Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Protection Areas

Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS), Key West office. Unknown Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Protection Areas vector digital data false publication date coordinates obtained through differential GPS 24000 199912 Unknown GIS.FWC.fknms_spas_gps_poly withheld This GIS data set represents Sanctuary protection area boundaries. John Halas of FKNMS Key West office provided Bill Sargent (FMRI) with coordinates for all the buoys in December of 1999. John Halas is responsible for maintaining the buoys and obtained the coordinates through differential GPS during inspections of the buoys. Bill typed those latitude and longitude coordinates into a spreadsheet, assuming that they were geographic. He exported them as decimal degrees in a dbase file, then pulled them in to ArcView as an event theme and converted to a shapefile. From that point shapefile, Bill connected the dots to make a polygon shapefile. To spatially represent the Sanctuary Preservation Area in the FKNMS. Prior to July 1, 2004, the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) was known as the Florida Marine Research Institute (FMRI). The institute name has not been changed in historical data sets or references to work completed by the Florida Marine Research Institute. The institute name has been changed in references to ongoing research, new research, and contact information. Marine zoning is a new concept in this country, although zoning has been used for years on land to both protect resources and separate conflicting uses. Marine zoning has been successfully established in other countries. Zoning provides a common sense approach to focus protection in critical portions of sensitive habitats, while not restricting activities any more than necessary. Zoning protects the majority of shallow reef habitat while minimizing the effect on commercial and recreational fishing. By using marine zoning to protect critical habitat, the coral reefs will be enhanced in many ways. In the remaining 98% of the Sanctuary that is not zoned, the focus of management is on improving water quality and providing habitat protection. Sanctuary Preservation Areas (SPAs) There are 18 small SPAs that protect popular shallow coral reefs. In addition to Sanctuary-wide regulations, special regulations have been set in place in these areas in order to protect resources. Activities that will be prohibited in the Sanctuary Preservation Areas include spearfishing, shell collecting, tropical fish collecting, fishing and other activities that result in the harvest of marine life by divers, snorkelers, and fishermen. In addition, direct physical impact to corals in these areas is restricted. Western Sambos Ecological Reserve In addition to Sanctuary-wide regulations, special regulations have been set in place in this area in order to protect resources. Spearfishing, shell collecting, tropical fish collecting, and other activities that result in the harvest of marine life by divers and snorkelers, and all fishing activities will be prohibited in this zone type. In addition, direct physical impact to corals in this area is restricted. Special Use Areas There are four areas designated: Conch Reef, Tennessee Reef, Looe Key (patch reef), and Eastern Sambo Reef. These are all designated as research-only areas. No person may enter these areas except as specifically authorized by a valid permit. SOURCE OF DESCRIPTION:http://www.fknms.nos.noaa.gov/regs/welcome.html en 199912 unknown publication date Complete None planned -81.882599 -80.199826 25.271579 24.414212 614582.000693 782395.000964 51738.406837 142793.546165 FWRItheme boundaries marine managed areas GIS mapping bounds ISO 19115 Topic Category geoscientificInformation FWRIplace Florida Florida Keys Florida Straits Hawk Channel Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary south Florida Florida Counties Monroe Florida Waterbodies Atlantic Ocean FWC Region FWC Region-South Water Management Districts South Florida Water Management District FWRI Available without restriction. All data must be verified by Principal Investigator or Group Database Analyst prior to release. It is strongly recommended that this data is directly acquired from FWC and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. FWC makes no claims as to the data's suitability for other purposes. FWC-FWRI and the originator of the data must be credited. Acknowledgement of the FWC-FWRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute) as the data source, and FKNMS as the originator, would be appreciated in any products developed from these data, and such acknowledgment as is standard for citation and legal practices for data source is expected by users of this data. Please cite the original metadata when using portions of the record to create a similar record of slightly altered data, such as reprojection. If any data are modified or adjusted, please share the edited information with FWC. Users should be aware that comparison with other data sets for the same area from other time periods may be inaccurate due to inconsistencies resulting from changes in mapping conventions, data collection, and computer processes over time. FWC shall not be liable for improper or incorrect use of this data. These data are not legal documents and are not to be used as such. This is not a survey data set and should not be utilized as such. These data are not to be used for navigation. GISLibrarian FWC-FWRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute) GIS Data Librarian mailing and physical address

Fish and Wildlife Research Institute 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast

St. Petersburg Florida 33701 USA 727-896-8626 727-893-1679 GISLibrarian@MyFWC.com 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Eastern time false John Halas (FKNMS Key West office) Available without restriction ESRI ArcCatalog 8.1.1.649 false 1 Feature Class The coordinates provided to form the boundary in this layer were taken from the actual buoys of the FKNMS. These latitude and longitude values do not match up with the officially accepted boundary. John Halas, Key Largo NMS, FKNMS, NOS, NOAA Differential GPS Points, FKNMS, SPAs Actual ground coordinates provided do not match up with the official map of the sanctuary boundaries. false publication date 199912 Unknown 199912 unknown publication date Key West office provided Bill Sargent with coordinates for all the buoys on 12/99. John Halas is responsible for maintaining the buoys and obtained the coordinates through differential GPS during inspections of the buoys. Bill typed those latitude and longitude coordinates into a spreadsheet, assuming that they were geographic and then exported them as decimal degrees in a dbase file, then pulled them in to ArcView as an event theme and converted to a shapefile. From that point shapefile, Bill connected the dots to make a polygon shapefile. Unknown FWC-FWRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute) mailing and physical address

