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    • Habitat Use Database - Groundfish Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Habitat Use Database (HUD)

    Metadata Updated: May 24, 2025

    The Habitat Use Database (HUD) was specifically designed to address the need for habitat-use analyses in support of groundfish EFH, HAPCs, and fishing and nonfishing impacts components of the 2005 EFH EIS. HUD functionality and accessibility, and the ecological information upon which the HUD is based, will be improved in order for this database to fully support fisheries and ecosystem science and management. Upgrades to and applications of the HUD will be facilitated through a series of prioritized phases:

    • Fully integrate the data entry, quality control, and reporting capabilities from the original HUD Access database with a web-based and programmatic interface. Improve software for HUD to accommodate the most current habitat maps and habitat classification codes. This will be achieved by NMFS in consultation with HUD architects at Oregon State University.

    • Review and update the biological and ecological information in the HUD.

    • Develop and apply improved models that will be used to create updated habitat suitability maps for all west coast groundfish species using the updated HUD and Pacific coast seafloor habitat maps.

    • Integrate habitat suitability models with the online groundfish EFH data catalog (http://efh-catalog.coas.oregonstate.edu/overview/). 2005 habitat-use analysis supporting groundfish EFH.

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    Dates

    Metadata Date May 15, 2025
    Metadata Created Date October 19, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date May 24, 2025
    Reference Date(s) June 2, 2003 (creation), May 22, 2019 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NMFS NWFSC

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date May 15, 2025
    Metadata Created Date October 19, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date May 24, 2025
    Reference Date(s) June 2, 2003 (creation), May 22, 2019 (publication)
    Responsible Party (Point of Contact, Custodian)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:18425
    Access Constraints Cite As: Northwest Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: Habitat Use Database - Groundfish Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Habitat Use Database (HUD) [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/18425., Access Constraints: NA
    Bbox East Long -122.3062
    Bbox North Lat 47.6449
    Bbox South Lat 44.6229
    Bbox West Long -124.0472
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update
    Licence NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose.
    Lineage Data is manually extracted from literature and entered into the database via a web application.
    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-124.0472, 44.6229], [-122.3062, 44.6229], [-122.3062, 47.6449], [-124.0472, 47.6449], [-124.0472, 44.6229]]]}
    Progress underDevelopment
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 2015-10-01
    Temporal Extent End 2016-09-30

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