Northeast Recreational Boater Activities: Wildlife Viewing Locations Reported by Recreational Boaters

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Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: SeaPlan
Publication_Date: 20130715
Title:
Northeast Recreational Boater Activities: Wildlife Viewing Locations Reported by Recreational Boaters
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Online_Linkage: <http://www.northeastoceandata.org/>
Description:
Abstract:
The Northeast Recreational Boater Activities Layer depicts activity points plotted by participants in the 2012 Northeast Recreational Boater Survey, which was conducted by SeaPlan, the Northeast Regional Ocean Council (NROC), states' coastal agencies, marine trade associations composed of many private industry representatives, and the First Coast Guard District. Boaters were able to identify locations where they partook in specific activities related to recreational boating, such as fishing, wildlife viewing, SCUBA diving, and swimming. The methodology for the 2012 Northeast Recreational Boater Survey follows a protocol similar to the 2010 Massachusetts Survey with modifications based on the lessons learned and recommendations suggested in the Massachusetts Survey Final Report. The methodology consists of surveying a random sample of selected boat owners throughout the Northeast through a series of monthly online surveys. The surveying period lasted throughout the 2012 boating season (May 1 through October 31, 2012), which was identified by the advisory committee (consisting of NROC and representatives from the recreational boating industry). The project team decided to use a random sample survey approach because it successfully gathered statistically robust economic and spatial data on recreational boating activity by Massachusetts registered boaters during the 2010 boating season. This was also the only approach that would allow for the calculation of statistically robust economic impact estimates for both the states and the region, which was identified as a priority (along with spatial data) by both NROC and the boating industry. The sample for this survey came from seven databases, including the U.S. Coast Guard Documented Vessel Database and databases of state registered boaters from New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine. Recreational boaters who owned vessels that met the following criteria were eligible for the survey: 1) Registration: Currently registered with a state in the Northeast and/or registered as a documented vessel with the U.S. Coast Guard, with a hailing port in the Northeast; 2) Primary Use: Recreational use designation; 3) Length: At least 10 feet in length; 4) Saltwater (if specified; only Maine and New Hampshire required this information); and 5) Location: Located in a "coastal county". The survey team defined "coastal counties" as those that border saltwater, or those that were highlighted by state coastal planners as likely containing large amount of saltwater boating activity. Based on the 2010 Massachusetts Survey and budgetary considerations, the project team determined an overall sample size that would provide sufficient spatial and economic data for both each state, as well as the whole Northeast. Because of the, at times, large discrepancies between the number of eligible boats in some states, the team decided that certain states with fewer eligible boats should also have a supplemental sample of boats in addition to the pure random sample. To ensure the sample represented the total population of registered boats in the Northeast, the sampling method included considerations of state, geography and size class. Of the 373,766 boats eligible for the survey, the base of randomly sampled boats included 50,000 boats from across all six states. In addition to this base, the survey team sampled 17,772 boats as a supplemental sample, including: 1,772 boats of 26 feet in length or more from across all six states to increase the number of large boats in the sample, and 16,000 additional boats to ensure each state had enough responses for the statistical analysis. These included 10,000 boats from Maine, 2,500 boats from Rhode Island, 2,000 boats from New Hampshire and 1,500 boats from Connecticut. This resulted in a total of 67,772 boaters invited to participate in the study. In the survey invitation package, the survey team also sent invited boaters a questionnaire to verify eligibility to participate in the survey. Eligibility requirements consist of: boat is used in saltwater; boat is used for recreational purposes; and boaters have access to the internet with a working email address. 12,218 boaters responded to the invitation; however only 7,800 of these respondents were found to meet all of the above criteria. From this sample, 4,297 individual boaters completed at least one monthly survey. The study consisted of six monthly surveys and one end of season survey. The online monthly surveys gathered spatial and economic data on recreational boating activity that occurred during the previous month. The online survey had two parts: 1) a survey with questions about general boating activity during the previous month, and the boater's last trip of the month (specifically focusing on spending), and 2) a mapping application developed by Ecotrust where boaters plotted their boating route and identified any areas where they participated in activities, such as fishing, diving, wildlife viewing, swimming and relaxing at anchor. For certain activities, such as fishing and wildlife viewing, boaters could also specify the species of fish that they were targeting or the type of wildlife they were viewing. The end of season survey gathered a variety of information that could not be gathered in the monthly surveys. The end of season survey contained questions about yearly boating-related expenditures (e.g., dockage, storage, taxes, yearly maintenance), feedback on the survey itself, and general boating-related questions (e.g. whether boaters have taken a boating safety course). To develop this activity layer, activity points were plotted in WGS 1984 in the Ecotrust mapping application and were imported into Excel, then ArcMap using a data frame in that coordinate system. To exclude points that occurred on land or beyond northeastern waters beyond the continental shelf, we clipped this layer using a northeast ocean data layer. The Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) extracted the wildlife viewing locations from the Northeast Recreational Boater Activities Layer to create this dataset.
