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Fisheries Data: Critical Habitat

These data depict areas designated as critical habitat for species listed as threat

or endangered under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. The definitive descriptio

are always the textual descriptions in the Federal Register notice of the rule

implementing the critical habitat for each species.

Alaska | Northwest | Southwest | Northeast | Southeast | Pacific Islands

Alaska Region

 North Pacific Right Whale

Description: This dataset represents critical habitat for the North Pacific 

Whale as designated by Federal Register Vol. 73, page 19000, April 8, 20

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 Steller Sea Lion Critical Habitat

Description: This dataset represents critical habitat for Steller sea lions i

Alaska as designated by Federal Register Vol. 58, page 4526, August 27,

1993. NMFS has also implemented a complex suite of fishery managemen

measures designed to minimize competition between fishing and the

endangered population of Steller sea lions in critical habitat areas. Those

management measures are the Steller sea lion protection measures

Metadata [xml]

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Northwest Region

 Green Sturgeon, Southern Distinct Population Segment

Description: This dataset represents critical habitat for the southern dist

population segment of green sturgeon as designated in Federal Register V

74, page 52300, October 9, 2009.

Metadata [pdf]

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 Oregon Coast Coho Salmon

Description: This dataset represents critical habitat for the Oregon Coas

evolutionarily significant unit of coho salmon as designated in Federal Reg

Vol. 73, page 7816, February 11, 2008.

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 Pacific Salmon and Steelhead Critical Habitat

Description: These datasets identify freshwater, estuarine, and marine a

designated as critical habitat in Federal Register Vol. 70, page 52630,

September 2, 2005 for 12 evolutionarily significant units or distinct popula

segments of Pacific salmon (Chinook, chum, and sockeye) and steelhead 

Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.

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Chinook Salmon

• Freshwater Critical Habitat for Lower Columbia River Chinook Salmon

• Marine Critical Habitat for Puget Sound Chinook Salmon

• Freshwater Critical Habitat for Puget Sound Chinook Salmon

• Freshwater Critical Habitat for Upper Columbia River Spring-run Chinook Salmon

• Freshwater Critical Habitat for Upper Willamette River Chinook Salmon

Chum Salmon

• Freshwater Critical Habitat for Columbia River Chum Salmon

• Freshwater Critical Habitat for Hood Canal Summer-run Chum Salmon

• Marine Critical Habitat for Hood Canal Summer-run Chum Salmon

Sockeye Salmon

• Freshwater Critical Habitat for Ozette Lake Sockeye Salmon

Steelhead

• Freshwater Critical Habitat for Upper Columbia River Steelhead

• Freshwater Critical Habitat for Lower Columbia River Steelhead

• Freshwater Critical Habitat for Middle Columbia River Steelhead

• Freshwater Critical Habitat for Snake River Basin Steelhead

• Freshwater Critical Habitat for Upper Willamette River Steelhead

 Southern Resident Killer Whale

Description: This dataset represents critical habitat for the Southern Res

Killer Whale as designated by Federal Register Vol. 71, page 69054, Nove

29, 2006.

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 Steller Sea Lion Critical Habitat

Description: This dataset represents critical habitat for Steller sea lions i

Oregon as designated by Federal Register Vol. 58, page 4526, August 27,

1993.

Metadata for Detailed Polygon Data [pdf]

Detailed Polygon Map [pdf]

Overview Point Map

Southwest Region

 Chinook Salmon & Steelhead

Description: These datasets identify freshwater and estuarine areas

designated as critical habitat in Federal Register Vol. 70, page 52488,

September 2, 2005, addressing 7 evolutionarily significant units or distinc

population segments of Chinook salmon and steelhead in California.

Metadata

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Chinook Salmon

• Critical Habitat areas for California Coastal Chinook

• Critical Habitat areas for Central Valley Spring-run Chinook

Steelhead

• Critical Habitat areas for Northern California Steelhead

• Critical Habitat areas for Central California Coast Steelhead

• Critical Habitat areas for South-central California Coast Steelhead

• Critical Habitat areas for Southern California Steelhead

• Critical Habitat areas for California Central Valley Steelhead

 Green Sturgeon, Southern Distinct Population Segment

Description: This dataset represents critical habitat for the southern dist

population segment of green sturgeon as designated in Federal Register V

74, page 52300, October 9, 2009.

Metadata [pdf]

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Go to Data [zip]

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 Steller Sea Lion Critical Habitat

Description This dataset represents critical habitat for Steller sea lions in

California as designated by Federal Register Vol. 58, page 4526, August 2

1993.

Metadata [xml]

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Northeast Region

 Gulf of Maine Distinct Population Segment of Atlantic Salmon

Description: This dataset represents critical habitat for the Gulf of Maine

distinct population segment of Atlantic salmon as designated by

Register Vol. 74, page 29300, June 19, 2009.

Metadata [xml]

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 North Atlantic Right Whale

Description: This dataset represents the critical habitat for North Atlanti

Right Whale as designated by Federal Register Vol. 59, page 28793, June 

1994.

Metadata [pdf]

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Southeast Region

 Elkhorn Coral (REVISED September 2009)

Description: This dataset represents critical habitat forelkhorn coral as

designated in Federal Register Vol. 73, page 72210, November 26, 2008.

Metadata [xml]

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 Green Sea Turtle

Description: This dataset represents the critical habitat for hawksbill turt

designated by Federal Register Vol. 63, page 46693, September 2, 1998.

Metadata [xml]

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 Gulf Sturgeon

Description: This dataset represents the critical habitat for Gulf Sturgeon 

designated by Federal Register Vol. 68, page 13370, March 19, 2003.

Metadata [xml]

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 Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Description: This dataset represents the critical habitat for hawksbill turt

designated by Federal Register Vol. 63, page 46693, September 2, 1998. 

designated and amended at Federal Register Vol. 64, page 14607, March 

1999.

Metadata [xml]

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 Johnson's Seagrass

Description: This dataset represents the critical habitat for Johnson's

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Seagrass as designated by Federal Register Vol. 65, page 17786; April 5,

2000.

Metadata [xml]

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 Leatherback Sea Turtle

Description:This dataset represents the critical habitat for leatherback tu

as designated by Federal Register Vol. 44, No. 17711, March 23, 1979. Re

designated and amended at 64 FR 14067, March 23, 1999.

Metadata [xml]

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 North Atlantic Right Whale

Description: This dataset represents the critical habitat for North Atlantic

Right Whale as designated by Federal Register Vol. 59, page 28793, June 

1994.

Metadata [xml]

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 Smalltooth Sawfish

Description: Critical habitat for the smalltooth sawfish was designated in

Federal Register Vol. 74, page 45353 on September 2, 2009.

Metadata [xml]

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 Staghorn Coral (REVISED September 2009)

Description: This dataset represents critical habitat for staghorn coral as

designated in Federal Register Vol. 73, page 72210, November 26, 2008.

Metadata [xml]

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Pacific Islands Region

 Hawaiian Monk Seal

Description: This dataset represents the critical habitat for the Hawaiian

Monk Seal as designated by Federal Register Vol. 53, No. 102, May 26, 19

Rules and Regulations.

Metadata [xml]

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