)
USF. 2015. Sea surface temperature monthly climatology. Institute of Marine Remote Sensing. University of South Florida.
USF. 2015. Chlorophyll-a monthly climatology. Institute of Marine Remote Sensing. University of South Florida.
Metadata: MODIS sea surface temperature and chlorophyll-a climatologies, 2003-2010, 1x1 km. Contact: Dr. Frank Muller-Karger, IMARS-USF, <a href="mailto:carib@usf.edu">carib@usf.edu </a>
Description: Source: Robert Leben. 2015. Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research (CCAR). Accessed from the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System (GCOOS) data portal at <a href='http://gcoos.org/products/index.php/model-resources/ssha/' target='_blank'><b>http://gcoos.org/products/index.php/model-resources/ssha</b><a> in 2017.
Description: The sea surface height of the ocean is affected by tidal forces, ocean circulation, and variations in the gravitational field. The sea surface height anomaly is the daily variation from the mean sea surface height as observed by satellite altimeters.
Metadata Link: <a href='http://gcoos.org/products/index.php/model-resources/ssha/' target='_blank'><b>http://gcoos.org/products/index.php/model-resources/ssha</b><a>
Description: Source: Jorge Brenner
Description: This layer was created from ISOBAT contours from multiple NOAA bathymetry sources. The source layers were selected based on similar depth ranges and biological marine zones. The layers were collected and complied by Dr. Jorge Brenner.
Metadata Link: <a href="mailto:jbrenner@tnc.org">jbrenner@tnc.org </a>
Name: Seafloor Geomorphic Features (clipped to Gulf)
Display Field:
Type: Group Layer
Geometry Type: null
Description: Source: Harris, P.T., Macmillan-Lawler, M., Rupp, J. and Baker, E.K. 2014. Geomorphology of the oceans. Marine Geology, 352: 4-24. Accessed at <a href='http://www.bluehabitats.org/' target='_blank'><b>bluehabitats.org</b><a> in 2017.
Description: This layer contains a global distribution of seafloor geomorphic features, including the continental shelf, abyss, canyons, seamounts, bridges, valleys, and so on.
Metadata Link: <a href='http://www.bluehabitats.org/' target='_blank'><b>http://www.bluehabitats.org</b><a>
Description: Source: Millennium Coral Reef Mapping Project validated maps provided by the Institute for Marine Remote Sensing, University of South Florida (IMaRS/USF) and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD, Centre de Nouméa), with support from NASA. Downloaded from <a href='http://data.unep-wcmc.org/' target='_blank'><b>http://data.unep-wcmc.org</b><a></br>
Description: The dataset represents the global distribution of warm water coral reefs. It has been created from multiple sources and supercedes the dataset used in the World Atlas of Coral Reefs (2001), although some aspects of this product still originate from that datasource. This global coral reef dataset should be seen an 'interim' global product .It has been compiled from a number of data sources which have been merged together by UNEP-WCMC and the WorldFish Center in collaboration with WRI and TNC. The Approximate % coverage of data sources are as follows - Millennium Coral Reefs (Unvalidated) 50% - Millennium Coral Reefs (Validated) 30 % - Other sources 20%.
Name: Pulley Ridge HAPC Essential Fish Habitat (EFH)
Display Field: Area_Name
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Source: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council
Description: Essential fish habitat (EFH) regulations encourage regional fishery management councils to designate habitat areas of particular concern (HAPC) within areas of EFH in order to focus conservation priorities on specific habitat areas that play a particularly important role in the life cycles of federally managed species based on four criteria: (1) importance of the ecological function; (2) extent to which the habitat is sensitive to human-induced degradation; (3) extent development activities are or will stress the habitat; and, (4) the rarity of the habitat type. In the Gulf of Mexico the following areas are identified as HAPCs: the North and South Tortugas Ecological Reserves, East and West Flower Garden Banks, Florida Middle Grounds; Madison-Swanson Marine Reserve; Pulley Ridge and the following reefs and banks of the northwestern Gulf of Mexico: Stetson; McNeil; Bright Rezak; Geyer; McGrail; Bouma; Sonnier; Alderice; and Jakkula.
Metadata Link: <a href='http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/maps_gis_data/habitat_conservation/efh_gom/geodata/pulley_ridge_efh_hapc_po_iso.xml' target='_blank'><b>http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/maps_gis_data/habitat_conservation/efh_gom/geodata/pulley_ridge_efh_hapc_po_iso.xml</b><a></br>
Description: These data represent the geographic area described in Title 50 CFR Part 622.74(a), Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic, Subpart D - Coral and Coral Reefs of the Gulf of Mexico, Area closures to protect Gulf corals, West and East Flower Garden Banks HAPC, as of 07/01/13. <a href='http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/maps_gis_data/fisheries/gom/GOM_index.html' target='_blank'><b>http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/maps_gis_data/fisheries/gom/GOM_index.html</b><a></br>
Description: Source: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council
Description: Essential fish habitat (EFH) regulations encourage regional fishery management councils to designate habitat areas of particular concern (HAPC) within areas of EFH in order to focus conservation priorities on specific habitat areas that play a particularly important role in the life cycles of federally managed species based on four criteria: (1) importance of the ecological function; (2) extent to which the habitat is sensitive to human-induced degradation; (3) extent development activities are or will stress the habitat; and, (4) the rarity of the habitat type. In the Gulf of Mexico the following areas are identified as HAPCs: the North and South Tortugas Marine Reserves, East and West Flower Garden Banks, Florida Middle Grounds; Madison-Swanson Marine Reserve; Pulley Ridge and the following reefs and banks of the northwestern Gulf of Mexico: Stetson Bank; 29 Fathom; MacNeil; Rezak Sidner Bank; Rankin Bright Bank; Geyer Bank; McGrail Bank; Bouma Bank; Sonnier Bank; Alderice Bank; and Jakkula Bank.
Citation: NOAA, 1985. Gulf of Mexico Coastal and Ocean Zones Strategic Assessment: Data Atlas. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Strategic Environmental Assessment Division, Rockville, MD December 1985. <a href='http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/maps_gis_data/fisheries/gom/GOM_index.html' target='_blank'><b>http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/maps_gis_data/fisheries/gom/GOM_index.html</b><a></br>
Name: Madison Swanson, Steamboat Lumps, and the Edges HAPCs
Display Field: LABEL
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: These data represent the geographic area described in Title 50 CFR Part 622.34(a)(1), Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic, Subpart B - Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico, Seasonal and area closures designed to protect Gulf reef fish, Closure provisions applicable to the Madison and Swanson sites, and Steamboat Lumps, and the Edges, as of 07/01/13. <a href='http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/maps_gis_data/fisheries/gom/GOM_index.html' target='_blank'><b>http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/maps_gis_data/fisheries/gom/GOM_index.html</b><a></br>
Description: These data represent the geographic area described in Title 50 CFR Part 622.74(b), Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic, Subpart D—Coral and Coral Reefs of the Gulf of Mexico, Area closures to protect Gulf corals, Florida Middle Grounds HAPC, as of 07/01/13. <a href='http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/maps_gis_data/fisheries/gom/GOM_index.html' target='_blank'><b>http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/maps_gis_data/fisheries/gom/GOM_index.html</b><a></br>
Description: Source: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council. Recommended HAPC. Retrieved May 23, 2017 from <a href='http://portal.gulfcouncil.org/' target='_blank'><b>http://portal.gulfcouncil.org.</b><a>
Description: A Habitat of Particular Concern (HAPC) is a subset of Essential Fish Habitat (EFH). HAPCs provide extremely important ecological functions or are especially vulnerable to degradation, so require more focused conservation efforts.
Metadata Link: <a href='http://portal.gulfcouncil.org/coralhapc.html' target='_blank'><b>http://portal.gulfcouncil.org/coralhapc.html</b><a>
Description: These data represent the geographic area described in Title 50 CFR Part 622.74(c), Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic, Subpart D—Coral and Coral Reefs of the Gulf of Mexico, Area closures to protect Gulf corals, Tortugas Marine Reserves HAPC, as of 07/01/13. <a href='http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/maps_gis_data/fisheries/gom/GOM_index.html' target='_blank'><b>http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/maps_gis_data/fisheries/gom/GOM_index.html</b><a></br>
Description: Essential fish habitat (EFH) for Gulf of Mexico Corals consists of the following waters and substrate areas in the Gulf of Mexico: the total distribution of coral species and life stages throughout the Gulf of Mexico including: coral reefs in the North and South Tortugas Ecological Reserves, East and West Flower Garden Banks, McGrail Bank, and the southern portion of Pulley Ridge; hard bottom areas scattered along the pinnacles and banks from Texas to Mississippi, at the shelf edge and at the Florida Middle Grounds, the southwest tip of the Florida reef tract, and predominant patchy hard bottom offshore of Florida from approximately Crystal River south to the Florida Keys. Essential fish habitat (EFH) consists of known distributions of species in the fishery management unit (GMFMC 2004). Location of coral, dated 2014, is based on the 2005 identification and description of EFH for Coral and Coral Reefs. Downloaded from <a href='http://www.habitat.noaa.gov/protection/efh/' target='_blank'><b>http://www.habitat.noaa.gov/protection/efh</b><a></br>
Copyright Text: MRAG Americas and GIS Solutions, Inc. completed the GIS analysis and produced maps for the EIS and Amendment. 2014 coral locations for Florida Keys taken from Unified Florida Reef Tract provided by FWC-FWRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute), and for the Texas banks from H. Nash and Gulf of Mexico Fishery Managment Council.
Description: Source: Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office for Coastal Management (OCM). MarineCadastre.gov. Seagrasses in the continental United States as of March 2015. Retrieved May 23, 2017 from <a href='https://marinecadastre.gov/data/' target='_blank'><b>marinecadastre.gov/data.</b><a>
Description: Aquatic vascular vegetation beds dominated by submerged, rooted, vascular species or submerged or rooted floating freshwater tidal vascular vegetation. This is NOT a complete collection of seagrasses on the seafloor, nor are the locations to be considered exact. The presence and location of the seagrasses have been derived from multiple state websites. These data are intended for coastal and ocean planning. Not for navigation.
Metadata Link: <a href='https://coast.noaa.gov/dataservices/Metadata/TransformMetadata?u=https://coast.noaa.gov/data/Documents/Metadata/harvest/MarineCadastre/Seagrasses.xml&f=html' target='_blank'><b>https://coast.noaa.gov/dataservices/Metadata/TransformMetadata?u=https://coast.noaa.gov/data/Documents/Metadata/harvest/MarineCadastre/Seagrasses.xml&f=html</b><a></br>
Description: Source: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). MarineCadastre.gov. All Framing Corals. Retrieved May 23, 2017 from <a href='https://marinecadastre.gov/data/' target='_blank'><b>marinecadastre.gov/data.</b><a>
Description: NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science. The data represent predicted habitat suitability for several taxa of deep-sea corals. Predictions were modeled using a statistical machine-learning algorithm called maximum entropy (MaxEnt). NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) combined databases of known deep-sea coral locations provided by the NOAA Deep-Sea Coral Research and Technology Program (DSCRTP) and other contributors with environmental and oceanographic data to generate the predictive models of deep-sea coral distribution. These models are used to produce regional maps of deep-sea coral habitat. In these regions, deep-sea coral occurs on the continental shelves and slopes, at ocean depths of approximately 50 to greater than 2,000 meters. Model predictions are organized into five hierarchical categories to be able to compare the data across coral taxa and across regions. The categories correspond to the predicted likelihood of suitable deep sea coral habitat occurring. Orders: Scleractinia, Antipatharia, Alcyonacea
Metadata link: <a href='https://coast.noaa.gov/dataservices/Metadata/TransformMetadata?u=https://coast.noaa.gov/data/Documents/Metadata/harvest/MarineCadastre/AllFramingCorals.xml&f=html' target='_blank'><b>https://coast.noaa.gov/dataservices/Metadata/TransformMetadata?u=https://coast.noaa.gov/data/Documents/Metadata/harvest/MarineCadastre/AllFramingCorals.xml&f=html</b><a></br>
Description: Approximate oyster reef distribution circa 1882. Digitized from the General Chart of the Coast- Gulf of Mexico-1882-USFC. <a href='xml/oyster_1880.xml'
target='_blank'><b>Metadata</b><a></br>
Description: Source: TNC Northern Gulf of Mexico ecoregion (2000)
Description: This shapefile contains the oyster reef data. Only Texas, Alabama, and Florida oyster data are included in the data. Louisiana & Mississippi data were not available in the format to show the geographical distribution; thus the true distribution of the oyster reefs along the northern Gulf of Mexico is underrepresented in the data.
Notes: FL section: Oyster polygons were extracted from NWFWMD Habitat coverage in the Apalachicola Bay and saved as a shapefile. The polygons with Mollusk, oyster reef or beds category were also extracted from the FMRI/NWRC nwgrass92 coverage and saved as a shapefile.
TX section: The oyster data (Oysters coverage) from the TPWD/TX A&M University downloaded from the TGLO web site required some cleaning up. Separate TPWD data files (Nr94 and N94) were used to replace the problematic area of the Oysters coverage because they seemed to be the source data for the Texas Oysters coverage (They are identical around the Corpus Christi Bay area). The polygons with non-oyster attribute data were also dropped from the Texas Oysters data. AL section: Alabama oyster reefs were created from the X & Y coordinates of ALDCNR oyster survey data in the ArcView. (1. The X & Y coordinates were saved as a point shapefile ("Add event theme"). 2. Oyster reef polygons were created using the point shapefile (XTools: "Make one polygon from points").) <a href='xml/NGoM_TNC_ERA_2000.pdf'
target='_blank'><b>TNC 2000 ERA Report </b><a></br>
Description: This layer was created for the purpose of mapping viable marsh along the Northern Gulf of Mexico coast for conservation of the Saltmarsh Topminnow's (Fundulus Jenkinsi) preferred habitat. This shapefile is a conglomeration of data from the National Wetlands Inventory (1977 to present) and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries vegetation/salinity study (2001).
<a href='xml/GM_marshes_2009.xml'
target='_blank'><b>Metadata</b><a></br>
Description: Source: TNC Northern Gulf of Mexico ecoregion (2000)
Description: Seagrass data are combined to show the seagrass habitat distribution along the NGoM. The shapefile contains the data from Laguna Madre TX to New Smyrna Beach on the east coast of FL, including the FL Keys to the south.
