gov.noaa.nodc:0313075 eng utf8 dataset NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NOAA Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information custodian 2026-06-08T13:25:00Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) NOAA Fisheries Rocky Reefs Habitat Areas of Particular Concern (HAPC) GIS data for the West Coast USA, v.2025-06 (NCEI Accession 0313075) 2026-03-20 publication 2026-03-06 creation 2025-06 International DOI Foundation (IDF) 10.25921/2p36-q188 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0313075 NCEI Archive Management System 0313075 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information publisher Curt E. Whitmire NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/NWFSC) curt.whitmire@noaa.gov http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/index.cfm HTTP NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/NWFSC) website Institution web page information resourceProvider NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/NWFSC) http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/index.cfm HTTP NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/NWFSC) website Institution web page information resourceProvider Curt E Whitmire NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/NWFSC) curt.whitmire@noaa.gov http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/index.cfm HTTP NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/NWFSC) website Institution web page information pointOfContact Whitmire, Curt E. NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Fishery Resource Analysis and Monitoring Division http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/index.cfm HTTP NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/NWFSC) website Institution web page information author Sherman, Kate Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission author Bizzarro, Joseph J. Fisheries Collaborative Program, Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz http://ims.ucsc.edu/ HTTP Institute of Marine Sciences, UC Santa Cruz website Institution web page information author Hanshew, Gretchen Arentzen Sustainable Fisheries Division, West Coast Region, NOAA Fisheries https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Fisheries (NMFS) website Institution web page information author Cochrane, Guy R. U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center https://www.usgs.gov/ HTTPS United States Geological Survey (USGS) website Institution web page information author Wakefield, W. Waldo Cooperative Institute for Marine Ecosystem and Resources Studies, Oregon State University https://cimers.oregonstate.edu/ HTTPS Cooperative Institute for Marine Ecosystem and Resource Studies (CIMERS) website Institution web page information author Rudebusch, Jane U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center https://www.usgs.gov/ HTTPS United States Geological Survey (USGS) website Institution web page information author Miller, Rebecca Rose Fisheries Collaborative Program, Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz http://ims.ucsc.edu/ HTTP Institute of Marine Sciences, UC Santa Cruz website Institution web page information author Chavez, Eric Sustainable Fisheries Division, West Coast Region, NOAA Fisheries https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Fisheries (NMFS) website Institution web page information author tableDigital 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. This dataset was created by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) to communicate, based on best available scientific information, the extent of Rocky Reefs Habitat Areas of Particular Concern (HAPC) on the West Coast of the contiguous United States. HAPCs are designated through action by the regional fishery management councils as a subset of essential fish habitat, which is defined in the Magnuson-Stevens Act as "those waters and substrate necessary to fish for spawning, breeding, feeding, or growth to maturity" (16 U.S.C. Sections 1801-1891d). Rocky Reefs HAPCs were designated by the Pacific Fishery Management Council under the Pacific coast groundfish fishery management plan, as revised through Amendment 19 (June 2006). completed historicalArchive NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information pointOfContact asNeeded https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/gfx?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0313075 Preview graphic PNG 0313075 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 2026-03-04 publication SEDIMENTS - PARTICLE SIZE FRACTIONS SUBSTRATE DESCRIPTION theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS geological GIS product sediment analysis theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center dataCentre NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Coastal Waters of California Coastal Waters of Washington/Oregon North Pacific Ocean Puget Sound West Coast - US/Canada place NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS oceanography theme WMO_CategoryCode 2012-09-15 publication DOC/NOAA/NMFS/NWFSC > Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page 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 information custodian Pacific Coast Groundfish Essential Fish Habitat project Provider Project Names EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page 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 information custodian OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page 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 information custodian 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 place Provider Place Names GW3EFJ Send2NCEI Submission Package ID accessLevel: public otherRestrictions Cite as: Whitmire, Curt E.; Sherman, Kate; Bizzarro, Joseph J.; Hanshew, Gretchen Arentzen; Cochrane, Guy R.; Wakefield, W. Waldo; Rudebusch, Jane; Miller, Rebecca Rose; Chavez, Eric (2026). NOAA Fisheries Rocky Reefs Habitat Areas of Particular Concern (HAPC) GIS data for the West Coast USA, v.2025-06 (NCEI Accession 0313075). 2025-06. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. 