The Multipurpose Marine Cadastre

Atlantic Fishing Revenue Intensity, 2007-2012 (0)

This is a single data set from a larger study. The full study is titled "Socio-Economic Impact of Outer Continental Shelf Wind Energy Development on Fishing in the U.S. Atlantic". Each quarter square km (500 m) cell has been summed for the mean correlated economic value over the six year period analyzed (2007-2012). This information was created for each state, gear type, Fishery Management Plan (FMP), top 30 exposed ports and top 30 exposed species. This was calculated using Vessel Trip Reports (VTR), Cumulative Distribution Function (CDF) which estimates radial distance within which fishing activity is likely to occur, and a 500 m raster cell output. The raster data shown here is a summation of all the state revenues by all gear types and all species. The mean annual revenue value for all years is represented for the entire area. The data is classified in the legend first by using a Natural Breaks algorithm for 8 classes, and then by reclassifying those results to the closest 50, 100, or 1000 interval. The value is in US dollars for 2012 representing the sum of the mean values for all six years, and then classified into one of the 8 classes. You may still hover over the raster value in ArcGIS if map tips are turned on, to get the value of each cell.

OCS Proposed Program Areas 2017-2022 (2)

This layer represents the program areas of the Outer Continental Shelf that have been included in the 2017-2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Program. On March 15, 2016, the second proposal, the Proposed Program, was published with a 90-day comment period that will close on June 16, 2016. The Proposed Program schedules 13 potential lease sales in four program areas in all or parts of six OCS Planning areas: 10 sales in the combined Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Program Area, and one sale each in the Chukchi Sea, Beaufort Sea, and Cook Inlet Program Areas offshore Alaska. No lease sales are proposed for the Pacific or Atlantic OCS.

Marine Minerals Significant Sand Resource Blocks (4)

This data set contains OCS block outlines and delineated polygons in ESRI ArcGIS shape file format for the BOEM Gulf of Mexico Region that contain sediment resources and areas of disposal in support of the Marine Minerals Program. Coastal restoration, beach nourishment, and levee reconstruction are crucial to mitigate future coastal erosion, land loss, flooding, and storm damage in the Gulf of Mexico. The success of that long-term effort depends on locating and securing significant quantities of OCS sediment resources that are compatible with the target environments being restored. Offshore sand resources, like upland sources, are extremely scarce where most needed. Additionally, vast areas of these relatively small offshore sand resources are not extractable because of the presence of oil and gas infrastructure, archaeologically sensitive areas, and biologically sensitive areas. Since the use of OCS sediment resources is authorized by the BOEM through its Marine Mineral Program, the bureau is implementing several measures to help safeguard the most significant OCS sediment resources, reduce multiple use conflicts, and minimize interference with oil and gas operations under existing leases or rights-of-way.

BOEM Marine Hydrokinetic Planning Areas (6)

This data set represents the most recent changes for the Marine Hydrokinetic (MHK) Development Planning Areas in the Outer Continental Shelf. MHK Planning Areas in this dataset represent up to six different types of announcements within the US Federal Register that can be used to show the current status of an area that is being considered for wave, current, or tidal power development. Previous MHK Planning Areas that are now designated as leases can be found on the BOEM Renewable Energy Leases Shapefile. See attribute table for links to more information about each area.

2009 Vessel Traffic (AIS) (8)

Derived from 2009 Automatic Identification System (AIS) broadcast returns. Each count per aliquot block represents the number of vessels traveling through the block during the year of 2009. An aliquot measures 1/16 of a full OCS leasing block or 1200 x 1200 meters. The original raw data for June 2009 is missing 25 days of broadcast data.

Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (10)

The spatial footprint that shows the approximate location of the authority granted to the federal government under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act as amended. http://epw.senate.gov/ocsla.pdf

OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program 2012-2017 (12)

Management of the oil and gas resources of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) is governed by the OCS Lands Act (Act), which sets forth procedures for leasing, exploration, and development and production of those resources. Section 18 of the Act calls for the preparation of an oil and gas leasing program indicating a five year schedule of lease sales designed to best meet the Nation’s energy needs. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is the bureau within the Department of the Interior (DOI) that is responsible for implementing these requirements of the Act related to preparing the leasing program. BOEM is in the process of preparing a Five Year Program for 2012-2017. This data is from the Proposed Final Program (PFP), which is the third in a series of mandated leasing proposals developed for public review before the Secretary of the Interior may take final action to approve the new Five Year Program for 2012-2017. This dataset will be replaced with the Final Five Year Program layers once they have been approved.

