{ "culture": "en-US", "name": "ArtificialReefs", "guid": "5EEE6A0D-F0F9-46E2-B191-BFF0B6CCD0A1", "catalogPath": "", "snippet": "Artificial reefs in the ocean and Chesapeake Bay off the Mid-Atlantic states.", "description": "These are polygon locations of Mid-Atlantic artificial reefs. They were compiled from various sources, including digital data received from state agencies and lat/long coordinates of reef corners found on public web sites. These polygons represent general areas where artificial reef material has been placed; generally the entirety of the polygon is not all artificial reef.\n
<\/br>\nOriginal 2019 data and metadata (this document) generated by The Nature Conservancy.\n
<\/br>\t \nData updated, February 2023, by the MARCO Portal
\n1) added a polygon area in Delaware Bay, named 'DE13' in the data;
\n2) modified the shape of the 'Wildwood' polygon off the Atlantic coast of southern New Jersey. \n
<\/br> \nBoth February 2023 edits used the NOAA Electronic Navigational Chart (ENCs) web services as the map source.\n
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<\/br>\nCredits
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\nVirginia Marine Resources Commission
\nhttp://www.mrc.virginia.gov/vsrfdf/reef.shtm\n
<\/br>\nMaryland Department of Natural Resources
\nhttps://dnr.maryland.gov/fisheries/Pages/reefs/index.aspx\n
<\/br>\nDelaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, Division of Fish and Wildlife
\nhttp://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/fw/Fisheries/Pages/ArtificialReefProgram.aspx\n
<\/br>\nNew Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Fish and Wildlife
\nhttps://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/refloc00.htm\n
<\/br>\nNew York Department of Environmental Conservation
\nhttps://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/7896.html\n
<\/br>\nNOAA Electronic Navigational Charts web service
\nhttps://encdirect.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/encdirect/enc_approach/MapServer\n
<\/br>\n2019 Artificial Reefs data: Compiled by The Nature Conservancy
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<\/br>\n2023 Artificial Reefs data update: MARCO Ocean Data Portal", "summary": "Artificial reefs in the ocean and Chesapeake Bay off the Mid-Atlantic states.", "title": "ArtificialReefs", "tags": [ "fishing", "artificial reefs" ], "type": "Map Service", "typeKeywords": [ "Data", "Service", "Map Service", "ArcGIS Server" ], "thumbnail": "thumbnail/thumbnail.png", "url": "", "extent": [ [ -76.5316033956812, 36.8965112112608 ], [ -72.4716674771879, 40.9334249766237 ] ], "spatialReference": "WGS_1984_Web_Mercator_Auxiliary_Sphere", "accessInformation": "(see description)", "licenseInfo": "Data intended for visualizaton on the MARCO Portal" }