Amanda Frick, Southeast Region, National Marine Fisheries Service , GIS Coordinator Dwayne Meadows, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service 20050712 vector digital data https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/endangered-species-conservation/critical-habitat https://wildlife.ca.gov/Data/BIOS https://filelib.wildlife.ca.gov/Public/BDB/GIS/BIOS/Public_Datasets/2600_2699/ds2668.zip Critical habitat in the Caribbean Sea area includes the waters adjacent to Sandy Point, St. Croix from the 100 fathom curve shoreward to the level of mean high tide. Critical habitat in the Pacific Ocean areas includes marine waters to a depth of 80 meters from the ocean surface and is delineated along the shoreline at the line of extreme low water, except in the case of estuaries and bays where COLREGS lines (defined at 33 CFR part 80) are used as the shoreward boundary. The seaward boundary of the nearshore Washington/Oregon area (from Cape Flattery south to Cape Blanco) is defined along the 2,000 meter isobath. The seaward boundary of the nearshore California area (from Point Arena south to Point Arguello) is defined along the 3,000 meter isobath. ***** This only represents the California and Oregon portions of the leatherback sea turtle critical habitat ***** These data represent critical habitat designated (March 23, 1979, 44 FR 17710) and revised (January 26, 2012, 77 FR 4170) under the Endangered Species Act for the leatherback sea turtle. 19790323 ground condition Complete As needed -126.461656 -120.599379 48.590209 34.454720 None leatherback sea turtle, critical habitat ISO 19115 Topic Categories biota boundaries environment oceans None California, U.S. Virgin Islands, Caribbean Sea, Sandy Point, St. Croix, Pacific Ocean, Washington, Oregon None Pacific Ocean Washington Oregon California None These data are not the official legal definition of critical habitat. The Code of Federal Regulations (50 CFR 226.207) is the source for the legal definition of the critical habitat designation.Disclaimer: The State makes no claims, promises, or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, reliability, or adequacy of these data and expressly disclaims liability for errors and omissions in these data. No warranty of any kind, implied, expressed, or statutory, including but not limited to the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and freedom from computer virus, is given with respect to these data. NOAA Fisheries Office of Protected Resources Jonathan Molineaux Fisheries Biologist jonathan.molineaux@noaa.gov National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Region and West Coast Region Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.6.1.9270 Clarifications only apply to this feature class. Military areas ineligible for designation (qualifying INRMP): none Military areas excluded due to national security impacts: none Indian lands excluded: none Economic exclusions: none Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) exclusions: none Unoccupied areas designated: none Federal Register final rule page: January 26, 2012, 77 FR 4192 Detailed shoreline for St. Croix from NOAA digital vector chart was created, then the 100 fathom curve was created by conducting heads-up digitizing of the contour from NOAA chart 25641_1 using ESRI's ArcGIS software. The accuracy of this data set is dependent upon the accuracy of the shoreline and bathymetric data used in the creation process. 20050712 NOAA-National Marine Fisheries Service Amanda Frick GIS Coordinator unknown

263 13th Ave S

St Petersburg FL 33701-5505 US 727-824-5301 727-824-5320 Amanda.Frick@noaa.gov Monday - Friday, 9:00am - 5:30pm Land area was erased from the buffer area using ET Geowizards. The source of land area used to erase was from the NCCOS project for coral and seafloor mapping. 20060321 NOAA-National Marine Fisheries Service Amanda Frick GIS Coordinator unknown

263 13th Ave S

St Petersburg FL 33701-5505 US 727-824-5301 727-824-5320 Amanda.Frick@noaa.gov Monday - Friday, 9:00am - 5:30pm Data created for Pacific Ocean 2012. Polygons mapped to add critical habitat for leatherback sea turtles along the west coast (Washington, Oregon, California). 20120126 Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service Dwayne Meadows unknown

NOAA Fisheries, Office of Protected Resources, F/PR3, 1315 East West Highway

Silver Spring MD 20910 US dwayne.meadows@noaa.gov Merged 2 datasets. During standardization, geometry was not edited for the Caribbean Sea polygon. Geometry was edited for the Pacific Ocean polygons. Attributes were edited. Metadata was edited and populated using the final rule/CFR and the sources: SeaTurtleLeatherback_19790323 (GCS_WGS_84 wkid 4326) and Final_LeatherbackCH.shp (NAD_1983_California_Teale_Albers). Geoprocessing steps: - Projected 2012 Pacific Ocean version Final_LeatherbackCH.shp (NAD_1983_California_Teale_Albers) to WGS84. - Exploded multipart polygon to populate separate attributes for WA/OR polygon and CA polygon. - Deleted 2 very tiny polygons that appeared after explosion, only 2 large polygons remained. - Merged with Caribbean Sea polygon (SeaTurtleLeatherback_19790323) to create the standardized feature class SeaTurtleLeatherback_20120126 (GCS_WGS_84 wkid 4326) using the National Critical Habitat Geodatabase processing protocol. - Migrated fields: none - Dropped fields: FID, NAME, SHAPE_Leng, SHAPE_Area - Caribbean Sea feature class deprecated (SeaTurtleLeatherback_19790323_archived). **Data history - for reference** See final rule map Figure 1 - Geographical Areas Occupied by the species (January 26, 2012, 77 FR 4188). The CFR text describes areas 1 and 7, but the CFR map does not show those boundaries. CFR text (i) matches area 1, (ii) matches area 7. CFR map shows areas 1 and 7 combined into a single polygon (i.e., the 200 meter isobath no longer existed, only the 3,000 meter isobath existed). 20210426 Protected Resources Division, West Coast Region, National Marine Fisheries Service Shanna Dunn GIS Analyst unknown

