Aquaculture Sites

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Comprehensive Coastal Inventory, Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Publication_Date: 2003

Title: Aquaculture Sites

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Gloucester Point, Virginia

Publisher: Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Description:

Abstract:

Aquaculture permit sites are allocated areas for bottom aquaculture of shellfish (primarily oysters and hard clams). These data points are managed by Virginia Marine Resource Commission (VMRC) in order to better assess, plan, and manage aquaculture development in Virginia.

Purpose:

To show the location of permited aquaculture sites in the Chesapeake Bay to inventory aquaculture activies in Virginia.

Supplemental_Information:

This data was used in the Aquaculture Management Project. The final report was submitted to the Virginia Coastal Resource Management Program in Feburary 2004.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2002

Currentness_Reference: date of source material

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None Planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -76.80149933

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -75.33151684

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 38.17765188

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 36.80777778

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none

Theme_Keyword: aquaculture permit sites

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none

Place_Keyword: Chesapeake Bay

Place_Keyword: Virginia

Place_Keyword: Eastern Shore

Access_Constraints: none

Use_Constraints: none

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Marcia Berman

Contact_Organization: Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)

Contact_Position: Director Comprehensive Coastal Inventory Program

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: P.O. Box 1346

City: Gloucester Point

State_or_Province: Virginia

Postal_Code: 23062

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (804) 684-7188

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (804) 684-7179

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: marcia@vims.edu

Data_Set_Credit:

This data set would not be available without the work of Anamarija Frankic (VIMS) and Chip Neikirk (VMRC).

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

SunOS, 5.7, sun4u UNIX ARC/INFO version 7.2.1

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

The attributes were compared to original GPS data logs for accuracy. Errors were corrected where noted.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Point features present.

Completeness_Report:

All lease locations are current as of 2002

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Virginia Marine Resource Commission (VMRC)

Publication_Date: 2002

Title: Aquaculture Permit Database

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: database file

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Newport News, Va

Publisher: VMRC

Type_of_Source_Media: database file

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2002

Source_Currentness_Reference: date of assessment

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: VMRC

Source_Contribution: Location of aquaculture permit sites.

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Aquaculture permitted sites were obtained from VMRC.

Process_Date: 2002

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Aquaculture sites were imported into ArcView and projected into UTM zone 18.

Process_Date: 2002

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

VMRC provided updated information on Aquaculture permitted sites that was incorporated into the ArcView shapefiles.

Process_Date: 2003

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 495

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Grid_Coordinate_System:

Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator

Universal_Transverse_Mercator:

UTM_Zone_Number: 18

Transverse_Mercator:

Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: .9996

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -75W

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.0

False_Easting: 500000

False_Northing: 0.0

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 15.0571

Ordinate_Resolution: 15.0571

Planar_Distance_Units: Meters

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid_Name: GRS1980

Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.4

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.98

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

Below is a listing of the attributes found within the aquapnts point coverage. Items X, Y, LATDEG, LONDEG, LONDMS, and LATDMS all pertain to latitude and longitude of the point. REFNUMBER contains the application number of the permitted site. NAME is that of the permit holder. TYPE is permit type where 1 = VGP #3 (noncommercial); 2 = Subaqueous Floats (commercial); 31 = On-Bottom Regulation Small; 32 = On_Bottom Regulation Medium; 33 = On_Bottom Regulation Large; 4 = Other NPN; 5 = Subaqueaous Intake; 6 = Subaqueous net/pen; 7 = Subaqueous cages; 8 = Subaqueous fixed structure (i.e. piers). SPECIES codes represent the type of aquaculture: 0 = oysters - noncommercial; 1 = oysters - commercial; 2 = soft clams; 3 = hard clams; 4 = crab shed; 99 = various. POINT_NO is use as a unique identification number. SP_NAME is the text verion of SPECIES. ACTIVE indicates if the lease is in use: 0 = active and 1 = inactive.

AQUAPNTS.PAT:

COLUMN   ITEM NAME        WIDTH OUTPUT  TYPE N.DEC  ALTERNATE NAME
    1  AREA                   4    12     F      3
    5  PERIMETER              4    12     F      3
    9  AQUAPNTS#              4     5     B      -
   13  AQUAPNTS-ID            4     5     B      -
   17  X                      8    11     F      0
   25  Y                      8    11     F      0
   33  LATDEG                 8    16     F      6
   41  LONDEG                 8    16     F      6
   49  REFNUMBER             16    16     C      -
   65  NAME                  25    25     C      -
   90  TYPE                   8    11     F      0
   98  ACTIVE                 8    11     F      0
  106  LONDMS                 8    12     F      2
  114  LATDMS                 8    12     F      2
  122  SPECIES                8    11     F      0
  130  POINT_NO               8    16     F      0
  138  SP_NAME               30    30     C      -

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: none

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)

Contact_Position: Director Comprehensive Coastal Inventory Program

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: P.O. Box 1346

City: Gloucester Point

State_or_Province: Virginia

Postal_Code: 23062

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (804) 684-7188

Contact_Instructions: Contact via email

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: marcia@vims.edu

Distribution_Liability:

The Comprehensive Coastal Inventory Program (CCI) at VIMS performs a service by distributing data generated by either CCI or public agencies which offer data without restriction or charge. CCI assumes no responsibility for data accuracy or precision, metadata completeness or correctness for digital information. CCI assumes no liability for misuse of any data which may arise as a result of any alteration, conversion, or combination with other data sources. As well, the timeliness and scale of these products must be considered when evaluating appropriate use.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20040305

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)

Contact_Person: Tamia Rudnicky

Contact_Position: GIS Programmer/Analyst

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: P.O. Box 1346

City: Gloucester Point

State_or_Province: Virginia

Postal_Code: 23062

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (804) 684-7181

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (804) 684-7179

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: tamia@vims.edu

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Access_Constraints: none

Metadata_Use_Constraints: none