<a href='xml/NGoM_TNC_ERA_2000.pdf'
target='_blank'><b>TNC 2000 ERA Report </b><a></br>
Description: Source: Millennium Coral Reef Mapping Project validated maps provided by the Institute for Marine Remote Sensing, University of South Florida (IMaRS/USF) and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD, Centre de Nouméa), with support from NASA. Downloaded from <a href='http://data.unep-wcmc.org/' target='_blank'><b>http://data.unep-wcmc.org</b><a></br>
Description: The dataset represents the global distribution of warm water coral reefs. It has been created from multiple sources and supercedes the dataset used in the World Atlas of Coral Reefs (2001), although some aspects of this product still originate from that datasource. This global coral reef dataset should be seen an 'interim' global product .It has been compiled from a number of data sources which have been merged together by UNEP-WCMC and the WorldFish Center in collaboration with WRI and TNC. The Approximate % coverage of data sources are as follows - Millennium Coral Reefs (Unvalidated) 50% - Millennium Coral Reefs (Validated) 30 % - Other sources 20%.
Description: Appears to be distribution of oyster reefs in the bay. Point locations in clusters.
<a href='http://www.glo.texas.gov/land/land-management/gis/' target='_blank'><b>More Information</b><a></br>
<a href='xml/TX_SanA_Bay_oyster_reef.xml' target='_blank'><b>Metadata</b><a></br>
Description: This data represents natural historic oyster reefs along the Texas coast and bays in 1975. The reefs were digitized from a NOAA technical report called Cooperative Gulf of Mexico Estuarine Inventory and Study - Texas: Area Description by Ricahard A. Diener.Complete reference: <a href='http://ia601900.us.archive.org/34/items/cooperativegulfo00dien/cooperativegulfo00dien.pdf' target='_blank'><b>pdf document</b><a></br>
<a href='xml/TX_Oyster_Reef_Texas_1975.xml' target='_blank'><b>Metadata</b><a></br>
Description: The oysters data set is a compilation of three data sets. The first data set was developed by Dr. Eric Powell of Texas A&M University's Department of Oceanography under the auspices of the Galveston Bay National Estuary Program. The reefs were mapped using acoustic equipment designed to return echo signal from the bay bottom. In very shallow areas where a smaller boat was used, it was not possible to hang the equipment over the side of the boat; therefore a poling technique was used to determine the location of the oyster reefs. The second and third data sets were both acquired from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. One was developed by a team led by Warren Pulich and used aerials circa 1989. The other was developed by Betsi Blair which also used aerial photographs and surveyed submerged aquatic vegetation including oyster reefs.
<a href='xml/TX_TNC_ERA_Oysters.xml' target='_blank'><b>Metadata</b><a></br>
Description: In 2006 and 2007 the NOAA Coastal Services Center purchased services to process existing and new digital multi-spectral imagery and create digital benthic habitat data from this imagery for selected Texas coastal bend bays. The Center worked cooperatively with Fugro-Earthdata, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) and the Texas A University Center for Coastal Studies to develop benthic habitat data, primarily Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) for several coastal bays. This data will support the state's recently adopted Seagrass Monitoring Program which calls for regional mapping of SAV for status and trends assessment. The Center, Texas A, and TPWD have coordinated on the requirements of this project. Source: NOAA Coastal Services Center <a href='https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=581f58765c24443194adee7e192b7dc0' target='_blank'><b>metadata</b><a></br>
<a href='https://www.researchgate.net/publication/277012964_Atlas_of_shallow-water_benthic_habitats_of_coastal_Texas_Espiritu_Santo_Bay_to_Lower_Laguna_Madre_2004_and_2007' target='_blank'><b>Original Publication</b><a></br>
Description: The Coastal Island Bird Rookery shapefile dipicts bird rookery locations on the coastal islands of Texas. The file is in progress. Over 130 features were added to an origional file of unknown origin containing 154 features. The update represented in this files includes the additional features, which were digitized based on 2008 naip imagery and ESRIs “ESRI_Imagery_World_2D” online layer.
source: The Texas Natural Diversity Database (TXNDD)
<a href='xml/TX_bird_rookeries_coastal_islands.xml' target='_blank'><b>Metadata</b><a></br>
Description: To address the issues of concern, and in response to the requirements of the Coastal Coordination Act, the Coastal Coordination Council has designated Oyster Reefs as a coastal natural resource area requiring special management under the Coastal Management Program and defined as Natural or artificial formations in intertidal or subtidal areas that are composed of oyster shell, live oysters, and other organisms and that are discrete contiguous, and clearly distinguishable from scatter- ed oysters. Oyster reefs not only support the oyster fishery but also serve as habitat, forage ground, or hiding places for numerous estuarine species.
<a href='xml/TX_Galveston_Bay_OsyterReef.xml' target='_blank'><b>Metadata</b><a></br>
Name: Corpus, Copano, SanAntonio, and Matagorda Bays Oyster Reefs
Display Field: objectid
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Oyster reefs in Corpus Christi Bay, Copano Bay, San Antonio Bay, and Matagorda Bay from the Texas General Land Office.
<a href='xml/TX_Corpus_Copano_SanAntonio_Matagorda_Bays_OysterReefs.xml' target='_blank'><b>Metadata</b><a></br>
Description: This data set is useful for depicting the general location of natural, historically viable oyster reefs (existing before 1999) as well as reef areas enhanced via cultch plants throughout the noted time period. This information remains relevant as of September 2010. Data was clipped to the analysis extent. Data source: Mississippi Department of Marine Resources
<a href='xml/MS_oyster_related.xml.xml' target='_blank'><b>Metadata</b><a></br>
Description: Digitized historic reef areas from 1920 map published by Louisiana Department of Conservation.
<a href='xml/1920 Historic Oyster Reefs Louisiana.xml' target='_blank'><b>Metadata</b><a></br>
Description: Digitized reef areas from historic maps by TNC.
<a href='xml/LA Historic Reef Areas Vermilion Bay 1906.xml' target='_blank'><b>Metadata</b><a></br>
Description: Marsh vegetation data from Louisiana Department of Fisheries and Wildlife 2001.
<a href='xml/LA Marsh LDWF 2001.xml' target='_blank'><b>Metadata</b><a></br>
Description: This data set contains Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) seagrass data of coastal Louisiana.<a href='xml/LA ESI Seagrass LDWF 2001.xml' target='_blank'><b>Metadata</b><a></br>
Description: Approximate oyster reef distribution circa 1882. Digitized from the General Chart of the Coast- Gulf of Mexico-1882-USFC. <a href='xml/oyster_1880.xml'
target='_blank'><b>Metadata</b><a></br>
Description: This dataset represents oyster coverage for available study areas in the state of Florida. Not all areas have been mapped. Source dates vary and many studies are much older than the compilation date. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute <a href='http://atoll.floridamarine.org/Data/Metadata/SDE_Current/oysters_fl_poly.htm' target='_blank'><b>Metadata</b><a>
Description: This dataset represents the saltwater marsh areas in Florida. The data are a compilation of available land use and land cover information mapped by Florida's water management districts. Source: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Center for Spatial Analysis <a href='http://atoll.floridamarine.org/Data/Metadata/SDE_Current/salt_marsh_fl_poly.htm' target='_blank'><b>Metadata</b><a>
Description: This dataset represents a compilation of statewide seagrass data from various source agencies and scales. Not all data in this compilation are mapped from photography; some are the results of field measurements. Source: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute <a href='http://myfwc.com/research/habitat/seagrasses/'
target='_blank'><b>Metadata</b><a></br>
Description: This dataset represents coral and other hard bottom type data available to FWRI. The extent and resolution of source datasets varies. This is not intended to be a comprehensive survey - data gaps do exist. Sliver polygons also exist due to differences in overlapping study areas, as well as some present in the source data sets. Worm and oyster reefs are not included in this compilation. Source: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute <a href='http://atoll.floridamarine.org/Data/Metadata/SDE_Current/coral_hardbottom_poly.htm' target='_blank'><b>Metadata</b><a>
Description: Approximate oyster reef distribution circa 1882. Digitized from the General Chart of the Coast- Gulf of Mexico-1882-USFC. <a href='xml/oyster_1880.xml'
target='_blank'><b>Metadata</b><a></br>
Description: Modeled larval concentration of eastern oyster by physical transport.
Metric in log10 transformed larval concentrations. Source: Kim, C.‐K.,
K. Park, S. P. Powers, W. M. Graham, and K. M. Bayha (2010), Oyster
larval transport in coastal Alabama: Dominance of physical transport
over biological behavior in a shallow estuary, Journal of Geophysical
Research, 115, C10019, doi:10.1029/2010JC006115. Spatial data provided to TNC by CK Kim. <a href='/xml/Kim_2010.pdf'
target='_blank'><b>Original source pdf</b>
<a></br><a href='xml/AL_oyster_larval_concentration.xml'
target='_blank'><b>Metadata</b><a></br>
Description: This data set consists of digital data describing submerged aquatic vegetation in coastal Alabama. The dataset was produced from native digital aerial imagery acquired on 7-20-09 and 8-26-09. The intended use of this data set is to provide an assessment of the status and trends of the distribution of submerged aquatic vegetation along the Alabama Coast in 2009. Source: Mobile Bay National Estuary Program <a href='xml/AL_seagrass.doc'
target='_blank'><b>Metadata</b><a></br>
Description: Observed spat settlement of eastern oyster (spats m^-2 day-1).
Metric in log10 transformed larval concentrations. Source: Kim, C.‐K.,
K. Park, S. P. Powers, W. M. Graham, and K. M. Bayha (2010), Oyster
larval transport in coastal Alabama: Dominance of physical transport
over biological behavior in a shallow estuary, Journal of Geophysical
Research, 115, C10019, doi:10.1029/2010JC006115. Spatial Data provided to TNC by CK Kim. <a href='/xml/Kim_2010.pdf'
target='_blank'><b>Original source pdf</b>
<a></br> <a href='/xml/AL_oyster_spat.xml'
target='_blank'><b>Metadata</b><a></br>
Name: Global Fishing Watch: Average Fishing Vessel Activity 2012-2017
Display Field:
Type: Group Layer
Geometry Type: null
Description: Data Source: Global Fishing Watch
Description: These layers show monthly fishing vessel traffic in the Gulf of Mexico. They have been created by The Nature Conservancy by compiling and normalizing Global Fishing Watch’s daily data for the period of January 2012-April 2017. The goal of compiling these layers into monthly data is to show any potential seasonality in fishing effort.
Citation:
1. Global Fishing Watch. SkyTruth, Oceana, Google, The Leonardo Dicaprio Foundation. <a href='http://globalfishingwatch.org' target='_blank'><b>http://globalfishingwatch.org</b></a>
2. The Nature Conservancy: Migratory Species Conservation Project. 2017. Migratoryblueways.org. Contact: <a href="mailto:valerie.pietsch@tnc.org">valerie.pietsch@tnc.org</a>
Description: Source: Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office for Coastal Management (OCM). MarineCadastre.gov. 2013 Fishing Vessel Density. Retrieved May 23, 2017 from <a href='https://marinecadastre.gov/data/' target='_blank'><b>marinecadastre.gov/data.</b><a>
Description: Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) are a navigation safety device that transmits and monitors the location and characteristics of many vessels in U.S. and international waters in real-time. This dataset represents the density of fishing vessel traffic in 2013 for the contiguous United States offshore waters from fishing vessels with AIS transponders in 100 meter grid cells. The dataset is best interpreted using a high to low density scale and does not represent actual vessel counts.
Metadata Link: <a href='https://coast.noaa.gov/dataservices/Metadata/TransformMetadata?u=https://coast.noaa.gov/data/Documents/Metadata/harvest/MarineCadastre/VesselDensityFishing2013.xml&f=html' target='_blank'><b>https://coast.noaa.gov/dataservices/Metadata/TransformMetadata?u=https://coast.noaa.gov/data/Documents/Metadata/harvest/MarineCadastre/VesselDensityFishing2013.xml&f=html</b><a></br>
Description: Source: Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office for Coastal Management (OCM). MarineCadastre.gov. 2013 Tanker Vessel Density. Retrieved May 23, 2017 from <a href='https://marinecadastre.gov/data/' target='_blank'><b>marinecadastre.gov/data.</b><a>
Description: Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) are a navigation safety device that transmits and monitors the location and characteristics of many vessels in U.S. and international waters in real-time. This dataset represents the density of tanker vessel traffic in 2013 for the contiguous United States offshore waters from tanker vessels with AIS transponders in 100 meter grid cells. The dataset is best interpreted using a high to low density scale and does not represent actual vessel counts.
Metadata Link: <a href='https://coast.noaa.gov/dataservices/Metadata/TransformMetadata?u=https://coast.noaa.gov/data/Documents/Metadata/harvest/MarineCadastre/VesselDensityTanker2013.xml&f=html' target='_blank'><b>https://coast.noaa.gov/dataservices/Metadata/TransformMetadata?u=https://coast.noaa.gov/data/Documents/Metadata/harvest/MarineCadastre/VesselDensityTanker2013.xml&f=html</b><a></br>
Name: Blue Marlin (adult) Essential Fish Habitat (EFH)
Display Field: Id
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Data Source: NOAA NMFS
Description: NOAA Fisheries conducted a 5-year review of Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Essential Fish Habitat (EFH). This review resulted in Amendment 10 to the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic HMS FMP in order to update HMS EFH. Learn more at <a href='http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/' target='_blank'><b>www.nmfs.noaa.gov.</b><a></br>
Citation: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). 2016. Amendment 10 to the 2006 Consolidated HMS Fishery Management Plan: Essential Fish Habitat. <a href='http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/documents/fmp/am10/' target='_blank'><b>http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/documents/fmp/am10</b><a> (June 2017).
Name: Blue Marlin (juvenile) Essential Fish Habitat (EFH)
Display Field: Id
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Data Source: NOAA NMFS
Description: NOAA Fisheries conducted a 5-year review of Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Essential Fish Habitat (EFH). This review resulted in Amendment 10 to the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic HMS FMP in order to update HMS EFH. Learn more at <a href='http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/' target='_blank'><b>www.nmfs.noaa.gov.</b><a></br>
Citation: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). 2016. Amendment 10 to the 2006 Consolidated HMS Fishery Management Plan: Essential Fish Habitat. <a href='http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/documents/fmp/am10/' target='_blank'><b>http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/documents/fmp/am10</b><a> (June 2017).
Description: Source: Brown-Peterson et al. 2008. “Do Blue Marlin Spawn in the North Gulf of Mexico?” University of Southern Mississippi, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, and College of William and Mary.
Description: Blue Marlin are seasonal residents in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Brown-Peterson et al. collected ovaries from 62 blue marlin captured during fishing tournaments to study blue marlin spawning patterns.