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SPDX License: Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal (CC0-1.0) NOAA Fisheries Habitat Areas of Particular Concern, Rocky Reefs, West Coast USA, v.2025-06 2026-02-04 publication gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:79362 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/79362 HTTPS https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/79362 InPort Catalog Item 79362 information Curt E. Whitmire US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Northwest Fisheries Science Center http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/index.cfm HTTP NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/NWFSC) website Institution web page information author NOAA Fisheries publisher documentDigital crossReference State of the Knowledge: U.S. West Coast Nearshore Habitat Use by Fish Assemblages and Select Invertebrates 2022-08 publication https://maps.psmfc.org/media/PMEP/Documents/PMEP_Nearshore_FishInvert_Habitat_Report.pdf HTTPS https://maps.psmfc.org/media/PMEP/Documents/PMEP_Nearshore_FishInvert_Habitat_Report.pdf Scientific Report download Joseph Bizzaro University of California - Santa Cruz; Institute of Marine Sciences jbizzarr@ucsc.edu http://ims.ucsc.edu/ HTTP Institute of Marine Sciences, UC Santa Cruz website Institution web page information author James Selleck Natural Resources Consultants, Inc. author Kate Sherman Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission ksherman@psmfc.org author Joan Drinkwin Natural Resources Consultants, Inc. author Van C. Hare Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission author David S. Fox Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife author Pacific Marine and Estuarine Fish Habitat Partnership publisher documentDigital crossReference study West Coast USA Nearshore CMECS Substrate Habitat 2025-06 publication version 2.1 https://www.pacificfishhabitat.org/data/nearshore-cmecs-substrate-habitat/ HTTPS https://www.pacificfishhabitat.org/data/nearshore-cmecs-substrate-habitat/ geodatabase download Pacific Marine and Estuarine Fish Habitat Partnership info@pacificfishhabitat.org https://www.pacificfishhabitat.org/ HTTPS website Institution web page information originator Pacific Marine and Estuarine Fish Habitat Partnership info@pacificfishhabitat.org https://www.pacificfishhabitat.org/ HTTPS website Institution web page information publisher tableDigital crossReference United States. Federal Geographic Data Committee; United States. National Ocean Service. 2012. Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS). https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/27552 2012 publication noaa:27552 https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/27552 HTTPS https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/27552 Scientific Report information United States. Federal Geographic Data Committee author United States. National Ocean Service author documentDigital crossReference eng; USA utf8 environment imageryBaseMapsEarthCover geoscientificInformation -125.726159 -117.132713 31.939699 49.002266 1995-07-12 2024-03-25 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information +1-301-713-3277 ncei.info@noaa.gov pointOfContact In most cases, electronic downloads of the data are free. However, fees may apply for custom orders, data certifications, copies of analog materials, and data distribution on physical media. Contact NCEI for other distribution options and instructions. 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You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). download dataset NCEI Accession 0313075 v1.1 was published. 2026-03-20T15:21:35Z NCEI Accession 0313075 v1.1 publication https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0313075/1.1 HTTPS NCEI Accession 0313075 v1.1 published 2026-03-20T15:21:35Z download dataset Parameter or Variable: SUBSTRATE DESCRIPTION (calculated); Units: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS), version 4.0; Observation Category: other; Sampling and Analyzing Method: This Rocky Reefs HAPC dataset was derived from the Pacific Marine and Estuarine Fish Habitat Partnership’s (PMEP) "West Coast USA Nearshore CMECS Substrate Habitat" dataset (v.2.1, June 2025), using a simple attribute query. The PMEP v.2.1 dataset updates the previous one (v.1.1, Aug 2022). It was developed by integrating new datasets into an existing regional substrate habitat dataset, produced by the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission and published in August 2022 as part of a PMEP report entitled "State of the knowledge: U.S. West Coast nearshore habitat use by fish assemblages and select invertebrates" by Bizzarro et al. (2022). Attributes from PMEP's substrate and data quality layers were merged into this Rocky Reefs HAPC dataset to provide record provenance and attributes describing CMECS Substrate Component units and data source quality. Specific processing steps to prepare the Rocky Reefs HAPC dataset are detailed in the corresponding InPort metadata for this dataset. Data processing steps for PMEP v.1.0 and v.2.1 are described in detail in the PMEP report and PMEP metadata. See the Documentation section for cross-reference links to these resources.; Data Quality Method: Authors assembled a team of experts from several federal agencies and regional institutions with interest and experience in the characterization of seafloor habitats. Each participant brought specific expertise in either habitat mapping, habitat classification, spatial analysis, and/or EFH. Importantly, the group also had extensive collective knowledge of the availability of relevant seafloor habitat datasets. The methods, as detailed in a manuscript to be submitted to a peer-reviewed scientific journal, were reviewed internally by two (NOAA/NMFS/NWFSC) reviewers and one (USGS) reviewer for technical merit, and one (NOAA/NMFS/NWFSC) reviewer and one (USGS) reviewer for data quality. asNeeded Metadata are developed, maintained and distributed by NCEI. Updates are performed as needed to maintain currentness. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information custodian