Fish and Wildlife Research Institute 100 8th Ave. SE

St. Petersburg FL 33701 USA 727-896-8626 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Eastern time false Dataset copied. withheld 20110331 16354300 Vector false Simple FALSE 23 TRUE FALSE Coordinate Pair 0.002095 0.002095 meters North American Datum of 1983 Geodetic Reference System 80 6378137 298.257222 GCS_North_American_1983 PCS_Albers Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates 1.000000 FMRI.fknms_spas_gps_poly Feature Class 23 OBJECTID_1 FID OID 4 0 0 Internal feature number. Esri Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. ID false ID Integer 4 0 0 NAME Name of SPA Unique false NAME String 32 0 0 AREA AREA Double 8 0 0 OBJECTID Internal ID used by SDE false OBJECTID Integer 4 0 0 ESRI Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. FKNMS_SPAS FKNMS_SPAS Integer 4 0 0 FKNMS_SP_1 FKNMS_SP_1 Integer 4 0 0 ZONE_ ZONE_ Integer 4 0 0 PERIMETER Length of polygon perimeter (in meters). Automatically calculated by ArcINFO false PERIMETER Double 8 0 0 SHAPE Feature geometry. ESRI Coordinates defining the features. false Shape Geometry 0 0 0 Shape_Length Shape_Length Double 8 0 0 Length of feature in internal units. Esri Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. SHAPE_area Shape_Area Double 8 0 0 Area of feature in internal units squared. Esri Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. GISLibrarian FWC-FWRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute) GIS Data Librarian mailing and physical address

Fish and Wildlife Research Institute 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast

St. Petersburg Florida 33701 USA 727-896-8626 727-893-1679 GISLibrarian@MyFWC.com 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Eastern time false This data set is in the public domain, and the recipient may not assert any proprietary rights thereto nor represent it to anyone as other than a FWC-FWRI produced data set; it is provided "as-is" without warranty of any kind, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The user assumes all responsibility for the accuracy and suitability of this data set for a specific application. In no event will the staff of the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute be liable for any damages, including lost profits, lost savings, or other incidental or consequential damages arising from the use of or the inability to use this data set. SHP SHP true None. However, persons or organizations requesting information must provide transfer media if FTP is not available and must pay express shipping costs if express shipping is required. Contact GIS Librarian by e-mail, telephone, or letter explaining which products are needed and providing a brief description of how the products will be used. Also, provide name and address of the person or organization requesting the products. Usually within 10 business days, although, complex requests may take longer 1 Contact GIS Librarian Available without restriction Downloadable Data 19990102 20060503 GISLibrarian FWC-FWRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute) GIS Data Librarian mailing and physical address

Fish and Wildlife Research Institute 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast

St. Petersburg Florida 33701 USA 727-896-8626 727-893-1679 GISLibrarian@MyFWC.com 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Eastern time false FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata FGDC-STD-001-1998 local time No restrictions on metadata. Metadata must be distributed with the data set. FMRI-MC Available Metadata must be distributed with the data set. http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html ESRI Metadata Profile 0 http://www.nos.noaa.gov 0 en 20200611 14002300 FALSE 20200710 13355800 20200710 13355800 FKNMS_Marine_Zones 002 614582.000700 782395.001000 51738.406800 142793.546200 1 0.004 Projected GCS_North_American_1983 Linear Unit: Meter (1.000000) PCS_Albers <ProjectedCoordinateSystem xsi:type='typens:ProjectedCoordinateSystem' xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance' xmlns:xs='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema' xmlns:typens='http://www.esri.com/schemas/ArcGIS/2.5.0'><WKT>PROJCS["PCS_Albers",GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1983",DATUM["D_North_American_1983",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Albers"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",400000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-84.0],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",24.0],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_2",31.5],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",24.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]</WKT><XOrigin>-19550100</XOrigin><YOrigin>-7526400</YOrigin><XYScale>10000</XYScale><ZOrigin>-100000</ZOrigin><ZScale>10000</ZScale><MOrigin>-100000</MOrigin><MScale>10000</MScale><XYTolerance>0.001</XYTolerance><ZTolerance>0.001</ZTolerance><MTolerance>0.001</MTolerance><HighPrecision>true</HighPrecision></ProjectedCoordinateSystem> 1.0 150000000 5000 20200710 002 withheld Local Area Network File Geodatabase Feature Class 0.004 Esri ArcGIS 12.5.0.22081 FKNMS_Marine_Zones 1 -81.882599 -80.199826 25.271579 24.414212 <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>This GIS data set represents Sanctuary protection area boundaries. FKNMS Key West office provided FWC (Then FMRI) with coordinates for all the buoys (one buoy in each of the four corners of each protection area) in December of 1999. FKNMS was responsible for maintaining the buoys and obtained the coordinates through differential GPS during inspections of the buoys. FWC then entered this point data into a GIS, and connected the four corner coordinates with lines to form polygons around each protection area.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute Florida Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS) Management Boundaries Displays individual protection area boundaries with in the FKNMS dataset 23