Metadata Link: <a href='http://gcrl.usm.edu/cv/brown-peterson.nancy/docs/Blue%20Marlin%20spawning%20GCFI%202008.pdf' target='_blank'><b>http://gcrl.usm.edu/cv/brown-peterson.nancy/docs/Blue%20Marlin%20spawning%20GCFI%202008.pdf</b><a>
Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.pietsch@tnc.org ">valerie.pietsch@tnc.org </a>
Description: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project <br><br>
Telemetry Data Sources: Kraus et al 2011, George Mason University. Mahmood Shivji, Guy Harvey Research Institute. See <a href='http://migratoryblueways.org' target='_blank'><b>migratoryblueways.org.</b></a> for a full list of data providers.<br><br>
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico.<br><br>
See the Get Started menu for a suggested citation. Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org ">valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org </a>
Description: Source: Collette, B., Acero, A., Amorim, A.F., Boustany, A., Canales Ramirez, C., Cardenas, G., Carpenter, K.E., de Oliveira Leite Jr., N., Di Natale, A., Die, D., Fox, W., Fredou, F.L., Graves, J., Guzman-Mora, A., Viera Hazin, F.H., Hinton, M., Juan Jorda, M., Minte Vera, C., Miyabe, N., Montano Cruz, R., Nelson, R., Oxenford, H., Restrepo, V., Salas, E., Schaefer, K., Schratwieser, J., Serra, R., Sun, C., Teixeira Lessa, R.P., Pires Ferreira Travassos, P.E., Uozumi, Y. & Yanez, E. 2011. Makaira nigricans. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Version 3.1 2011: e.T170314A6743776. <a href='http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/170314/0' target='_blank'><b>www.iucnredlist.org/details/170314/0</b><a> Downloaded on 7/1/2017.
Description: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is the most comprehensive list of global conservation status of biological species. The red list also publishes global spatial distribution for these species.
Metadata Link: <a href='http://spatial-data.s3.amazonaws.com/groups/METADATA%20for%20Digital%20Distribution%20Maps%20of%20The%20IUCN%20Red%20List%20of%20Threatened%20Species%E2%84%A2.pdf' target='_blank'><b>http://spatial-data.s3.amazonaws.com/groups/METADATA%20for%20Digital%20Distribution%20Maps%20of%20The%20IUCN%20Red%20List%20of%20Threatened%20Species%E2%84%A2.pdf</b><a>
Name: Blue Marlin Tag Locations (for 2018 corridor)
Display Field: OID_1
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Brenner, J. and V. McNulty. 2018. Migratory Species Conservation Project. The Nature Conservancy, Texas.
Telemetry Data Sources: Kraus et al 2011 via Texas A&M Galveston. Barbara Block, Stanford University via Animal Telemetry Network (ATN) 2017. Shivji 2010, Guy Harvey Research Institute. See migratoryblueways.org for a full list of data providers.
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. This layer was created as part of a Phase II assessment in 2018 to update corridors from the 2015 report and generate new corridors using newly available data. This layer shows the locations at which animals incorporated in this Phase II corridor were tagged to improve corridor interpretation.
See the Get Started menu for a suggested citation. Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org
Description: Brenner, J. and V. McNulty. 2018. Migratory Species Conservation Project. The Nature Conservancy, Texas.
Telemetry Data Sources: Kraus et al 2011 via Texas A&M Galveston. Barbara Block, Stanford University via Animal Telemetry Network (ATN) 2017. Shivji 2010, Guy Harvey Research Institute. See migratoryblueways.org for a full list of data providers.
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. This layer was created as part of a Phase II assessment in 2018 to update corridors from the 2015 report and generate new corridors using newly available data. This corridor is displayed at 99% movement density.
See the Get Started menu for a suggested citation. Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org
Name: Bluefin Tuna (adult) Essential Fish Habitat (EFH)
Display Field: Id
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Data Source: NOAA NMFS
Description: NOAA Fisheries conducted a 5-year review of Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Essential Fish Habitat (EFH). This review resulted in Amendment 10 to the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic HMS FMP in order to update HMS EFH. Learn more at <a href='http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/' target='_blank'><b>www.nmfs.noaa.gov.</b><a></br>
Citation: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). 2016. Amendment 10 to the 2006 Consolidated HMS Fishery Management Plan: Essential Fish Habitat. <a href='http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/documents/fmp/am10/' target='_blank'><b>http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/documents/fmp/am10</b><a> (June 2017).
Name: Bluefin Tuna (juvenile) Essential Fish Habitat (EFH)
Display Field: Id
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Data Source: NOAA NMFS
Description: NOAA Fisheries conducted a 5-year review of Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Essential Fish Habitat (EFH). This review resulted in Amendment 10 to the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic HMS FMP in order to update HMS EFH. Learn more at <a href='http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/' target='_blank'><b>www.nmfs.noaa.gov.</b><a></br>
Citation: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). 2016. Amendment 10 to the 2006 Consolidated HMS Fishery Management Plan: Essential Fish Habitat. <a href='http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/documents/fmp/am10/' target='_blank'><b>http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/documents/fmp/am10</b><a> (June 2017).
Description: Data Source: Pronatura; Instittuto Nacional de Pesca-Universidad Veracruzana (INAPESCA-UV); Ramirez-Lopez y Abad-Uribarren, 2013.
Description: These Atlantic bluefin tuna observations were collected over the period of 1994-2011.
Citation: Ramirez-Lopez K. Y A. Abad-Uribarren,2013.Analisis de la captura incidental del atun de aleta azul por la flota palangrera mexicana en el Golfo de Mexico,1994-2011.Collect.Vol.Sci.Pap.ICCAT,69(2):1046-1056. <a href='https://www.iccat.int/Documents/CVSP/CV069_2013/n_2/CV069021046.pdf' target='_blank'><b>https://www.iccat.int/Documents/CVSP/CV069_2013/n_2/CV069021046.pdf</b></a>
Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.pietsch@tnc.org ">valerie.pietsch@tnc.org </a>
Description: Data Source: Stanford University
Description: Teo, Boustany, and Block used electronic tagging and remotely sensed oceanographic data to determine the habitat use and preferences of Atlantic Bluefin tuna that likely breed in the Gulf of Mexico. Read the full report <a href='http://tagagiant.org/media/Teoetaloceanographicpreferences.pdf' target='_blank'><b>here.</b><a></br>
Citation: Teo, S.L.H., Boustany, A., Block, B.A., 2007. Oceanographic preferences of Atlantic bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus, on their Gulf of Mexico breeding grounds. Marine Biology 152:1105–1119.
Description: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project <br><br>
Telemetry Data Sources:Block et al 2009, Stanford University, Duke University, Dalhouse University & Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Stokesbury et al 2004, Dalhouse University, Stanford University & Monterey Bay Aquarium. Teo et al 2007,Stanford University. TOPP (Tagging of Pacific Predators). See <a href='http://migratoryblueways.org' target='_blank'><b>migratoryblueways.org.</b> </a> for a full list of data providers.<br><br>
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico.<br><br>
See the Get Started menu for a suggested citation. Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org ">valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org </a>
Description: Source: Collette, B., Amorim, A.F., Boustany, A., Carpenter, K.E., de Oliveira Leite Jr., N., Di Natale, A., Die, D., Fox, W., Fredou, F.L., Graves, J., Viera Hazin, F.H., Hinton, M., Juan Jorda, M., Kada, O., Minte Vera, C., Miyabe, N., Nelson, R., Oxenford, H., Pollard, D., Restrepo, V., Schratwieser, J., Teixeira Lessa, R.P., Pires Ferreira Travassos, P.E. & Uozumi, Y. 2011. Thunnus thynnus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Version 3.1 2011: e.T21860A9331546. <a href='http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/21860/0' target='_blank'><b>http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/21860/0</b><a> Downloaded on 7/1/2017.
Description: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is the most comprehensive list of global conservation status of biological species. The red list also publishes global spatial distribution for these species.
Metadata Link: <a href='http://spatial-data.s3.amazonaws.com/groups/METADATA%20for%20Digital%20Distribution%20Maps%20of%20The%20IUCN%20Red%20List%20of%20Threatened%20Species%E2%84%A2.pdf' target='_blank'><b>http://spatial-data.s3.amazonaws.com/groups/METADATA%20for%20Digital%20Distribution%20Maps%20of%20The%20IUCN%20Red%20List%20of%20Threatened%20Species%E2%84%A2.pdf</b><a>
Name: Bluefin Tuna Tag Locations (for 2018 corridor)
Display Field: OID_1
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Brenner, J. and V. McNulty. 2018. Migratory Species Conservation Project. The Nature Conservancy, Texas.
Telemetry Data Sources: Barbara Block, Stanford University via Animal Telemetry Network (ATN) 2017. NRDA Workgroup Data, Environmental Response Management Application (ERMA) 2017. Teo et al 2007, Stanford University. Stokesbury et al 2004, Dalhouse University, Stanford University, & Monterey Bay Aquarium. Block et al 2009, Stanford University, Duke University, Dalhouse University & Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada. See migratoryblueways.org for a full list of data providers.
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. This layer was created as part of a Phase II assessment in 2018 to update corridors from the 2015 report and generate new corridors using newly available data. This layer shows the locations at which animals incorporated in this Phase II corridor were tagged to improve corridor interpretation.
See the Get Started menu for a suggested citation. Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org
Description: Brenner, J. and V. McNulty. 2018. Migratory Species Conservation Project. The Nature Conservancy, Texas.
Telemetry Data Sources: Barbara Block, Stanford University via Animal Telemetry Network (ATN) 2017. NRDA Workgroup Data, Environmental Response Management Application (ERMA) 2017. Teo et al 2007, Stanford University. Stokesbury et al 2004, Dalhouse University, Stanford University, & Monterey Bay Aquarium. Block et al 2009, Stanford University, Duke University, Dalhouse University & Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada. See migratoryblueways.org for a full list of data providers. Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. This layer was created as part of a Phase II assessment in 2018 to update corridors from the 2015 report and generate new corridors using newly available data. This corridor is displayed at 99% movement density.
See the Get Started menu for a suggested citation. Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org
Name: Skipjack Tuna (adult) Essential Fish Habitat (EFH)
Display Field: Id
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Data Source: NOAA NMFS
Description: NOAA Fisheries conducted a 5-year review of Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Essential Fish Habitat (EFH). This review resulted in Amendment 10 to the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic HMS FMP in order to update HMS EFH. Learn more at <a href='http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/' target='_blank'><b>www.nmfs.noaa.gov.</b><a></br>
Citation: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). 2016. Amendment 10 to the 2006 Consolidated HMS Fishery Management Plan: Essential Fish Habitat. <a href='http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/documents/fmp/am10/' target='_blank'><b>http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/documents/fmp/am10</b><a> (June 2017).
Name: Skipjack Tuna (juvenile) Essential Fish Habitat (EFH)
Display Field: Id
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Data Source: NOAA NMFS
Description: NOAA Fisheries conducted a 5-year review of Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Essential Fish Habitat (EFH). This review resulted in Amendment 10 to the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic HMS FMP in order to update HMS EFH. Learn more at <a href='http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/' target='_blank'><b>www.nmfs.noaa.gov.</b><a></br>
Citation: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). 2016. Amendment 10 to the 2006 Consolidated HMS Fishery Management Plan: Essential Fish Habitat. <a href='http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/documents/fmp/am10/' target='_blank'><b>http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/documents/fmp/am10</b><a> (June 2017).
Name: Yellowfin Tuna (adult) Essential Fish Habitat (EFH)
Display Field: Id
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Data Source: NOAA NMFS
Description: NOAA Fisheries conducted a 5-year review of Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Essential Fish Habitat (EFH). This review resulted in Amendment 10 to the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic HMS FMP in order to update HMS EFH. Learn more at <a href='http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/' target='_blank'><b>www.nmfs.noaa.gov.</b><a></br>
Citation: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). 2016. Amendment 10 to the 2006 Consolidated HMS Fishery Management Plan: Essential Fish Habitat. <a href='http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/documents/fmp/am10/' target='_blank'><b>http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/documents/fmp/am10</b><a> (June 2017).
Name: Yellowfin Tuna (juvenile) Essential Fish Habitat (EFH)
Display Field: Id
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Data Source: NOAA NMFS
Description: NOAA Fisheries conducted a 5-year review of Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Essential Fish Habitat (EFH). This review resulted in Amendment 10 to the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic HMS FMP in order to update HMS EFH. Learn more at <a href='http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/' target='_blank'><b>www.nmfs.noaa.gov.</b><a></br>
Citation: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). 2016. Amendment 10 to the 2006 Consolidated HMS Fishery Management Plan: Essential Fish Habitat. <a href='http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/documents/fmp/am10/' target='_blank'><b>http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/documents/fmp/am10</b><a> (June 2017).
Name: Albacore Tuna (adult) Essential Fish Habitat (EFH)
Display Field: Id
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Data Source: NOAA NMFS
Description: NOAA Fisheries conducted a 5-year review of Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Essential Fish Habitat (EFH). This review resulted in Amendment 10 to the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic HMS FMP in order to update HMS EFH. Learn more at <a href='http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/' target='_blank'><b>www.nmfs.noaa.gov.</b><a></br>
Citation: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). 2016. Amendment 10 to the 2006 Consolidated HMS Fishery Management Plan: Essential Fish Habitat. <a href='http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/documents/fmp/am10/' target='_blank'><b>http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/documents/fmp/am10</b><a> (June 2017).
Name: Albacore Tuna (juvenile) Essential Fish Habitat (EFH)
Display Field: Id
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Data Source: NOAA NMFS
Description: NOAA Fisheries conducted a 5-year review of Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Essential Fish Habitat (EFH). This review resulted in Amendment 10 to the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic HMS FMP in order to update HMS EFH. Learn more at <a href='http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/' target='_blank'><b>www.nmfs.noaa.gov.</b><a></br>
Citation: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). 2016. Amendment 10 to the 2006 Consolidated HMS Fishery Management Plan: Essential Fish Habitat. <a href='http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/documents/fmp/am10/' target='_blank'><b>http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/documents/fmp/am10</b><a> (June 2017).
Name: Big Eye Tuna (adult) Essential Fish Habitat (EFH)
Display Field: Id
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Data Source: NOAA NMFS
Description: NOAA Fisheries conducted a 5-year review of Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Essential Fish Habitat (EFH). This review resulted in Amendment 10 to the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic HMS FMP in order to update HMS EFH. Learn more at <a href='http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/' target='_blank'><b>www.nmfs.noaa.gov.</b><a></br>
Citation: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). 2016. Amendment 10 to the 2006 Consolidated HMS Fishery Management Plan: Essential Fish Habitat. <a href='http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/documents/fmp/am10/' target='_blank'><b>http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/documents/fmp/am10</b><a> (June 2017).
