Name: Ten Minute Squares of the Greater Atlantic Region
Display Field: XTXT
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: This grid provides 10' x 10' squares of latitude and longitude for a given geographic area within the Greater Atlantic region. The data should be used as reference material to determine if a project falls within a specific 10-minute square boundary. The information for the square descriptions was taken from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Coast Survey nautical charts. If questions arise in regards to a location, please refer to the nautical charts or any reference map. Also, when in doubt concerning whether a project is divided by a square boundary, please refer to a map or chart. - For the offshore squares, the information is based primarily on the offshore trawl survey data that was used to support the Councils' EFH designations. - For squares located within major estuaries and bays, the EFH designations are based on Estuarine Living Marine Resources data along with some trawl survey data. - For detailed species lists for the major estuaries, select from the estuaries list instead of the 10 minute square. - For questions about the data, please email David Stevenson david.stevenson@noaa.gov.
Definition Expression: N/A
Copyright Text: NOAA, Office of Habitat Protection; web service published by the MARCO Portal for visualization purposes; please refer to the original feature service and/or GIS data at NOAA's GeoPlatform: https://noaa.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/noaa::10-minutesquares/about .