BOEM Wind Planning Areas (14)

To provide spatial information on Wind Energy Planning and Development including the most recent updates to areas of interest for Wind Energy Development off the United States Coast within Federal Waters. This data set represents the most recent changes for the Wind Development Planning Areas in federally managed offshore waters. Wind Planning Areas in this dataset represent up to six different types of announcements within the US Federal Register that can be used to show the current status of an area that is being considered for Wind Power Development. Individual projects are listed by state. Note: Hawaii Cadastre grid products are provisional and not to be interpreted as official. Protractions, blocks and aliquots are pending approval.

Federal OCS Sand and Gravel Borrow (Lease Areas) (16)

Federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Sand and Gravel Borrow Areas (Lease Areas) are polygons which are maintained by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), part of the U.S. Department of the Interior. The polygons define areas where entities that have entered into or requested a Negotiated Non-Competitive Lease or Memorandum of Agreement with BOEM can dredge sand, gravel, or shell resources from the OCS. Section 8 (k) of the OCS Lands Act (OCSLA), as amended by Public Law 103-426 (enacted in 1994), provides BOEM the authority to negotiate an agreement for the use of OCS sand, gravel, and shell resources for use in: (1) a project for shore protection, beach restoration, or coastal restoration under taken by a Federal, State, or local government agency; or (2) for use in a construction project funded in whole or in part by, or authorized by, the Federal government. This dataset is a collection of previous and current authorized lease areas under BOEM's purview. The intent is to update the dataset when leases are added or renewed. Attribution consists of state, sand volume, and dates and identification properties associated with the lease. Revisions to the data, which would most often be to attribution, will occur regularly.

BOEM Block Aliquots (18)

Aliquots are generated from full Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) blocks by sub-dividing each block into 16ths and allow for more detailed boundary delineation in offshore energy leasing. The aliquots use a letter designation in addition to their parent protraction number and OCS block number (ie. NK-1802, 6822F). A full OCS block is 4800 x 4800 meters, while an aliquot measures 1200 x 1200 meters. Smaller, clipped aliquots are found along the Fed/State OCS boundary and along UTM zone borders. This dataset includes aliquots for 60 protractions out of the available 80 protractions in the Atlantic and 36 of 71 off the US West Coast . The remaining 56 protractions are located on the seaward edge of the OCS . Aliquots for these protractions will be produced at a later date as needed.

BOEM OCS Protraction Diagrams & Leasing Maps (20)

This data set contains a national scale spatial footprint of the outer boundaries of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM’s) Official Protraction Diagrams (OPDs) and Leasing Maps (LMs). It is updated as needed. OPDs and LMs are mapping products produced and used by the BOEM to delimit areas available for potential offshore mineral leases, determine the State/Federal offshore boundaries, and determine the limits of revenue sharing and other boundaries to be considered for leasing offshore waters. This dataset shows only the outline of the maps that are available from BOEM.Only the most recently published paper or pdf versions of the OPDs or LMs should be used for official or legal purposes. The pdf maps can be found by going to the following link and selecting the appropriate region of interest. http://www.boem.gov/Oil-and-Gas-Energy-Program/Mapping-and-Data/Index.aspx Both OPDs and LMs are further subdivided into individual Outer Continental Shelf(OCS) blocks which are available as a separate layer. Some OCS blocks that also contain other boundary information are known as Supplemental Official Block Diagrams (SOBDs.) Further information on the historic development of OPD's can be found in OCS Report MMS 99-0006: Boundary Development on the Outer Continental Shelf: http://www.boemre.gov/itd/pubs/1999/99-0006.PDF Also see the metadata for each of the individual GIS data layers available for download. The Official Protraction Diagrams (OPDs) and Supplemental Official Block Diagrams (SOBDs), serve as the legal definition for BOEM offshore boundary coordinates and area descriptions.

Submerged Lands Act Boundary (22)

The SLA boundary defines the seaward limit of a state's submerged lands and the landward boundary of federally managed OCS lands. The official version of the SLA Boundaries can only be found on the BOEM Official Protraction Diagrams (OPDs) or Supplemental Official Protraction Diagrams described below.

BOEM OCS Administrative Boundaries (24)

Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Administrative Boundaries Extending from the Submerged Lands Act Boundary seaward to the Limit of the United States OCS (The U.S. 200 nautical mile Limit, or other marine boundary)For additional details please see the January 3, 2006 Federal Register Notice.

OCS Oil & Gas Pipelines (26)

This dataset is a compilation of available oil and gas pipeline data and is maintained by BSEE. Pipelines are used to transport and monitor oil and/or gas from wells within the outer continental shelf (OCS) to resource collection locations. Currently, pipelines managed by BSEE are found in Gulf of Mexico and southern California waters.

OCS Drilling Platforms (28)

Locations of structures at and beneath the water surface used for the purpose of exploration and resource extraction. Only platforms in federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) waters are included. A database of platforms and rigs is maintained by BSEE.