Name: Big Eye Tuna (juvenile) Essential Fish Habitat (EFH)
Display Field: Id
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Data Source: NOAA NMFS
Description: NOAA Fisheries conducted a 5-year review of Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Essential Fish Habitat (EFH). This review resulted in Amendment 10 to the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic HMS FMP in order to update HMS EFH. Learn more at <a href='http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/' target='_blank'><b>www.nmfs.noaa.gov.</b><a></br>
Citation: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). 2016. Amendment 10 to the 2006 Consolidated HMS Fishery Management Plan: Essential Fish Habitat. <a href='http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/documents/fmp/am10/' target='_blank'><b>http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/documents/fmp/am10</b><a> (June 2017).
Name: Bull Shark (adult/juvenile) Essential Fish Habitat (EFH)
Display Field: Id
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Data Source: NOAA NMFS
Description: NOAA Fisheries conducted a 5-year review of Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Essential Fish Habitat (EFH). This review resulted in Amendment 10 to the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic HMS FMP in order to update HMS EFH. Learn more at <a href='http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/' target='_blank'><b>www.nmfs.noaa.gov.</b><a></br>
Citation: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). 2016. Amendment 10 to the 2006 Consolidated HMS Fishery Management Plan: Essential Fish Habitat. <a href='http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/documents/fmp/am10/' target='_blank'><b>http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/documents/fmp/am10</b><a> (June 2017).
Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.pietsch@tnc.org ">valerie.pietsch@tnc.org </a>
Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.pietsch@tnc.org ">valerie.pietsch@tnc.org </a>
Description: Source: Simpfendorfer, C. & Burgess, G.H. 2009. Carcharhinus leucas. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Version 3.1 2009: e.T39372A10187195. <a href='http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/39372/0' target='_blank'><b>http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/39372/0</b><a>. Downloaded on 7/1/2017.
Description: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is the most comprehensive list of global conservation status of biological species. The red list also publishes global spatial distribution for these species.
Metadata Link: <a href='http://spatial-data.s3.amazonaws.com/groups/METADATA%20for%20Digital%20Distribution%20Maps%20of%20The%20IUCN%20Red%20List%20of%20Threatened%20Species%E2%84%A2.pdf' target='_blank'><b>http://spatial-data.s3.amazonaws.com/groups/METADATA%20for%20Digital%20Distribution%20Maps%20of%20The%20IUCN%20Red%20List%20of%20Threatened%20Species%E2%84%A2.pdf</b><a>
Name: Bull Shark Tag Locations (for 2018 corridor)
Display Field: OID_1
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Brenner, J. and V. McNulty. 2018. Migratory Species Conservation Project. The Nature Conservancy, Texas.
Telemetry Data Sources: Brenner and McNulty 2017, Migratory Species Conservation Project, The Nature Conservancy. Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, University of Southern Mississippi 2018. Hueter et al, Center for Shark Research, Mote Marine Laboratory. Hammerschlag 2014, Marine Conservation Program, University of Miami. Hendon et al 2014, Center for Fisheries Research and Development, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, The University of Southern Mississippi. Stunz, Harte Research Institute at Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi. See migratoryblueways.org for a full list of data providers.
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. This layer was created as part of a Phase II assessment in 2018 to update corridors from the 2015 report and generate new corridors using newly available data. This layer shows the locations at which animals incorporated in this Phase II corridor were tagged to improve corridor interpretation.
See the Get Started menu for a suggested citation. Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org
Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.pietsch@tnc.org ">valerie.pietsch@tnc.org </a>
Description: Source: Collette, B., Acero, A., Amorim, A.F., Boustany, A., Canales Ramirez, C., Cardenas, G., Carpenter, K.E., de Oliveira Leite Jr., N., Di Natale, A., Fox, W., Fredou, F.L., Graves, J., Viera Hazin, F.H., Juan Jorda, M., Minte Vera, C., Miyabe, N., Montano Cruz, R., Nelson, R., Oxenford, H., Schaefer, K., Serra, R., Sun, C., Teixeira Lessa, R.P., Pires Ferreira Travassos, P.E., Uozumi, Y. & Yanez, E. 2011. Coryphaena hippurus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Version 3.1 2011: e.T154712A4614989. <a href='http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/154712/0' target='_blank'><b>http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/154712/0</b><a> Downloaded on 7/1/2017.
Description: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is the most comprehensive list of global conservation status of biological species. The red list also publishes global spatial distribution for these species.
Metadata Link: <a href='http://spatial-data.s3.amazonaws.com/groups/METADATA%20for%20Digital%20Distribution%20Maps%20of%20The%20IUCN%20Red%20List%20of%20Threatened%20Species%E2%84%A2.pdf' target='_blank'><b>http://spatial-data.s3.amazonaws.com/groups/METADATA%20for%20Digital%20Distribution%20Maps%20of%20The%20IUCN%20Red%20List%20of%20Threatened%20Species%E2%84%A2.pdf</b><a>
Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.pietsch@tnc.org ">valerie.pietsch@tnc.org </a>
Name: Gulf Menhaden Major Egg/Larvae Summer Distribution
Display Field: MAPNAME
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Sources: Data Retrieved from the Ocean Conservancy report: The Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem: A Coastal and Marine Atlas.
1. Trudel, B. K., Jessiman, B. J., Ross, S. L., Belore, R. C., and Morrison J. D. (1989). MIRG/SL Ross Oil Spill Impact Assessment Model, menhaden eggs and larve through March. Ottawa, Canada: SL Ros Environmental Research, Ltd.
2. Trudel, B. K., Jessiman, B. J., Ross, S. L., Belore, R. C., and Morrison, J. D. (1989). MIRG/SL Ross Oil Spill Impact Assessment Model, menhaden eggs and larvae April through September. Ottawa, Canada: SL Ross Environmental Research, Ltd.
3. Trudel, B. K., Jessiman, B. J. Ross, S. L., Belore, R. C., and Morrison, J. D. (1989). MIRG/SL Ross Oil Spill Impact Assessment Model, adult menhaden June through September. Ottawa, Canada: SL Ross Environmental Research, Ltd. 4. Trudel, B. K., Jessiman, B. J., Ross, S. L., Belore, R. C., and Morrison, J. D. (1989). MIRG/SL Ross Oil Spill Impact Assessment Model, adult menhaden December through February. Ottawa, Canada: SL Ross Environmental Research, Ltd.
5. Trudel, B. K., Jessiman, B. J., Ross, S. L., Belore, R. C., and Morrison, J. D. (1989). MIRG/SL Ross Oil Spill Impact Assessment Model, adult menhaden December through February and June through September. Ottawa, Canada: SL Ross Environmental Research, Ltd.
6. Smith, J., and Rester, J. (2009). Hotspots of menhaden fishing sets. Raster dataset. Ocean Springs, MS: Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission.
Description: The division between major and minor classifications varies depending on life stage. Major egg/larvae is defined as 100 eggs or larve/trawler hour. Major adult areas are defined as 10 adults/trawler hour, while minor adult areas are 1 adult/trawler hour.
Metadata Link: Map 21: Gulf Menhaden, Page 64-65. <a href='https://oceanconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/gulf-atlas.pdf' target='_blank'><b>https://oceanconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/gulf-atlas.pdf</b><a>
Name: Gulf Menhaden Major Egg/Larvae Winter Distribution
Display Field: MAPNAME
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Sources: Data Retrieved from the Ocean Conservancy report: The Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem: A Coastal and Marine Atlas.
1. Trudel, B. K., Jessiman, B. J., Ross, S. L., Belore, R. C., and Morrison J. D. (1989). MIRG/SL Ross Oil Spill Impact Assessment Model, menhaden eggs and larve through March. Ottawa, Canada: SL Ros Environmental Research, Ltd.
2. Trudel, B. K., Jessiman, B. J., Ross, S. L., Belore, R. C., and Morrison, J. D. (1989). MIRG/SL Ross Oil Spill Impact Assessment Model, menhaden eggs and larvae April through September. Ottawa, Canada: SL Ross Environmental Research, Ltd.
3. Trudel, B. K., Jessiman, B. J. Ross, S. L., Belore, R. C., and Morrison, J. D. (1989). MIRG/SL Ross Oil Spill Impact Assessment Model, adult menhaden June through September. Ottawa, Canada: SL Ross Environmental Research, Ltd. 4. Trudel, B. K., Jessiman, B. J., Ross, S. L., Belore, R. C., and Morrison, J. D. (1989). MIRG/SL Ross Oil Spill Impact Assessment Model, adult menhaden December through February. Ottawa, Canada: SL Ross Environmental Research, Ltd.
5. Trudel, B. K., Jessiman, B. J., Ross, S. L., Belore, R. C., and Morrison, J. D. (1989). MIRG/SL Ross Oil Spill Impact Assessment Model, adult menhaden December through February and June through September. Ottawa, Canada: SL Ross Environmental Research, Ltd.
6. Smith, J., and Rester, J. (2009). Hotspots of menhaden fishing sets. Raster dataset. Ocean Springs, MS: Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission.
Description: The division between major and minor classifications varies depending on life stage. Major egg/larvae is defined as 100 eggs or larve/trawler hour. Major adult areas are defined as 10 adults/trawler hour, while minor adult areas are 1 adult/trawler hour.
Metadata Link: Map 21: Gulf Menhaden, Page 64-65. <a href='https://oceanconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/gulf-atlas.pdf' target='_blank'><b>https://oceanconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/gulf-atlas.pdf</b><a>
Description: Sources: Data Retrieved from the Ocean Conservancy report: The Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem: A Coastal and Marine Atlas.
1. Trudel, B. K., Jessiman, B. J., Ross, S. L., Belore, R. C., and Morrison J. D. (1989). MIRG/SL Ross Oil Spill Impact Assessment Model, menhaden eggs and larve through March. Ottawa, Canada: SL Ros Environmental Research, Ltd.
2. Trudel, B. K., Jessiman, B. J., Ross, S. L., Belore, R. C., and Morrison, J. D. (1989). MIRG/SL Ross Oil Spill Impact Assessment Model, menhaden eggs and larvae April through September. Ottawa, Canada: SL Ross Environmental Research, Ltd.
3. Trudel, B. K., Jessiman, B. J. Ross, S. L., Belore, R. C., and Morrison, J. D. (1989). MIRG/SL Ross Oil Spill Impact Assessment Model, adult menhaden June through September. Ottawa, Canada: SL Ross Environmental Research, Ltd. 4. Trudel, B. K., Jessiman, B. J., Ross, S. L., Belore, R. C., and Morrison, J. D. (1989). MIRG/SL Ross Oil Spill Impact Assessment Model, adult menhaden December through February. Ottawa, Canada: SL Ross Environmental Research, Ltd.
5. Trudel, B. K., Jessiman, B. J., Ross, S. L., Belore, R. C., and Morrison, J. D. (1989). MIRG/SL Ross Oil Spill Impact Assessment Model, adult menhaden December through February and June through September. Ottawa, Canada: SL Ross Environmental Research, Ltd.
6. Smith, J., and Rester, J. (2009). Hotspots of menhaden fishing sets. Raster dataset. Ocean Springs, MS: Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission.
Description: The division between major and minor classifications varies depending on life stage. Major egg/larvae is defined as 100 eggs or larve/trawler hour. Major adult areas are defined as 10 adults/trawler hour, while minor adult areas are 1 adult/trawler hour.
Metadata Link: Map 21: Gulf Menhaden, Page 64-65. <a href='https://oceanconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/gulf-atlas.pdf' target='_blank'><b>https://oceanconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/gulf-atlas.pdf</b><a>
Name: Gulf Menhaden Major Adult Summer Distribution
Display Field: MAPNAME
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Sources: Data Retrieved from the Ocean Conservancy report: The Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem: A Coastal and Marine Atlas.
1. Trudel, B. K., Jessiman, B. J., Ross, S. L., Belore, R. C., and Morrison J. D. (1989). MIRG/SL Ross Oil Spill Impact Assessment Model, menhaden eggs and larve through March. Ottawa, Canada: SL Ros Environmental Research, Ltd.
2. Trudel, B. K., Jessiman, B. J., Ross, S. L., Belore, R. C., and Morrison, J. D. (1989). MIRG/SL Ross Oil Spill Impact Assessment Model, menhaden eggs and larvae April through September. Ottawa, Canada: SL Ross Environmental Research, Ltd.
3. Trudel, B. K., Jessiman, B. J. Ross, S. L., Belore, R. C., and Morrison, J. D. (1989). MIRG/SL Ross Oil Spill Impact Assessment Model, adult menhaden June through September. Ottawa, Canada: SL Ross Environmental Research, Ltd. 4. Trudel, B. K., Jessiman, B. J., Ross, S. L., Belore, R. C., and Morrison, J. D. (1989). MIRG/SL Ross Oil Spill Impact Assessment Model, adult menhaden December through February. Ottawa, Canada: SL Ross Environmental Research, Ltd.
5. Trudel, B. K., Jessiman, B. J., Ross, S. L., Belore, R. C., and Morrison, J. D. (1989). MIRG/SL Ross Oil Spill Impact Assessment Model, adult menhaden December through February and June through September. Ottawa, Canada: SL Ross Environmental Research, Ltd.
6. Smith, J., and Rester, J. (2009). Hotspots of menhaden fishing sets. Raster dataset. Ocean Springs, MS: Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission.
Description: The division between major and minor classifications varies depending on life stage. Major egg/larvae is defined as 100 eggs or larve/trawler hour. Major adult areas are defined as 10 adults/trawler hour, while minor adult areas are 1 adult/trawler hour.
Metadata Link: Map 21: Gulf Menhaden, Page 64-65. <a href='https://oceanconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/gulf-atlas.pdf' target='_blank'><b>https://oceanconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/gulf-atlas.pdf</b><a>
Name: Gulf Menhaden Major Adult Winter Distribution
Display Field: MAPNAME
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Sources: Data Retrieved from the Ocean Conservancy report: The Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem: A Coastal and Marine Atlas.
1. Trudel, B. K., Jessiman, B. J., Ross, S. L., Belore, R. C., and Morrison J. D. (1989). MIRG/SL Ross Oil Spill Impact Assessment Model, menhaden eggs and larve through March. Ottawa, Canada: SL Ros Environmental Research, Ltd.
2. Trudel, B. K., Jessiman, B. J., Ross, S. L., Belore, R. C., and Morrison, J. D. (1989). MIRG/SL Ross Oil Spill Impact Assessment Model, menhaden eggs and larvae April through September. Ottawa, Canada: SL Ross Environmental Research, Ltd.
3. Trudel, B. K., Jessiman, B. J. Ross, S. L., Belore, R. C., and Morrison, J. D. (1989). MIRG/SL Ross Oil Spill Impact Assessment Model, adult menhaden June through September. Ottawa, Canada: SL Ross Environmental Research, Ltd. 4. Trudel, B. K., Jessiman, B. J., Ross, S. L., Belore, R. C., and Morrison, J. D. (1989). MIRG/SL Ross Oil Spill Impact Assessment Model, adult menhaden December through February. Ottawa, Canada: SL Ross Environmental Research, Ltd.
