The Essential Fish Habitat for Shrimp in the Gulf of Mexico is represented by this dataset.

The Essential Fish Habitat for Spiny Lobster in the Gulf of Mexico is represented by this dataset.

This dataset shows the location and area for Mexico's Federal Natural Protected Areas within the Coastal Plain and Gulf of Mexico and Yucatan Peninsula and Mexican Caribbean regions as defined by the decrees expressed in the Official Journal of the Federation (Mexico).

The data represent predicted habitat suitability for several taxa of deep-sea corals. Predictions were modeled using a statistical machine-learning algorithm called maximum entropy (MaxEnt). NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) combined databases of known deep-sea coral locations provided by the NOAA Deep-Sea Coral Research and Technology Program (DSCRTP) and other contributors with environmental and oceanographic data to generate the predictive models of deep-sea coral distribution. These models are used to produce regional maps of deep-sea coral habitat.

These Community Social Vulnerability Indices (CSVI) are viable measures of social well-being and sustainability, including measures of vulnerability and resilience, for coastal fishing communities and were developed for use in fisheries social impact assessments (SIA). Data from more than 2,900 coastal communities in 19 states from Maine to Texas were used to create 14 social vulnerability and fishing dependence indices. Each index was developed using a factor analysis of secondary data obtained primarily from government sources, supplemented by a few private sources.

These Community Social Vulnerability Indices (CSVI) are viable measures of social well-being and sustainability, including measures of vulnerability and resilience, for coastal fishing communities and were developed for use in fisheries social impact assessments (SIA). Data from more than 2,900 coastal communities in 19 states from Maine to Texas were used to create 14 social vulnerability and fishing dependence indices. Each index was developed using a factor analysis of secondary data obtained primarily from government sources, supplemented by a few private sources.

These data represent the geographic area described in Title 50 CFR Part 622.55(d), Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic, Subpart C—Shrimp Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico, Closures of the Gulf shrimp fishery to reduce red snapper bycatch, as of 07/01/13.

Polygon data for all major shipping lanes associated with all ports in the Gulf of Mexico are presented. These layers were modified from GIS data acquired from the U. S. Department of the Interior Minerals Management Service (MMS) website. Although file description reports are available, no FGDC-compliant metadata are available for the original files from MMS. The current layers are non-projected with coordinates in decimal degrees. (www.mms.gov)

These data represent the geographic area described in Title 50 CFR Part 622.35(b)(1), Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic, Subpart B - Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico, Gear restricted areas, Seasonal prohibitions applicable to bottom longline fishing for Gulf reef fish, as of 07/01/13.

This is an ArcGIS shapefile which depicts the seasonal salinity dynamics of 32 Gulf of Mexico estuaries. To characterize the dynamic nature of estuarine salinity gradients, a multivariate methodology (Bulger et al. 1993) was applied to derive five bio-salinity zones in four salinity seasons for 32 Gulf of Mexico estuaries (Christensen et al. 1997). This seasonal salinity zone spatial framework built upon and refined earlier studies which characterized salinity on an annual-averaged basis (NOAA 1985, Orlando et al. 1993, NOAA 2007).