• Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Updated: 2019-08-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

This geospatial dataset depicts a sewage no-discharge zone established under Clean Water Act Section 312. The area(s) depicted are zones where the discharge of any sewage, treated or untreated,...

• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2017-04-19T00:00:00.000+00:00

Territorial seas for the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). Territorial waters, or a territorial sea, as defined by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, is a belt of...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2016-01-25T00:00:00.000+00:00

These boundaries represent the territorial sea for U.S.-affiliated Pacific Islands, including Hawaii, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Guam, as well as the...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2016-01-25T00:00:00.000+00:00

The three nautical mile (3 nmi) limit refers to a traditional and now largely obsolete maritime boundary that defined a country's territorial waters, for the purposes of trade regulation and...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2022-10-25T00:00:00.000+00:00

These data show the location of oil and gas wells within U.S. and territorial waters. The values of an oil and gas well record can change considerably over time, and with varied ownership, and...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2021-04-23T00:00:00.000+00:00

This dataset contains water temperature, salinity - surface water, microbial abundance, and others taken by CTD and water samples. As a part of the Malaspina circumnavigation cruise, the BIO...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2008-06-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

These data provide the spatial boundaries of DeFacto Marine Protected Areas in U.S. Waters. With nearly 1200 sites (for which GIS data are available), DFMPAs cover 3% of the U.S. waters, (0-200...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2023-11-02T20:36:34.000+00:00

Operations will include the use of the ship's deep-water mapping systems (Kongsberg EM302 multibeam sonar, EK60 split-beam fisheries sonars, Knudsen 3260 chirp sub-bottom profiler sonar, and...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2022-09-26T00:00:00.000+00:00

From September 5 - September 28, 2021, NOAA Ocean Exploration conducted mapping operations on the Blake Plateau within U.S. waters, aiding in closing the gaps within this region. The second of two...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2022-09-27T00:00:00.000+00:00

From September 5 - September 28, 2021, NOAA Ocean Exploration conducted mapping operations on the Blake Plateau within U.S. waters, aiding in closing the gaps within this region. The second of two...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2021-09-05T00:00:00.000+00:00

From September 5 - September 28, 2021, NOAA Ocean Exploration conducted mapping operations on the Blake Plateau within U.S. waters, aiding in closing the gaps within this region. The second of two...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2020-04-28T00:00:00.000+00:00

NOAA's Deep-Sea Coral Research and Technology Program (DSC-RTP) is compiling a national geodatabase of the known locations of deep-sea corals and sponges in U.S. territorial waters and beyond. The...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2023-06-08T00:00:00.000+00:00

From October 16-November 3, 2022 (San Diego, California to Newport, Oregon), NOAA Ocean Exploration conducted mapping operations off the coast of California and Oregon in U.S. waters, aiding in...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2023-06-08T00:00:00.000+00:00

From October 16-November 3, 2022 (San Diego, California to Newport, Oregon), NOAA Ocean Exploration conducted mapping operations off the coast of California and Oregon in U.S. waters, aiding in...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2022-10-16T00:00:00.000+00:00

From October 16-November 3, 2022 (San Diego, California to Newport, Oregon), NOAA Ocean Exploration conducted mapping operations off the coast of California and Oregon in U.S. waters, aiding in...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2025-10-17T00:00:00.000+00:00

NOAA’s Deep-Sea Coral Research and Technology Program (DSCRTP) compiles a national database of the known locations of deep-sea corals and sponges in U.S. territorial waters and beyond. Demersal...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2022-09-11T00:00:00.000+00:00

From August 15- September 2, 2021, NOAA Ocean Exploration conducted mapping operations on the Blake Plateau within U.S. waters, aiding in closing the gaps within this region. This cruise consisted...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2022-09-08T00:00:00.000+00:00

From August 15- September 2, 2021, NOAA Ocean Exploration conducted mapping operations on the Blake Plateau within U.S. waters, aiding in closing the gaps within this region. This cruise consisted...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2021-08-15T00:00:00.000+00:00

From August 15- September 2, 2021, NOAA Ocean Exploration conducted mapping operations on the Blake Plateau within U.S. waters, aiding in closing the gaps within this region. This cruise consisted...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2022-08-30T00:00:00.000+00:00

These data represent the extent of the nation's coastal zone, as defined by the individual states and territories under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (CZMA). The CZMA was established to...

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