5. Trudel, B. K., Jessiman, B. J., Ross, S. L., Belore, R. C., and Morrison, J. D. (1989). MIRG/SL Ross Oil Spill Impact Assessment Model, adult menhaden December through February and June through September. Ottawa, Canada: SL Ross Environmental Research, Ltd.
6. Smith, J., and Rester, J. (2009). Hotspots of menhaden fishing sets. Raster dataset. Ocean Springs, MS: Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission.
Description: The division between major and minor classifications varies depending on life stage. Major egg/larvae is defined as 100 eggs or larve/trawler hour. Major adult areas are defined as 10 adults/trawler hour, while minor adult areas are 1 adult/trawler hour.
Metadata Link: Map 21: Gulf Menhaden, Page 64-65. <a href='https://oceanconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/gulf-atlas.pdf' target='_blank'><b>https://oceanconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/gulf-atlas.pdf</b><a>
Name: Gulf Menhaden Minor Adult Winter Distribution
Display Field: MAPNAME
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Sources: Data Retrieved from the Ocean Conservancy report: The Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem: A Coastal and Marine Atlas.
1. Trudel, B. K., Jessiman, B. J., Ross, S. L., Belore, R. C., and Morrison J. D. (1989). MIRG/SL Ross Oil Spill Impact Assessment Model, menhaden eggs and larve through March. Ottawa, Canada: SL Ros Environmental Research, Ltd.
2. Trudel, B. K., Jessiman, B. J., Ross, S. L., Belore, R. C., and Morrison, J. D. (1989). MIRG/SL Ross Oil Spill Impact Assessment Model, menhaden eggs and larvae April through September. Ottawa, Canada: SL Ross Environmental Research, Ltd.
3. Trudel, B. K., Jessiman, B. J. Ross, S. L., Belore, R. C., and Morrison, J. D. (1989). MIRG/SL Ross Oil Spill Impact Assessment Model, adult menhaden June through September. Ottawa, Canada: SL Ross Environmental Research, Ltd. 4. Trudel, B. K., Jessiman, B. J., Ross, S. L., Belore, R. C., and Morrison, J. D. (1989). MIRG/SL Ross Oil Spill Impact Assessment Model, adult menhaden December through February. Ottawa, Canada: SL Ross Environmental Research, Ltd.
5. Trudel, B. K., Jessiman, B. J., Ross, S. L., Belore, R. C., and Morrison, J. D. (1989). MIRG/SL Ross Oil Spill Impact Assessment Model, adult menhaden December through February and June through September. Ottawa, Canada: SL Ross Environmental Research, Ltd.
6. Smith, J., and Rester, J. (2009). Hotspots of menhaden fishing sets. Raster dataset. Ocean Springs, MS: Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission.
Description: The division between major and minor classifications varies depending on life stage. Major egg/larvae is defined as 100 eggs or larve/trawler hour. Major adult areas are defined as 10 adults/trawler hour, while minor adult areas are 1 adult/trawler hour.
Metadata Link: Map 21: Gulf Menhaden, Page 64-65. <a href='https://oceanconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/gulf-atlas.pdf' target='_blank'><b>https://oceanconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/gulf-atlas.pdf</b><a>
Name: Gulf Menhaden Minor Adult Summer Distribution
Display Field: MAPNAME
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Sources: Data Retrieved from the Ocean Conservancy report: The Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem: A Coastal and Marine Atlas.
1. Trudel, B. K., Jessiman, B. J., Ross, S. L., Belore, R. C., and Morrison J. D. (1989). MIRG/SL Ross Oil Spill Impact Assessment Model, menhaden eggs and larve through March. Ottawa, Canada: SL Ros Environmental Research, Ltd.
2. Trudel, B. K., Jessiman, B. J., Ross, S. L., Belore, R. C., and Morrison, J. D. (1989). MIRG/SL Ross Oil Spill Impact Assessment Model, menhaden eggs and larvae April through September. Ottawa, Canada: SL Ross Environmental Research, Ltd.
3. Trudel, B. K., Jessiman, B. J. Ross, S. L., Belore, R. C., and Morrison, J. D. (1989). MIRG/SL Ross Oil Spill Impact Assessment Model, adult menhaden June through September. Ottawa, Canada: SL Ross Environmental Research, Ltd. 4. Trudel, B. K., Jessiman, B. J., Ross, S. L., Belore, R. C., and Morrison, J. D. (1989). MIRG/SL Ross Oil Spill Impact Assessment Model, adult menhaden December through February. Ottawa, Canada: SL Ross Environmental Research, Ltd.
5. Trudel, B. K., Jessiman, B. J., Ross, S. L., Belore, R. C., and Morrison, J. D. (1989). MIRG/SL Ross Oil Spill Impact Assessment Model, adult menhaden December through February and June through September. Ottawa, Canada: SL Ross Environmental Research, Ltd.
6. Smith, J., and Rester, J. (2009). Hotspots of menhaden fishing sets. Raster dataset. Ocean Springs, MS: Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission.
Description: The division between major and minor classifications varies depending on life stage. Major egg/larvae is defined as 100 eggs or larve/trawler hour. Major adult areas are defined as 10 adults/trawler hour, while minor adult areas are 1 adult/trawler hour.
Metadata Link: Map 21: Gulf Menhaden, Page 64-65. <a href='https://oceanconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/gulf-atlas.pdf' target='_blank'><b>https://oceanconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/gulf-atlas.pdf</b><a>
Description: Source: Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission. Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program (SEAMAP). Gulf Menhaden Distribution. <a href='http://www.gsmfc.org/' target='_blank'><b>http://www.gsmfc.org</b><a>
Description: The GSMFC SEAMAP is a state/federal/university program for collection, management, and dissemination of fishery-independent data and information in the southeastern United States.
Metadata Link: <a href='http://www.gsmfc.org/seamap.php' target='_blank'><b>http://www.gsmfc.org/seamap.php</b><a>
Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.pietsch@tnc.org ">valerie.pietsch@tnc.org </a>
Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.pietsch@tnc.org ">valerie.pietsch@tnc.org </a>
Description: Data Source: NOAA NMFS & USFWS
Description: NOAA Fisheries defines critical habitat as specific areas within the geographical area occupied by the species at the time of listing if they contain physical or biological features essential to conservation, or outside of the geographical area occupied by the species if that area is essential for conservation. Learn more at <a href='http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/criticalhabitat.htm' target='_blank'><b>nmfs.noaa.gov.</b><a></br>
Citation: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). 2014. Gulf Sturgeon Critical Habitat. <a href='http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdfs/criticalhabitat/gulfsturgeon.pdf' target='_blank'><b>http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdfs/criticalhabitat/gulfsturgeon.pdf </b><a></br> (June 2017).
Description: Data Source: NOAA NMFS & USFWS
Description: NOAA Fisheries defines critical habitat as specific areas within the geographical area occupied by the species at the time of listing if they contain physical or biological features essential to conservation, or outside of the geographical area occupied by the species if that area is essential for conservation. Learn more at <a href='http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/criticalhabitat.htm' target='_blank'><b>nmfs.noaa.gov.</b><a></br>
Citation: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). 2014. Gulf Sturgeon Critical Habitat. <a href='http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdfs/criticalhabitat/gulfsturgeon.pdf' target='_blank'><b>http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdfs/criticalhabitat/gulfsturgeon.pdf </b><a></br> (June 2017).
Description: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project <br><br>
Telemetry Data Sources:Edwards et al 2003, USGS, University of South Florida & NMFS. See <a href='http://migratoryblueways.org' target='_blank'><b>migratoryblueways.org.</b> </a> for a full list of data providers.<br><br>
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico<br><br>
See the Get Started menu for a suggested citation. Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org ">valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org </a>
Name: Gulf Sturgeon Tag Locations (for 2018 corridor)
Display Field: OID_1
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Brenner, J. and V. McNulty. 2018. Migratory Species Conservation Project. The Nature Conservancy, Texas.
Telemetry Data Sources: BP Gulf Science Data 2016, Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC). Edwards et al 2003, USGS, University of South Florida & NMFS. See migratoryblueways.org for a full list of data providers.
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. This layer was created as part of a Phase II assessment in 2018 to update corridors from the 2015 report and generate new corridors using newly available data. This layer shows the locations at which animals incorporated in this Phase II corridor were tagged to improve corridor interpretation.
See the Get Started menu for a suggested citation. Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org
Description: Brenner, J. and V. McNulty. 2018. Migratory Species Conservation Project. The Nature Conservancy, Texas.
Telemetry Data Sources: BP Gulf Science Data 2016, Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC). Edwards et al 2003, USGS, University of South Florida & NMFS. See migratoryblueways.org for a full list of data providers.
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. This layer was created as part of a Phase II assessment in 2018 to update corridors from the 2015 report and generate new corridors using newly available data. This corridor is displayed at 99% movement density.
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Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
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Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
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Description: Source: Bertoncini, A.A., Choat, J.H., Craig, M.T., Ferreira, B.P. & Rocha, L. 2008. Mycteroperca microlepis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Version 3.1 2008: e.T14050A4386366. <a href='http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/14050/0' target='_blank'><b>http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/14050/0</b><a> Downloaded on 7/1/2017.
Description: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is the most comprehensive list of global conservation status of biological species. The red list also publishes global spatial distribution for these species.
Metadata Link: <a href='http://spatial-data.s3.amazonaws.com/groups/METADATA%20for%20Digital%20Distribution%20Maps%20of%20The%20IUCN%20Red%20List%20of%20Threatened%20Species%E2%84%A2.pdf' target='_blank'><b>http://spatial-data.s3.amazonaws.com/groups/METADATA%20for%20Digital%20Distribution%20Maps%20of%20The%20IUCN%20Red%20List%20of%20Threatened%20Species%E2%84%A2.pdf</b><a>
Name: Mako Shark Tag Locations (for 2018 corridor)
Display Field: OID_1
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Brenner, J. and V. McNulty. 2018. Migratory Species Conservation Project. The Nature Conservancy, Texas.
Telemetry Data Sources: Guy Harvey Research Institute, Nova Southeastern University 2018. See migratoryblueways.org for a full list of data providers.
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. This layer was created as part of a Phase II assessment in 2018 to update corridors from the 2015 report and generate new corridors using newly available data. This layer shows the locations at which animals incorporated in this Phase II corridor were tagged to improve corridor interpretation.
See the Get Started menu for a suggested citation. Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org
Description: Brenner, J. and V. McNulty. 2018. Migratory Species Conservation Project. The Nature Conservancy, Texas.
Telemetry Data Sources: Guy Harvey Research Institute, Nova Southeastern University 2018. See migratoryblueways.org for a full list of data providers.
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. This layer was created as part of a Phase II assessment in 2018 to update corridors from the 2015 report and generate new corridors using newly available data. This corridor is displayed at 99% movement density.
See the Get Started menu for a suggested citation. Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org
Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.pietsch@tnc.org ">valerie.pietsch@tnc.org </a>
Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.pietsch@tnc.org ">valerie.pietsch@tnc.org </a>
Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
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Description: Source: Fruge et al. 2006. The Striped Bass Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico, United States: A Regional Management Plan. Striped Bass Technical Force, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission. Ocean Springs, MS. <a href='http://www.gsmfc.org/publications/GSMFC%20Number%20137.pdf' target='_blank'><b>http://www.gsmfc.org/publications/GSMFC%20Number%20137.pdf</b><a>
Description: The Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission (GSMFC) was established by the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Compact under Public Law 81-66 approved May 19, 1949. Its charge is to promote better management and utilization of marine resources in the Gulf of Mexico.
Metadata Link: <a href='http://www.gsmfc.org/publications/GSMFC%20Number%20137.pdf' target='_blank'><b>http://www.gsmfc.org/publications/GSMFC%20Number%20137.pdf</b><a>
Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.pietsch@tnc.org ">valerie.pietsch@tnc.org </a>
Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
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Description: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project <br><br>
Telemetry Data Sources:ProjectTarpon.com and the Bonefish and Tarpon Research Center, University of Miami. See <a href='http://migratoryblueways.org' target='_blank'><b>migratoryblueways.org.</b> </a> for a full list of data providers.<br><br>
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. <br><br>
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Description: Sources: Adams, A., Guindon, K., Horodysky, A., MacDonald, T., McBride, R., Shenker, J. & Ward, R. 2012. Megalops atlanticus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Version 3.1 2012: e.T191823A2006676. <a href='http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/191823/0' target='_blank'><b>www.iucnredlist.org</b><a> Downloaded on 7/1/2017.
Description: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is the most comprehensive list of global conservation status of biological species. The red list also publishes global spatial distribution for these species.
Metadata Link: <a href='http://spatial-data.s3.amazonaws.com/groups/METADATA%20for%20Digital%20Distribution%20Maps%20of%20The%20IUCN%20Red%20List%20of%20Threatened%20Species%E2%84%A2.pdf' target='_blank'><b>http://spatial-data.s3.amazonaws.com/groups/METADATA%20for%20Digital%20Distribution%20Maps%20of%20The%20IUCN%20Red%20List%20of%20Threatened%20Species%E2%84%A2.pdf</b><a>
Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.pietsch@tnc.org ">valerie.pietsch@tnc.org </a>
Name: Whale Shark Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) - all life stages
Display Field: Id
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Data Source: NOAA NMFS
Description: NOAA Fisheries conducted a 5-year review of Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Essential Fish Habitat (EFH). This review resulted in Amendment 10 to the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic HMS FMP in order to update HMS EFH. Learn more at <a href='http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/' target='_blank'><b>www.nmfs.noaa.gov.</b><a></br>
Citation: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). 2016. Amendment 10 to the 2006 Consolidated HMS Fishery Management Plan: Essential Fish Habitat. <a href='http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/documents/fmp/am10/' target='_blank'><b>http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/documents/fmp/am10</b><a> (June 2017).
Description: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project <br><br>
Telemetry Data Sources:Eric Hoffmayer, University of Southern Mississippi. Hueter et al 2013, Mote Marine Laboratory. TOPP (Tagging of Pacific Predators). See <a href='http://migratoryblueways.org' target='_blank'><b>migratoryblueways.org.</b> </a> for a full list of data providers.<br><br>
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico.<br><br>
See the Get Started menu for a suggested citation. Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org ">valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org </a>
Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
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Description: Reviewed distribution maps for Rhincodon typus (Whale shark), with modelled year 2100 native range map based on IPCC A2 emissions scenario. <a href='http://www.aquamaps.org/' target='_blank'><b>www.aquamaps.org.</b><a></br>, version of Aug. 2016. Web. Accessed 1 May. 2017.
