Identification of Important Marine Habitat, Project Completion Report

Identification Information

Citation

Originator: Starr, Richard M. and Mark R. Saelens

Publish Date: 1987

Online Link: None

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Contact Information

Agency: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Name: Cedric Cooney

Job Position: Natural Resources Data and Systems Manager

Telephone: 503-947-6094

E-Mail Address: cedric.x.cooney@odfw.oregon.gov

Description

Abstract: In response to ocean resource planning needs, we are designing a long term program to combine environmental and biological data to identify discrete habitats in the ocean. The long term program, called Ocean Habitat Analysis and Mapping (OHAM) is intended to help define areas of special biological significance and understand how fishery resources respond to changes in environmental variables. The Ocean Habitat Analysis and Mapping system will include economic data to improve fisheries management and to help us respond to resource use conflicts. This report describes the Ocean Habitat Analysis and Mapping system and a fish catch mapping pilot project. The pilot project's primary goal was to show how a comprehensive data analysis and mapping system could be used to describe ocean habitats. For the pilot project we set the structural framework for storing and analyzing different types of data bases, and compiled three years of fishery data to show how different data sets fit into the long term OHAM system. Additionally, we mapped the fishery data, comprised of commercial pink shrimp and groundfish catch data. The maps, stored at the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's Marine Region and at the Department of Land Conservation and Development Salem office, are examples of the type of data display that the Ocean Habitat Analysis and Mapping system is expected to produce.

Purpose:

Time Period of Content: July 1, 1987 to September 30, 1987

Geographic Extent: Not available

Status: Final

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Format: PDF

Data Quality Information

Lineage-Source: This project was financed in part with federal Coastal Zone Management funds administered through the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development.

Data Information

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Is a physical copy maintained for reference at Headquarters? Unknown