1201 NE Lloyd Blvd Suite 1100

Portland OR 97232 US shanna.dunn@noaa.gov Vector GT-polygon composed of chains 2 NAD 1983 California Teale Albers 34.0 40.5 -120.0 0.0 0.0 -4000000.0 coordinate pair 0.0001 0.0001 meter D North American 1983 GRS 1980 6378137.0 298.257222101 ds2668 A collection of geographic features with the same geometry type. Esri OBJECTID Internal feature number. Esri Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. SHAPE Feature geometry. Esri Coordinates defining the features. ID 9 digit unique identifier for each feature in the geodatabase. Used to relate or join supplemental attribute tables. National Marine Fisheries Service SCIENAME Binomial or trinomial scientific name. Value formatted as written in the Code of Federal Regulations. National Marine Fisheries Service COMNAME Legal common name of species. Value formatted as written in the Code of Federal Regulations. National Marine Fisheries Service LISTENTITY Full text of the ESA listed entity: Species, Subspecies, Distinct Population Segment (DPS), or Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU). Value formatted as written in the Code of Federal Regulations. *Note: for entire species listings, this value will be the same as COMNAME value. National Marine Fisheries Service LISTSTATUS Current Endangered Species Act listing status. National Marine Fisheries Service Endangered Species that are in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of their range. Endangered Species Act of 1973 Threatened Species that are likely to become endangered in the foreseeable future. Endangered Species Act of 1973 Delisted Species that were removed from the Endangered Species Act list. Endangered Species Act of 1973 CHSTATUS Status of the critical habitat designation. National Marine Fisheries Service Final A final rule in the Federal Register publishes the regulatory text in full with an effective date. The regulatory text sets out amendments to the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). Federal Register Proposed A proposed rule in the Federal Register notifies the public of a pending regulation. Any person or organization may comment on it during the comment period. Federal Register UNIT Critical habitat unit name. Null if designation did not specify units or unit names. National Marine Fisheries Service TAXON Taxonomic unit. National Marine Fisheries Service baleen whale Any of a suborder (Mysticeti) of large whales that have baleen plates in the upper jaw which are used to filter chiefly small crustaceans out of large quantities of seawater. Merriam-Webster dictionary toothed whale Any of a suborder (Odontoceti) of cetaceans bearing usually numerous simple conical teeth. Merriam-Webster dictionary fish Any of numerous cold-blooded strictly aquatic craniate vertebrates that include the bony fishes and the cartilaginous and jawless fishes and that have typically an elongated somewhat spindle-shaped body terminating in a broad caudal fin, limbs in the form of fins when present at all, and a 2-chambered heart by which blood is sent through thoracic gills to be oxygenated. Merriam-Webster dictionary pinniped Any of an order or suborder (Pinnipedia) of aquatic carnivorous mammals with all four limbs modified into flippers. Merriam-Webster dictionary marine reptile Any of a class (Reptilia) of cold-blooded, air-breathing, usually egg-laying vertebrates that have adapted for an aquatic or semiaquatic life in a marine environment and have a body typically covered with scales or bony plates and a bony skeleton with a single occipital condyle, a distinct quadrate bone usually immovably articulated with the skull, and ribs attached to the sternum. Merriam-Webster dictionary invertebrate Any animal that lacks a spinal column. Merriam-Webster dictionary plant Any of a kingdom (Plantae) of multicellular eukaryotic mostly photosynthetic organisms typically lacking locomotive movement or obvious nervous or sensory organs and possessing cellulose cell walls. Merriam-Webster dictionary LEADOFFICE Office responsible for the critical habitat Federal Register Notice. National Marine Fisheries Service Office of Protected Resources Headquarters office responsible for nationwide conservation, protection, and recovery of endangered and threatened marine species listed under the Endangered Species Act. National Marine Fisheries Service Alaska Region Includes Alaska and adjacent marine waters extending outwards to the 200 nautical mile boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone. National Marine Fisheries Service West Coast Region Includes Idaho, Washington, Oregon, California and adjacent marine waters extending outwards to the 200 nautical mile boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone. National Marine Fisheries Service Greater Atlantic Region Includes Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina (north of Cape Hatteras) and adjacent marine waters extending outwards to the 200 nautical mile boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone. National Marine Fisheries Service Southeast Region Includes North Carolina (south of Cape Hatteras), South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and adjacent marine waters extending outwards to the 200 nautical mile boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone. National Marine Fisheries Service Pacific Islands Region Includes Hawai'i, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Kingman Reef, Howland Island, Baker Island, Jarvis Island, Wake Island, Johnston Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and adjacent marine waters extending outwards to the 200 nautical mile boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone. National Marine Fisheries Service FR PUBDATE Federal Register Notice publication date. MM/DD/YYYY format National Marine Fisheries Service EFFECTDATE Effective date for a final critical habitat designation. Null for proposed critical habitat. MM/DD/YYYY format National Marine Fisheries Service AREASqKm Geodesic area calculated in square kilometers. National Marine Fisheries Service CREATEDATE Date spatial feature was created or geometry was last edited. MM/DD/YYYY format National Marine Fisheries Service NOTES Additional information about the feature that is not contained in other fields. National Marine Fisheries Service INPORTURL Feature class metadata URL. InPort is the National Marine Fisheries Service's official metadata catalog found at: https://inport.nmfs.noaa.gov/inport/ National Marine Fisheries Service SHAPE_Length Length of feature in internal units. Esri Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. SHAPE_Area Area of feature in internal units squared. Esri Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. HABTYPE ECFR 20220726 NOAA Fisheries Office of Protected Resources Jonathan Molineaux Fisheries Biologist jonathan.molineaux@noaa.gov FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata FGDC-STD-001-1998 local time