Name: Whale Shark Tag Locations (for 2018 corridor)
Display Field: OID_1
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Brenner, J. and V. McNulty. 2018. Migratory Species Conservation Project. The Nature Conservancy, Texas.
Telemetry Data Sources: Barbara Block, Stanford University via Animal Telemetry Network (ATN) 2017. Hueter, Center for Shark Research, Mote Marine Laboratory. Hoffmayer 2013, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, University of Southern Mississippi. See migratoryblueways.org for a full list of data providers.
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. This layer was created as part of a Phase II assessment in 2018 to update corridors from the 2015 report and generate new corridors using newly available data. This layer shows the locations at which animals incorporated in this Phase II corridor were tagged to improve corridor interpretation.
See the Get Started menu for a suggested citation. Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org
Description: Brenner, J. and V. McNulty. 2018. Migratory Species Conservation Project. The Nature Conservancy, Texas.
Telemetry Data Sources: Barbara Block, Stanford University via Animal Telemetry Network (ATN) 2017. Hueter, Center for Shark Research, Mote Marine Laboratory. Hoffmayer 2013, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, University of Southern Mississippi. See migratoryblueways.org for a full list of data providers.
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. This layer was created as part of a Phase II assessment in 2018 to update corridors from the 2015 report and generate new corridors using newly available data. This corridor is displayed at 99% movement density.
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Name: Tiger Shark (adult/juvenile) Essential Fish Habitat (EFH)
Display Field: Id
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Data Source: NOAA NMFS
Description: NOAA Fisheries conducted a 5-year review of Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Essential Fish Habitat (EFH). This review resulted in Amendment 10 to the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic HMS FMP in order to update HMS EFH. Learn more at <a href='http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/' target='_blank'><b>www.nmfs.noaa.gov.</b><a></br>
Citation: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). 2016. Amendment 10 to the 2006 Consolidated HMS Fishery Management Plan: Essential Fish Habitat. <a href='http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/documents/fmp/am10/' target='_blank'><b>http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/documents/fmp/am10</b><a> (June 2017).
Description: Data Source: NOAA NMFS
Description: NOAA Fisheries conducted a 5-year review of Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Essential Fish Habitat (EFH). This review resulted in Amendment 10 to the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic HMS FMP in order to update HMS EFH. Learn more at <a href='http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/' target='_blank'><b>www.nmfs.noaa.gov.</b><a></br>
Citation: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). 2016. Amendment 10 to the 2006 Consolidated HMS Fishery Management Plan: Essential Fish Habitat. <a href='http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/documents/fmp/am10/' target='_blank'><b>http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/documents/fmp/am10</b><a> (June 2017).
Name: Coastal Migratory Pelagic Essential Fish Habitat (EFH)
Display Field: Area_SqKm
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Data Source: NOAA NMFS
Description: NOAA Fisheries conducted a 5-year review of Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Essential Fish Habitat (EFH). This review resulted in Amendment 10 to the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic HMS FMP in order to update HMS EFH. Learn more at <a href='http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/' target='_blank'><b>www.nmfs.noaa.gov.</b><a></br>
Citation: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). 2016. Amendment 10 to the 2006 Consolidated HMS Fishery Management Plan: Essential Fish Habitat. <a href='http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/documents/fmp/am10/' target='_blank'><b>http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/documents/fmp/am10</b><a> (June 2017).
Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.pietsch@tnc.org ">valerie.pietsch@tnc.org </a>
Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.pietsch@tnc.org ">valerie.pietsch@tnc.org </a>
Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.pietsch@tnc.org ">valerie.pietsch@tnc.org </a>
Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.pietsch@tnc.org ">valerie.pietsch@tnc.org </a>
Description: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project <br><br>
Telemetry Data Sources:Blumenthal et al 2006, Cayman Turtle Farm, Cayman Islands Department of Environment. McClellan et al 2009, Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter & Duke University. A Coleman, Institute for Marine Mammal Studies. See <a href='http://migratoryblueways.org' target='_blank'><b>migratoryblueways.org.</b> </a> for a full list of data providers. Anton Tucker, Mote Marine Laboratory, OBIS Seamap. Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Foundation. <br><br>
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico.<br><br>
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Description: Source: Seminoff, J.A. (Southwest Fisheries Science Center, U.S.). 2004. Chelonia mydas. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Version 3.1 2004: e.T4615A11037468. <a href='http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/4615/0' target='_blank'><b>http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/4615/0</b><a>. Downloaded on 7/1/2017.
Description: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is the most comprehensive list of global conservation status of biological species. The red list also publishes global spatial distribution for these species.
Metadata Link: <a href='http://spatial-data.s3.amazonaws.com/groups/METADATA%20for%20Digital%20Distribution%20Maps%20of%20The%20IUCN%20Red%20List%20of%20Threatened%20Species%E2%84%A2.pdf' target='_blank'><b>http://spatial-data.s3.amazonaws.com/groups/METADATA%20for%20Digital%20Distribution%20Maps%20of%20The%20IUCN%20Red%20List%20of%20Threatened%20Species%E2%84%A2.pdf</b><a>
Name: Green Sea Turtle Tag Locations (for 2018 corridor)
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Description: Brenner, J. and V. McNulty. 2018. Migratory Species Conservation Project. The Nature Conservancy, Texas.
Telemetry Data Sources: Blumenthal et al 2006, Cayman Islands Department of Environment. Cayman Turtle Farm 2012. McClellan 2009, Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter & Duke University. Tiburcio et al 2001. Coleman, Institute for Marine Mammal Studies. OBIS Seamap 2014. Vazquez-Cuevas 2015, Pronatura México. Eastman, Eastman Environmental. Seaturtle.org. Brenner and McNulty 2017, Migratory Species Conservation Project, The Nature Conservancy. OBIS-USA 2014, USGS. Virginia Aquarium 2014, Lockhart et al 2014, Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Foundation. See migratoryblueways.org for a full list of data providers.
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. This layer was created as part of a Phase II assessment in 2018 to update corridors from the 2015 report and generate new corridors using newly available data. This layer shows the locations at which animals incorporated in this Phase II corridor were tagged to improve corridor interpretation.
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Name: Green Sea Turtle Migratory Corridor Updated 2018
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Geometry Type: null
Description: Brenner, J. and V. McNulty. 2018. Migratory Species Conservation Project. The Nature Conservancy, Texas.
Telemetry Data Sources: Blumenthal et al 2006, Cayman Islands Department of Environment. Cayman Turtle Farm 2012. McClellan 2009, Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter & Duke University. Tiburcio et al 2001. Coleman, Institute for Marine Mammal Studies. OBIS Seamap 2014. Vazquez-Cuevas 2015, Pronatura México. Eastman, Eastman Environmental. Seaturtle.org. Brenner and McNulty 2017, Migratory Species Conservation Project, The Nature Conservancy. OBIS-USA 2014, USGS. Virginia Aquarium 2014, Lockhart et al 2014, Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Foundation. See migratoryblueways.org for a full list of data providers.
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. This layer was created as part of a Phase II assessment in 2018 to update corridors from the 2015 report and generate new corridors using newly available data. This corridor is displayed at 99% movement density.
See the Get Started menu for a suggested citation. Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org
Name: Hawksbill Sea Turtle Tag Locations (for 2018 corridor)
Display Field: OID_1
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Brenner, J. and V. McNulty. 2018. Migratory Species Conservation Project. The Nature Conservancy, Texas.
Telemetry Data Sources: Moncada et al 2012. Cuevas et al 2012, Pronatura México. See migratoryblueways.org for a full list of data providers.
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. This layer was created as part of a Phase II assessment in 2018 to update corridors from the 2015 report and generate new corridors using newly available data. This layer shows the locations at which animals incorporated in this Phase II corridor were tagged to improve corridor interpretation.
See the Get Started menu for a suggested citation. Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org
Description: Brenner, J. and V. McNulty. 2018. Migratory Species Conservation Project. The Nature Conservancy, Texas.
Telemetry Data Sources: Moncada et al 2012. Cuevas et al 2012, Pronatura México. See migratoryblueways.org for a full list of data providers.
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. This layer was created as part of a Phase II assessment in 2018 to update corridors from the 2015 report and generate new corridors using newly available data. This corridor is displayed at 99% movement density.
See the Get Started menu for a suggested citation. Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org
Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.pietsch@tnc.org ">valerie.pietsch@tnc.org </a>
Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.pietsch@tnc.org ">valerie.pietsch@tnc.org </a>
Name: Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle Non Nesting Aggregations
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Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.pietsch@tnc.org ">valerie.pietsch@tnc.org </a>
Description: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project <br><br>
Telemetry Data Sources:Blumenthal et al 2006, Cayman Turtle Farm, Cayman Islands Department of Environment. McClellan et al 2009, Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter & Duke University. A Coleman, Institute for Marine Mammal Studies. See <a href='http://migratoryblueways.org' target='_blank'><b>migratoryblueways.org.</b> </a> for a full list of data providers. Anton Tucker, Mote Marine Laboratory, OBIS Seamap. Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Foundation. <br><br>
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. <br><br>
See the Get Started menu for a suggested citation. Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org ">valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org </a>
Description: Source: SWOT Report - State of the World’s Sea Turtles, vol. X (2015); Kot, C.Y., E. Fujioka, A.D. DiMatteo, B.P. Wallace, B.J. Hutchinson, J. Cleary, P.N. Halpin and R.B. Mast. 2015. The State of the World's Sea Turtles Online Database: Data provided by the SWOT Team and hosted on OBIS-SEAMAP. Oceanic Society, Conservation International, IUCN Marine Turtle Specialist Group (MTSG), and Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University. <a href='http://seamap.env.duke.edu/swot' target='_blank'><b>http://seamap.env.duke.edu/swot.</b><a>
Description: The State of the World’s Sea Turtles (SWOT) is a partnership among Oceanic Society, the IUCN Marine Turtle Specialist Group (MTSG), Duke University’s OBIS-SEAMAP, and an ever-growing international team of local organizations, scientists, and conservationists.
Metadata Link: <a href='http://seamap.env.duke.edu/swot' target='_blank'><b>http://seamap.env.duke.edu/swot.</b><a>
Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.pietsch@tnc.org ">valerie.pietsch@tnc.org </a>
Name: Leatherback Sea Turtle Non Nesting Aggregations
Display Field: AggName
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.pietsch@tnc.org ">valerie.pietsch@tnc.org </a>
Name: Leatherback Sea Turtle Distribution IUCN 2013
Display Field: binomial
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Source: Wallace, B.P., Tiwari, M. & Girondot, M. 2013. Dermochelys coriacea. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Version 3.1 2013: e.T6494A43526147. <a href='http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/6494/0' target='_blank'><b>http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/6494/0.</b><a> Downloaded on 7/1/2017.
Description: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is the most comprehensive list of global conservation status of biological species. The red list also publishes global spatial distribution for these species.
Metadata Link: <a href='http://spatial-data.s3.amazonaws.com/groups/METADATA%20for%20Digital%20Distribution%20Maps%20of%20The%20IUCN%20Red%20List%20of%20Threatened%20Species%E2%84%A2.pdf' target='_blank'><b>http://spatial-data.s3.amazonaws.com/groups/METADATA%20for%20Digital%20Distribution%20Maps%20of%20The%20IUCN%20Red%20List%20of%20Threatened%20Species%E2%84%A2.pdf</b><a>
Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.pietsch@tnc.org ">valerie.pietsch@tnc.org </a>
Name: Loggerhead Sea Turtle Critical Habitat USFWS NOAA Non Beach
Display Field: unit_num
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Data Source: NOAA NMFS & USFWS
Description: NOAA Fisheries defines critical habitat as specific areas within the geographical area occupied by the species at the time of listing if they contain physical or biological features essential to conservation, or outside of the geographical area occupied by the species if that area is essential for conservation. Learn more at <a href='http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/criticalhabitat.htm' target='_blank'><b>nmfs.noaa.gov.</b><a></br>
Citation: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). 2003. Loggerhead Turtle (Northwest Atlantic) Summary Map of Critical Habitat. <a href='http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/turtles/criticalhabitat_loggerhead.htm' target='_blank'><b>http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/turtles/criticalhabitat_loggerhead.htm</b><a></br> (June 2017).
Copyright Text: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries Service's Office of Protected Resources
Name: Loggerhead Sea Turtle Non Nesting Aggregations
Display Field: AggName
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.pietsch@tnc.org ">valerie.pietsch@tnc.org </a>
Description: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project <br><br>
Telemetry Data Sources:Blumenthal et al 2006, Cayman Turtle Farm,Cayman Islands Department of Environment. McClellan et al 2009, Centre for Ecology and Conservation & University of Exeter & Duke University. E.L. Hickerson 2000, Texas A&M University. A Coleman, Institute for Marine Mammal Studies. Anton Tucker, Mote Marine Laboratory, OBIS Seamap. M. Coyne 2017, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC). Hawkes et al 2007,University of Exeter, Seaturtle.org & North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Foundation2014. See <a href='http://migratoryblueways.org' target='_blank'><b>migratoryblueways.org.</b> </a> for a full list of data providers.<br><br>
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico.<br><br>
See the Get Started menu for a suggested citation. Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org ">valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org </a>
Description: Source: SWOT Report - State of the World’s Sea Turtles, vol. X (2015); Kot, C.Y., E. Fujioka, A.D. DiMatteo, B.P. Wallace, B.J. Hutchinson, J. Cleary, P.N. Halpin and R.B. Mast. 2015. The State of the World's Sea Turtles Online Database: Data provided by the SWOT Team and hosted on OBIS-SEAMAP. Oceanic Society, Conservation International, IUCN Marine Turtle Specialist Group (MTSG), and Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University. <a href='http://seamap.env.duke.edu/swot' target='_blank'><b>http://seamap.env.duke.edu/swot.</b><a>
Description: The State of the World’s Sea Turtles (SWOT) is a partnership among Oceanic Society, the IUCN Marine Turtle Specialist Group (MTSG), Duke University’s OBIS-SEAMAP, and an ever-growing international team of local organizations, scientists, and conservationists.
Metadata Link: <a href='http://seamap.env.duke.edu/swot' target='_blank'><b>http://seamap.env.duke.edu/swot.</b><a>
Name: Loggerhead Sea Turtle Tag Locations (for 2018 corridor)
Display Field: OBJECTID
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Brenner, J. and V. McNulty. 2018. Migratory Species Conservation Project. The Nature Conservancy, Texas.
