Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

NOAA Fisheries Rocky Reefs Habitat Areas of Particular Concern (HAPC) GIS data for the West Coast USA, v.2025-06 (NCEI Accession 0313075)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Catalog Last Checked: August 03, 2026 at 05:19 AM | Dataset Last Updated: March 20, 2026 at 12:00 AM
These data show the geographic distribution of Rocky Reefs Habitat Areas of Particular Concern (HAPC), out to the deepest edge of available substrate data (i.e., varying between 2,500 and 4,000 m water depth, depending on latitude) on the West Coast of the contiguous United States. Rocky Reefs HAPC includes those waters, substrates and other biogenic features associated with hard substrate (bedrock, boulders, cobble, gravel, etc.) to the mean higher high water line. These data were derived directly from a regional substrate habitat dataset - the Pacific Marine and Estuarine Fish Habitat Partnership’s (PMEP) "West Coast USA Nearshore CMECS Substrate Habitat." The PMEP Substrate Habitat dataset is a data compilation that includes 70 input datasets with substrate attributes cross-walked into Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS) Substrate Component (SC) ecological units. CMECS SC units were aligned with the definition of Rocky Reefs HAPC, and a new attribute field was included in the PMEP Substrate Habitat dataset to facilitate a simple attribute query for extracting the Rocky Reefs HAPC polygons.

Resources

10 resources available

  • NCEI Dataset Landing Page

    TEXT/HTML
    Visit Page

  • Descriptive Information

    TEXT/HTML
    Visit Page

  • HTTPS

    TEXT/HTML
    Visit Page

  • FTP

    TEXT/HTML
    Visit Page

  • https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/79362

    TEXT/HTML
    Visit Page

  • https://maps.psmfc.org/media/PMEP/Documents/PMEP_Nearshore_FishInvert_Habitat_Report.pdf

    PDF
    Download

  • https://www.pacificfishhabitat.org/data/nearshore-cmecs-substrate-habitat/

    TEXT/HTML
    Visit Page

  • https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/27552

    TEXT/HTML
    Visit Page

  • GCMD Keyword Forum Page

    TEXT/HTML
    Visit Page

  • NCEI Contact Information

    TEXT/HTML
    Visit Page

Find Related Datasets

Search by Tags

Click any tag below to search for similar datasets

0313075 SEDIMENTS - PARTICLE SIZE FRACTIONS SUBSTRATE DESCRIPTION geological GIS product sediment analysis NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center Coastal Waters of California

Complete Metadata
@type dcat:Dataset
accessLevel non-public
contactPoint 
{
  "fn": "NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information",
  "@type": "vcard:Contact",
  "hasEmail": "mailto:ncei.info@noaa.gov"
}
describedByType application/octet-steam
description These data show the geographic distribution of Rocky Reefs Habitat Areas of Particular Concern (HAPC), out to the deepest edge of available substrate data (i.e., varying between 2,500 and 4,000 m water depth, depending on latitude) on the West Coast of the contiguous United States. Rocky Reefs HAPC includes those waters, substrates and other biogenic features associated with hard substrate (bedrock, boulders, cobble, gravel, etc.) to the mean higher high water line. These data were derived directly from a regional substrate habitat dataset - the Pacific Marine and Estuarine Fish Habitat Partnership’s (PMEP) "West Coast USA Nearshore CMECS Substrate Habitat." The PMEP Substrate Habitat dataset is a data compilation that includes 70 input datasets with substrate attributes cross-walked into Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS) Substrate Component (SC) ecological units. CMECS SC units were aligned with the definition of Rocky Reefs HAPC, and a new attribute field was included in the PMEP Substrate Habitat dataset to facilitate a simple attribute query for extracting the Rocky Reefs HAPC polygons.
distribution 
[
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "NCEI Dataset Landing Page",
    "accessURL": "https://doi.org/10.25921/2p36-q188",
    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "description": "Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links.",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-stream"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Descriptive Information",
    "accessURL": "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/oas/313075",
    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "description": "Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links.",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-stream"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "HTTPS",
    "accessURL": "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/download/313075",
    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "description": "Navigate directly to the URL for data access and direct download.",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-stream"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "FTP",
    "accessURL": "ftp://ftp-oceans.ncei.noaa.gov/nodc/archive/arc0243/0313075/",
    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "description": "These data are available through the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). FTP is no longer supported by most internet browsers. You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP).",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-stream"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/79362",
    "accessURL": "https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/79362",
    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "description": "InPort Catalog Item 79362",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-stream"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "https://maps.psmfc.org/media/PMEP/Documents/PMEP_Nearshore_FishInvert_Habitat_Report.pdf",
    "format": "PDF",
    "mediaType": "application/pdf",
    "description": "Scientific Report",
    "downloadURL": "https://maps.psmfc.org/media/PMEP/Documents/PMEP_Nearshore_FishInvert_Habitat_Report.pdf",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-stream"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "https://www.pacificfishhabitat.org/data/nearshore-cmecs-substrate-habitat/",
    "accessURL": "https://www.pacificfishhabitat.org/data/nearshore-cmecs-substrate-habitat/",
    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "description": "geodatabase",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-stream"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/27552",
    "accessURL": "https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/27552",
    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "description": "Scientific Report",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-stream"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "GCMD Keyword Forum Page",
    "accessURL": "https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords",
    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "description": "Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-stream"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "NCEI Contact Information",
    "accessURL": "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact",
    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "description": "Information for contacts at NCEI.",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-stream"
  }
]
identifier https://data.noaa.gov/waf/NOAA/NESDIS/ncei/accessions/iso/xml/0313075.xml
issued 1990-01-26T00:00:00.000+00:00
keyword 
[
  "0313075",
  "SEDIMENTS - PARTICLE SIZE FRACTIONS",
  "SUBSTRATE DESCRIPTION",
  "geological",
  "GIS product",
  "sediment analysis",
  "NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center",
  "Coastal Waters of California",
  "Coastal Waters of Washington/Oregon",
  "North Pacific Ocean",
  "Puget Sound",
  "West Coast - US/Canada",
  "oceanography",
  "DOC/NOAA/NMFS/NWFSC > Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
  "Pacific Coast Groundfish Essential Fish Habitat",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS",
  "OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN",
  "CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA",
  "CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA",
  "CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > CALIFORNIA",
  "CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > OREGON",
  "CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > WASHINGTON",
  "GEOGRAPHIC REGION > NORTHERN HEMISPHERE",
  "OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN",
  "VERTICAL LOCATION > SEA FLOOR",
  "GW3EFJ"
]
language 
[]
license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
modified 2026-03-20T00:00:00.000+00:00
publisher 
{
  "name": "NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information",
  "@type": "org:Organization"
}
rights otherRestrictions
spatial -97.1214180003416,27.7734210003884,-97.1404720003793,27.82608599996
temporal 1989-11-21T00:00:00+00:00/1990-01-26T00:00:00+00:00
theme 
[
  "geospatial"
]
title NOAA Fisheries Rocky Reefs Habitat Areas of Particular Concern (HAPC) GIS data for the West Coast USA, v.2025-06 (NCEI Accession 0313075)

data.gov

An official website of the GSA's Technology Transformation Services

Looking for U.S. government information and services?
Visit USA.gov