Telemetry Data Sources: Blumenthal et al 2006, Cayman Islands Department of Environment. Data Integration Visualization Exploration and Reporting Application (DIVER) 2017. McClellan 2009, Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter & Duke University. OBIS Seamap 2014. Foley et al 2014, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, NMFS, USFWS, & National Park Service. Dodd, Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Facility, Gumbo Limbo Nature Center. Hickerson 2000, Texas A&M University, College Station., Coleman, Institute for Marine Mammal Studies. Hirsch, Loggerhead Marinelife Center. Hawkes et al 2007, University of Exeter, Seaturtle.org, & North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. Researchers: Katrina Phillips, University of Central Florida; Kate Mansfield, University of Central Florida; and David Addison, Conservancy of Southwest Florida. Cuevas et al 2012, Pronatura México. The Aquarium at Moody Gardens, 2014. Nelson 1999, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Virginia Aquarium 2014, Lockhart et al 2014, Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Foundation. See migratoryblueways.org for a full list of data providers.
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. This layer was created as part of a Phase II assessment in 2018 to update corridors from the 2015 report and generate new corridors using newly available data. This layer shows the locations at which animals incorporated in this Phase II corridor were tagged to improve corridor interpretation.
See the Get Started menu for a suggested citation. Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org
Description: Brenner, J. and V. McNulty. 2018. Migratory Species Conservation Project. The Nature Conservancy, Texas.
Telemetry Data Sources: Blumenthal et al 2006, Cayman Islands Department of Environment. Data Integration Visualization Exploration and Reporting Application (DIVER) 2017. McClellan 2009, Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter & Duke University. OBIS Seamap 2014. Foley et al 2014, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, NMFS, USFWS, & National Park Service. Dodd, Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Facility, Gumbo Limbo Nature Center. Hickerson 2000, Texas A&M University, College Station., Coleman, Institute for Marine Mammal Studies. Hirsch, Loggerhead Marinelife Center. Hawkes et al 2007, University of Exeter, Seaturtle.org, & North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. Researchers: Katrina Phillips, University of Central Florida; Kate Mansfield, University of Central Florida; and David Addison, Conservancy of Southwest Florida. Cuevas et al 2012, Pronatura México. The Aquarium at Moody Gardens, 2014. Nelson 1999, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Virginia Aquarium 2014, Lockhart et al 2014, Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Foundation. See migratoryblueways.org for a full list of data providers.
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. This layer was created as part of a Phase II assessment in 2018 to update corridors from the 2015 report and generate new corridors using newly available data. This corridor is displayed at 99% movement density.
See the Get Started menu for a suggested citation. Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org
Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.pietsch@tnc.org ">valerie.pietsch@tnc.org </a>
Description: Data Sources: Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission, WIDECAST, SWOT, and many others (full list below)
Description: Sea turtle nesting beach information came from a large variety of sources. Most of this data was collected through morning crawl counts, irregular monitoring throughout the nesting season, daily monitoring, night monitoring, nest translocation, and daily patrols by observers.
Citations:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, and Statewide Nesting Beach Survey program coordinator. 2013. <a href='http://ocean.floridamarine.org/mrgis/Description_Layers_Marine.htm#benthic' target='_blank'><b>http://ocean.floridamarine.org/mrgis/Description_Layers_Marine.htm#benthic</b><a> (August 2014).
Dow, W., K. Eckert, M. Palmer and P. Kramer. 2007. An atlas of sea turtle nesting habitat for the Wider Caribbean Region. The Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network (WIDECAST) and The Nature Conservancy. WIDECAST Technical Report No. 6. Beaufort, 267 pp. <a href='http://seamap.env.duke.edu/widecast' target='_blank'><b>http://seamap.env.duke.edu/widecast</b><a> (August 2014).
SWOT: SWOT Report - State of the World’s Sea Turtles, vol. I (2006); SWOT Report - State of the World’s Sea Turtles, vol. II (2006); SWOT Report - State of the World’s Sea Turtles, vol. III (2008); SWOT Report - State of the World’s Sea Turtles, vol. IV (2009); SWOT Report - State of the World’s Sea Turtles, vol. V (2010); SWOT Report - State of the World’s Sea Turtles, vol. VI (2011); SWOT Report - State of the World’s Sea Turtles, vol. VII (2012); SWOT Report - State of the World’s Sea Turtles, vol. VIII (2013), State of the World’s Sea Turtles (SWOT), Arlington; Kot, C.Y., A. DiMatteo, E. Fujioka, B. Wallace, B. Hutchinson, J. Cleary, P. Halpin, and R. Mast. 2013. The state of the world’s sea turtles online database: Data provided by the SWOT Team and hosted on OBIS-SEAMAP. Oceanic Society, Conservation International, IUCN Marine Turtle Specialist Group (MTSG), and Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University. <a href='http://seamap.env.duke.edu/swot' target='_blank'><b>http://seamap.env.duke.edu/swot</b><a> (August 2014). View the full list of sources <a href='xml/AllSeaTurtleNestingBeaches_Metadata.pdf' target='_blank'><b>here.</b><a></br>
Description: Data Source: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission – Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
Description: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s synoptic surveys are winter aerial surveys that cover all of the manatees’ wintering habitats Florida. Learn more at myfwc.com.
Citation:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute. 2014. Manatee synoptic survey sightings (1991-present). <a href='http://ocean.floridamarine.org/mrgis/' target='_blank'><b>http://ocean.floridamarine.org/mrgis</b><a></br> (August 2014).
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute. Unpublished material. Aerial distribution survey for manatees. <a href='http://ocean.floridamarine.org/mrgis/' target='_blank'><b>http://ocean.floridamarine.org/mrgis</b><a></br> (August 2014).
Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.pietsch@tnc.org ">valerie.pietsch@tnc.org </a>
Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.pietsch@tnc.org ">valerie.pietsch@tnc.org </a>
Description: Source: Save the Manatee Club. 2014. <a href='http://www.savethemanatee.org/info_manatee_migration.html' target='_blank'><b>http://www.savethemanatee.org/info_manatee_migration.html</b><a> Accessed: Aug 15 2014.
Description: Save the Manatee Club works to protect manatees and their aquatic habitat for future generations.
Metadata Link: <a href='http://www.savethemanatee.org/info_manatee_migration.html' target='_blank'><b>http://www.savethemanatee.org/info_manatee_migration.html</b><a>
Description: Brenner, J. and V. McNulty. 2018. Migratory Species Conservation Project. The Nature Conservancy, Texas.
Telemetry Data Sources: Carmichael, R.H., and A. Aven 2017, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, University of South Alabama. See migratoryblueways.org for a full list of data providers.
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. This layer was created as part of a Phase II assessment in 2018 to update corridors from the 2015 report and generate new corridors using newly available data. This layer shows the locations at which animals incorporated in this Phase II corridor were tagged to improve corridor interpretation.
See the Get Started menu for a suggested citation. Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org
Description: Brenner, J. and V. McNulty. 2018. Migratory Species Conservation Project. The Nature Conservancy, Texas.
Telemetry Data Sources: Carmichael, R.H., and A. Aven 2017, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, University of South Alabama. See migratoryblueways.org for a full list of data providers.
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. This layer was created as part of a Phase II assessment in 2018 to update corridors from the 2015 report and generate new corridors using newly available data. This corridor is displayed at 99% movement density.
See the Get Started menu for a suggested citation. Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org
Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.pietsch@tnc.org ">valerie.pietsch@tnc.org </a>
Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.pietsch@tnc.org ">valerie.pietsch@tnc.org </a>
Description: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project <br><br>
Telemetry Data Sources: Jochens et al 2008, U.S. Department of the Interior. See <a href='http://migratoryblueways.org' target='_blank'><b>migratoryblueways.org.</b></a> for a full list of data providers.<br><br>
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species andimprove the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. <br><br>
See the Get Started menu for a suggested citation. Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org ">valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org </a>
Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.pietsch@tnc.org ">valerie.pietsch@tnc.org </a>
Description: Source: Taylor, B.L., Baird, R., Barlow, J., Dawson, S.M., Ford, J., Mead, J.G., Notarbartolo di Sciara, G., Wade, P. & Pitman, R.L. 2008. Physeter macrocephalus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Version 3.1 2008: e.T41755A10554884. <a href='http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/41755/0' target='_blank'><b>http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/41755/0.</b><a> Downloaded on 7/1/2017. Description: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is the most comprehensive list of global conservation status of biological species. The red list also publishes global spatial distribution for these species.
Metadata Link: <a href='http://spatial-data.s3.amazonaws.com/groups/METADATA%20for%20Digital%20Distribution%20Maps%20of%20The%20IUCN%20Red%20List%20of%20Threatened%20Species%E2%84%A2.pdf' target='_blank'><b>http://spatial-data.s3.amazonaws.com/groups/METADATA%20for%20Digital%20Distribution%20Maps%20of%20The%20IUCN%20Red%20List%20of%20Threatened%20Species%E2%84%A2.pdf</b><a>
Name: Sperm Whale Tag Locations (for 2018 corridor)
Display Field: OID_1
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Brenner, J. and V. McNulty. 2018. Migratory Species Conservation Project. The Nature Conservancy, Texas.
Telemetry Data Sources: Jochens et al 2008, U.S. Department of the Interior. Data Integration Visualization Exploration and Reporting Application (DIVER) 2017. See migratoryblueways.org for a full list of data providers.
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. This layer was created as part of a Phase II assessment in 2018 to update corridors from the 2015 report and generate new corridors using newly available data. This layer shows the locations at which animals incorporated in this Phase II corridor were tagged to improve corridor interpretation.
See the Get Started menu for a suggested citation. Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org
Description: Brenner, J. and V. McNulty. 2018. Migratory Species Conservation Project. The Nature Conservancy, Texas.
Telemetry Data Sources: Jochens et al 2008, U.S. Department of the Interior. Data Integration Visualization Exploration and Reporting Application (DIVER) 2017. See migratoryblueways.org for a full list of data providers.
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. This layer was created as part of a Phase II assessment in 2018 to update corridors from the 2015 report and generate new corridors using newly available data. This corridor is displayed at 99.5% movement density.
See the Get Started menu for a suggested citation. Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org
Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.pietsch@tnc.org ">valerie.pietsch@tnc.org </a>
Description: Data Source: BirdLife International and NatureServe
Description: BirdLife International and NatureServe compiled a global dataset of bird species distributions, as a part of the IUCN Red List assessment for birds. This dataset covers 9783 bird species with known distributions. For more information visit <a href='http://www.birdlife.org/' target='_blank'><b>birdlife.org</b><a></br> or <a href='http://www.natureserve.org/' target='_blank'><b>natureserve.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Birdlife International, NatureServe (2014) Bird species distribution maps of the world. BirdLife International, Cambridge, United Kingdom and NatureServe, Arlington, United States. Available: <a href='http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/info/spcdownload' target='_blank'><b>http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/info/spcdownload</b><a></br>
Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.pietsch@tnc.org ">valerie.pietsch@tnc.org </a>
Description: Data Source: BirdLife International and NatureServe
Description: BirdLife International and NatureServe compiled a global dataset of bird species distributions, as a part of the IUCN Red List assessment for birds. This dataset covers 9783 bird species with known distributions. For more information visit <a href='http://www.birdlife.org/' target='_blank'><b>birdlife.org</b><a></br> or <a href='http://www.natureserve.org/' target='_blank'><b>natureserve.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Birdlife International, NatureServe (2014) Bird species distribution maps of the world. BirdLife International, Cambridge, United Kingdom and NatureServe, Arlington, United States. Available: <a href='http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/info/spcdownload' target='_blank'><b>http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/info/spcdownload</b><a></br>
Description: Source: USGS Patuxent Colonial Waterbird Survey 1987-2003. <a href='https://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/cwb/' target='_blank'><b>https://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/cwb</b><a>
Description: The Colonial Water Monitoring Database is a part of the USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center’s Waterbird Monitoring Partnership of the Waterbirds for the Americas Initiative.
Metadata Link: <a href='https://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/cwb/database/' target='_blank'><b>https://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/cwb/database</b><a>
Copyright Text: 1) Love, M., Baldera, A., Yeung, C., & Robbins, C. (2013). The Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem: A Coastal and Marine Atlas. New Orleans, LA: Ocean Conservancy, Gulf Restoration Center. 2) Dinsmore, S. J. (2005). Baseline inventory of avian communities on the Mississippi coast. (Mississippi Museum of Natural Sciences Technical Report Number 113.). 3) Florida Shorebird Alliance. (2010). Florida beach nesting birds database. Tallahassee, FL: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Retrieved May 28, 2012, from http://legacy.myfwc.com/bnb/. 4) Florida Shorebird Alliance. (2011). Florida shorebird database. Tallahassee, FL: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Retrieved May 28, 2012, from https://public.myfwc.com/crossdoi/shorebirds/index.html. 5) MacKinnon de Montes, B. (2012). Yucatan Peninsula nesting [Personal communication]. Amigos de Sian Ka’an A.C. 6) Michot, T. C., Jeske, C. W., Mazourek, J. C., Vermillion, W., & Kemmerer, R. S. (2003). Atlas and census of wading bird and seabird nesting colonies in South Louisiana, 2001. Thibodaux, LA: Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program. 7) Texas Colonial Waterbird Society. (2012). Unpublished data from colonial waterbird database 1985-2010. Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute. 8) USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. (2012, June 21). Colonial waterbird monitoring database 1985- 2004. 9) Vallarino Moncada, A. (2012). Terminos lagoon nesting [Personal communication]. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología.
Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.pietsch@tnc.org ">valerie.pietsch@tnc.org </a>
Description: Data Source: BirdLife International and NatureServe
Description: BirdLife International and NatureServe compiled a global dataset of bird species distributions, as a part of the IUCN Red List assessment for birds. This dataset covers 9783 bird species with known distributions. For more information visit <a href='http://www.birdlife.org/' target='_blank'><b>birdlife.org</b><a></br> or <a href='http://www.natureserve.org/' target='_blank'><b>natureserve.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Birdlife International, NatureServe (2014) Bird species distribution maps of the world. BirdLife International, Cambridge, United Kingdom and NatureServe, Arlington, United States. Available: <a href='http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/info/spcdownload' target='_blank'><b>http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/info/spcdownload</b><a></br>
Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.pietsch@tnc.org ">valerie.pietsch@tnc.org </a>
Description: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project <br><br>
Telemetry Data Sources:McCabe et al 2014, HMS (Hawk Mountain Sanctuary). Haines et al 2003, Millersville University. See <a href='http://migratoryblueways.org' target='_blank'><b>migratoryblueways.org.</b> </a> for a full list of data providers.<br><br>
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. <br><br>
See the Get Started menu for a suggested citation. Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org ">valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org </a>
Description: Data Source: BirdLife International and NatureServe
Description: BirdLife International and NatureServe compiled a global dataset of bird species distributions, as a part of the IUCN Red List assessment for birds. This dataset covers 9783 bird species with known distributions. For more information visit <a href='http://www.birdlife.org/' target='_blank'><b>birdlife.org</b><a></br> or <a href='http://www.natureserve.org/' target='_blank'><b>natureserve.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Birdlife International, NatureServe (2014) Bird species distribution maps of the world. BirdLife International, Cambridge, United Kingdom and NatureServe, Arlington, United States. Available: <a href='http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/info/spcdownload' target='_blank'><b>http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/info/spcdownload</b><a></br>
Name: Broad-winged Hawk Tag Locations (for 2018 corridor)
Display Field: OBJECTID
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Brenner, J. and V. McNulty. 2018. Migratory Species Conservation Project. The Nature Conservancy, Texas.
Telemetry Data Sources: McCabe et al 2014, Hawk Mountain Sanctuary (HMS). See migratoryblueways.org for a full list of data providers.
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. This layer was created as part of a Phase II assessment in 2018 to update corridors from the 2015 report and generate new corridors using newly available data. This layer shows the locations at which animals incorporated in this Phase II corridor were tagged to improve corridor interpretation.
See the Get Started menu for a suggested citation. Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org
Description: Brenner, J. and V. McNulty. 2018. Migratory Species Conservation Project. The Nature Conservancy, Texas.
Telemetry Data Sources: McCabe et al 2014, Hawk Mountain Sanctuary (HMS). See migratoryblueways.org for a full list of data providers.
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. This layer was created as part of a Phase II assessment in 2018 to update corridors from the 2015 report and generate new corridors using newly available data. This corridor is displayed at 99% movement density.
See the Get Started menu for a suggested citation. Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org
Name: Brown Noddy Tag Locations (for 2018 corridor)
Display Field: OID_1
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Brenner, J. and V. McNulty. 2018. Migratory Species Conservation Project. The Nature Conservancy, Texas.
Telemetry Data Sources: Maxwell et al 2016. See migratoryblueways.org for a full list of data providers.
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. This layer was created as part of a Phase II assessment in 2018 to update corridors from the 2015 report and generate new corridors using newly available data. This layer shows the locations at which animals incorporated in this Phase II corridor were tagged to improve corridor interpretation.
See the Get Started menu for a suggested citation. Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org
Description: Brenner, J. and V. McNulty. 2018. Migratory Species Conservation Project. The Nature Conservancy, Texas.
Telemetry Data Sources: Maxwell et al 2016. See migratoryblueways.org for a full list of data providers.
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. This layer was created as part of a Phase II assessment in 2018 to update corridors from the 2015 report and generate new corridors using newly available data. This corridor is displayed at 99% movement density.
See the Get Started menu for a suggested citation. Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org
Name: Brown Pelican Tag Locations (for 2018 corridor)
Display Field: OID_1
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Brenner, J. and V. McNulty. 2018. Migratory Species Conservation Project. The Nature Conservancy, Texas.
Telemetry Data Sources: BP Gulf Science Data 2016, Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC). Lamb et al 2017, University of Rhode Island. See migratoryblueways.org for a full list of data providers.
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. This layer was created as part of a Phase II assessment in 2018 to update corridors from the 2015 report and generate new corridors using newly available data. This layer shows the locations at which animals incorporated in this Phase II corridor were tagged to improve corridor interpretation.
See the Get Started menu for a suggested citation. Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org
Name: Brown Pelican Migratory Corridor Updated 2018
Display Field:
Type: Raster Layer
Geometry Type: null
Description: Brenner, J. and V. McNulty. 2018. Migratory Species Conservation Project. The Nature Conservancy, Texas.
Telemetry Data Sources: BP Gulf Science Data 2016, Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC). Lamb et al 2017, University of Rhode Island. See migratoryblueways.org for a full list of data providers.
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. This layer was created as part of a Phase II assessment in 2018 to update corridors from the 2015 report and generate new corridors using newly available data. This corridor is displayed at 99.5% movement density.
See the Get Started menu for a suggested citation. Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org
Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.pietsch@tnc.org ">valerie.pietsch@tnc.org </a>
Description: Data Source: BirdLife International and NatureServe
Description: BirdLife International and NatureServe compiled a global dataset of bird species distributions, as a part of the IUCN Red List assessment for birds. This dataset covers 9783 bird species with known distributions. For more information visit <a href='http://www.birdlife.org/' target='_blank'><b>birdlife.org</b><a></br> or <a href='http://www.natureserve.org/' target='_blank'><b>natureserve.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Birdlife International, NatureServe (2014) Bird species distribution maps of the world. BirdLife International, Cambridge, United Kingdom and NatureServe, Arlington, United States. Available: <a href='http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/info/spcdownload' target='_blank'><b>http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/info/spcdownload</b><a></br>
Name: Magnificent Frigatebird Tag Locations (for 2018 corridor)
Display Field: OID_1
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Brenner, J. and V. McNulty. 2018. Migratory Species Conservation Project. The Nature Conservancy, Texas.
Telemetry Data Sources: Wikelski 2017, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Parque Nacional Isla Contoy. See migratoryblueways.org for a full list of data providers.
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. This layer was created as part of a Phase II assessment in 2018 to update corridors from the 2015 report and generate new corridors using newly available data. This layer shows the locations at which animals incorporated in this Phase II corridor were tagged to improve corridor interpretation.
See the Get Started menu for a suggested citation. Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org
Description: Brenner, J. and V. McNulty. 2018. Migratory Species Conservation Project. The Nature Conservancy, Texas.
Telemetry Data Sources: Wikelski 2017, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Parque Nacional Isla Contoy. See migratoryblueways.org for a full list of data providers.
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. This layer was created as part of a Phase II assessment in 2018 to update corridors from the 2015 report and generate new corridors using newly available data. This corridor is displayed at 99% movement density.
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Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
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Description: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project <br><br>
Telemetry Data Sources:Domenech et al 2014, Raptor View Research Institute, The MPG Ranch & University of Montana. R. Bierregaard, Drexel University. Martell et al 2001, National Audubon Society. Postupalsky et al 2014, OWSEM/Michigan Osprey, MDNR-Wildlife Division, Detroit Zoological Society, USDA-Wildlife Services & Huron Valley Audubon Society. See <a href='http://migratoryblueways.org' target='_blank'><b>migratoryblueways.org.</b> </a> for a full list of data providers.<br><br>
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. <br><br>
See the Get Started menu for a suggested citation. Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org ">valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org </a>
Description: Data Source: BirdLife International and NatureServe
Description: BirdLife International and NatureServe compiled a global dataset of bird species distributions, as a part of the IUCN Red List assessment for birds. This dataset covers 9783 bird species with known distributions. For more information visit <a href='http://www.birdlife.org/' target='_blank'><b>birdlife.org</b><a></br> or <a href='http://www.natureserve.org/' target='_blank'><b>natureserve.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Birdlife International, NatureServe (2014) Bird species distribution maps of the world. BirdLife International, Cambridge, United Kingdom and NatureServe, Arlington, United States. Available: <a href='http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/info/spcdownload' target='_blank'><b>http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/info/spcdownload</b><a></br>
Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.pietsch@tnc.org ">valerie.pietsch@tnc.org </a>
Description: Data Source: BirdLife International and NatureServe
Description: BirdLife International and NatureServe compiled a global dataset of bird species distributions, as a part of the IUCN Red List assessment for birds. This dataset covers 9783 bird species with known distributions. For more information visit <a href='http://www.birdlife.org/' target='_blank'><b>birdlife.org</b><a></br> or <a href='http://www.natureserve.org/' target='_blank'><b>natureserve.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Birdlife International, NatureServe (2014) Bird species distribution maps of the world. BirdLife International, Cambridge, United Kingdom and NatureServe, Arlington, United States. Available: <a href='http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/info/spcdownload' target='_blank'><b>http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/info/spcdownload</b><a></br>
Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.pietsch@tnc.org ">valerie.pietsch@tnc.org </a>
Description: Data Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Description: “Critical habitat” is defined by the U.S. FWS as a specific geographic area(s) that contains features essential for the conservation of a threatened or endangered species and that may require special management and protection, and it may include an area that is not currently occupied by the species but that will be needed for its recovery. The “U.S. FWS Threatened & Endangered Species Active Critical Habitat Report” consists of spatial data that is available through the Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS). Learn more at <a href='https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/report/table/critical-habitat.html' target='_blank'><b>ecos.fws.gov.</b><a></br>
Citation: United States Fish and Wildlife Service. 1978. Whooping Crane (Grus Americana) Critical Habitat. <a href='https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp0/profile/speciesProfile?spcode=B003#crithab' target='_blank'><b>https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp0/profile/speciesProfile?spcode=B003#crithab</b><a></br> (June 2017).
Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.pietsch@tnc.org ">valerie.pietsch@tnc.org </a>
Description: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project <br><br>
Telemetry Data Sources:Austin and Richert 2001, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Brei et al 2009, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). See <a href='http://migratoryblueways.org' target='_blank'><b>migratoryblueways.org.</b> </a> for a full list of data providers.<br><br>
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large oceanexpanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. <br><br>
See the Get Started menu for a suggested citation. Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org ">valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org </a>
Description: Data Source: BirdLife International and NatureServe
Description: BirdLife International and NatureServe compiled a global dataset of bird species distributions, as a part of the IUCN Red List assessment for birds. This dataset covers 9783 bird species with known distributions. For more information visit <a href='http://www.birdlife.org/' target='_blank'><b>birdlife.org</b><a></br> or <a href='http://www.natureserve.org/' target='_blank'><b>natureserve.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Birdlife International, NatureServe (2014) Bird species distribution maps of the world. BirdLife International, Cambridge, United Kingdom and NatureServe, Arlington, United States. Available: <a href='http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/info/spcdownload' target='_blank'><b>http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/info/spcdownload</b><a></br>
Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.pietsch@tnc.org ">valerie.pietsch@tnc.org </a>
Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.pietsch@tnc.org ">valerie.pietsch@tnc.org </a>
Description: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project <br><br>
Telemetry Data Sources:Stutchbury et al 2009 and Stanley et al 2015, York University, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Canadian Wildlife Service, Purple Martin Conservation Association, & British Antarctic Survey. See <a href='http://migratoryblueways.org' target='_blank'><b>migratoryblueways.org.</b> </a> for a full list of data providers.<br><br>
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. <br><br>
See the Get Started menu for a suggested citation. Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org ">valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org </a>
Description: Data Source: BirdLife International and NatureServe
Description: BirdLife International and NatureServe compiled a global dataset of bird species distributions, as a part of the IUCN Red List assessment for birds. This dataset covers 9783 bird species with known distributions. For more information visit <a href='http://www.birdlife.org/' target='_blank'><b>birdlife.org</b><a></br> or <a href='http://www.natureserve.org/' target='_blank'><b>natureserve.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Birdlife International, NatureServe (2014) Bird species distribution maps of the world. BirdLife International, Cambridge, United Kingdom and NatureServe, Arlington, United States. Available: <a href='http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/info/spcdownload' target='_blank'><b>http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/info/spcdownload</b><a></br>
Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.pietsch@tnc.org ">valerie.pietsch@tnc.org </a>
Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.pietsch@tnc.org ">valerie.pietsch@tnc.org </a>
Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Bird Program
Description: Priority migratory bird stopovers were defined by The Nature Conservancy’s <a href='https://www.nature.org/newsfeatures/specialfeatures/animals/birds/migratorybirds/index.htm' target='_blank'><b>Migratory Bird Program</b><a></br> in a previous study.
Citation: The Nature Conservancy. 2003. Gulf Wings suites, sites, and subsites. Unpublished report. The Nature Conservancy. Arlington, 2 pp.
Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Bird Program
Description: Priority migratory bird stopovers were defined by The Nature Conservancy’s <a href='https://www.nature.org/newsfeatures/specialfeatures/animals/birds/migratorybirds/index.htm' target='_blank'><b>Migratory Bird Program</b><a></br> in a previous study.
Citation: The Nature Conservancy. 2003. Gulf Wings suites, sites, and subsites. Unpublished report. The Nature Conservancy. Arlington, 2 pp.
Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.pietsch@tnc.org ">valerie.pietsch@tnc.org </a>
Description: Data Source: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory Species Conservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiple marine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. The layers in this map portal were created as part of a Phase I assessment. More information about these data layers can be learned from the Migratory Species full report, and more about the ongoing project can be found at <a href='http://gulfofmexicomigrations.org' target='_blank'><b>GulfofMexicoMigrations.org.</b><a></br>
Citation: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.pietsch@tnc.org ">valerie.pietsch@tnc.org </a>
Description: The Nature Conservancy, Migratory Species Conservation Project <br><br>
See each species migratory corridor metadata for species-specific telemetry data providers. See <a href='http://migratoryblueways.org' target='_blank'><b>migratoryblueways.org.</b> </a> for a full list of data providers.<br><br>
Description: The Nature Conservancy’s Migratory SpeciesConservation Project aims to identify migratory “blueways” in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond in order to preserve migratory marine species and improve the health of large marine ecosystems. Blueways are highly-trafficked migratory pathways used by multiplemarine species across large ocean expanses such as the Gulf of Mexico. <br><br>
See the Get Started menu for a suggested citation. Email questions about The Nature Conservancy’s data to <a href="mailto:valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org ">valerie.mcnulty@tnc.org </a>
Description: Source: Brenner, J., C. Voight, and D. Mehlman. 2016. Migratory Species in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Pathways, Threats and Conservation. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, 93 pp.
Description: The protected and other managed areas in the Gulf of Mexico LME were overlaid with the marine multispecies corridors in GIS. Protected and managed areas used in this analysis include national parks, national marine sanctuaries, national forest, national wildlife refuges, state parks, state wildlife management areas, and private protected areas owned by the Conservancy, Audubon, and land trusts. Protected areas in the United States, Mexico, and Cuba where obtained from national databases such as Protected Areas Database of the United States (USGS 2012), Cobertura de las Areas Protegidas Federales de México (CONANP 2014), and World Database on Protected Areas (IUCN and UNEP-WCMC 2015), respectively. Other managed areas such as the Conservancy’s private preserves and management areas (The Nature Conservancy 2015b) and state wildlife management areas were obtained from a variety of sources. This analysis identified areas of corridors that are protected or under other types of management. A Tabular Intersection Analysis in GIS was conducted to determine the percentage of each species’ migratory corridor located in protected areas. This same analysis was used to calculate the percentage of each species’ aggregation areas and highest movement density (top 25 percent of movement from movement density analysis) located in protected areas.
Metadata Link: <a href='https://www.nature.org/media/gulfofmexico/migratory_species_full_report.pdf' target='_blank'><b>https://www.nature.org/media/gulfofmexico/migratory_species_full_report.pdf</b><a> and <a href='http://migratoryblueways.org/' target='_blank'><b>Migratoryblueways.org</b><a>
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