Purpose:
This dataset can be used by coastal planners in ocean planning activities will fill a specific need identified by NROC to develop a better understanding of how and where humans use the ocean in the Northeast to inform regional ocean planning and minimize ocean use conflicts. This effort also fulfilled a recommendation from the 2010 Massachusetts Survey to expand the survey's geographic range to the Northeast Region, allowing for the capture of interstate traffic between states in the Northeast. Furthermore, this dataset can also be used by the boating industry to show the importance of recreational boating to the region and to inform business planning.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 20120501
Ending_Date: 20121031
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
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South_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.528146
Keywords:
Theme:
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Theme_Keyword: biota
Theme_Keyword: economy
Theme_Keyword: environment
Theme_Keyword: oceans
Theme_Keyword: transportation
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Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean
Place_Keyword: Bay of Fundy
Place_Keyword: Cape Cod Bay
Place_Keyword: Chesapeake Bay
Place_Keyword: Delaware Bay
Place_Keyword: Gulf of Maine
Place_Keyword: Georges Bank
Place_Keyword: Long Island Sound
Place_Keyword: Massachusetts Bay
Place_Keyword: Nantucket Shoals
Place_Keyword: Northwest Atlantic
Place_Keyword: Rhode Island Sound
Access_Constraints: None.
Use_Constraints:
SeaPlan created this dataset with data provided by its own proprietary research. This data set must be cited on all electronic and hard copy products using the language of the Data Set Credit. SeaPlan shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. Any sale, distribution, loan, or offering for use of these digital data, in whole or in part, is prohibited without the approval of SeaPlan. The use of these data to produce other GIS products and services with the intent to sell for a profit is prohibited without the written consent of SeaPlan. SeaPlan shall be acknowledged as data contributors to any reports or other products derived from this data set. This data set is not intended for navigation purposes.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: SeaPlan
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 89 South Street, Suite 202
City: Boston
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02111
Country: US
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 617-737-2600
Data_Set_Credit: These spatial data were created by SeaPlan.
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Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.1.1.3143
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
The boater activity points are derived from a mapping tool used by boaters to plot their routes. This application restricted the scale at which users could draw their routes, reducing the amount of error that could occur from plotting routes at too small a scale. Clipping this layer with a regional ocean shapefile derived from the NOAA medium resolution shoreline dataset excluded points drawn over land, in freshwater, or outside of northeastern waters.
Logical_Consistency_Report: None.
Completeness_Report:
Points occurring over land, freshwater areas, or outside northeastern waters were excluded.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
The positional accuracy of the points is dependent on the individual reporting points through the mapping tool.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
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Originator: SeaPlan
Publication_Date: 20130101
Title: 2012 Northeast Recreational Boater Survey
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Source_Citation_Abbreviation: 2012 Northeast Recreational Boater Survey
Source_Contribution:
Source information used in support of the development of the dataset.
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Publication_Date: unknown
Title: NOAA Medium Resolution Shoreline Dataset
Type_of_Source_Media: None
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Calendar_Date: 20130715
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Source_Contribution:
Source information used in support of the development of the dataset.
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
1. Activity points from mapping application imported into ArcMap.
Process_Date: 20130715
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: SeaPlan
Contact_Person: Kate Longley
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 89 South Street, Suite 202
City: Boston
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02111
Country: US
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 617-737-2600
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
2. Activity points occurring over land were eliminated using NOAA Medium Resolution Shoreline dataset and the ERASE tool.
Process_Date: 20130715
Process_Contact:
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Contact_Organization: SeaPlan
Contact_Person: Kate Longley
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 89 South Street, Suite 202
City: Boston
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02111
Country: US
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 617-737-2600
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
3. month, surveyType, state and vesselSize attributes added and filled-in through queries of survey field and field calculator operations.
Process_Date: 20130715
Process_Contact:
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Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: SeaPlan
Contact_Person: Kate Longley
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 89 South Street, Suite 202
City: Boston
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02111
Country: US
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 617-737-2600
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
4. CZM downloaded the data from the Northeast Ocean Data Portal (<http://www.northeastoceandata.org/>) on Sept. 18, 2013. Wildlife viewing locations were selected and extracted using the following query expression: viewing = 1. The data were projected to the Massachusetts State Plane Coordinate System, Mainland Zone (FIPS zone 2001), meters. Additional fields about fishing, diving, swimming, relaxing, and other activities were deleted.
Process_Date: 20150106
Process_Contact:
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Hours_of_Service: 0900 hrs to 1600 hrs EST
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Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 508
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Horizontal_Datum_Name: D North American 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: GRS 1980
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0
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Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
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Entity_Type_Label: Attribute Table
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Table containing attribute information associated with the dataset.
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Attribute_Label: FID
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
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Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
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Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Attribute:
Attribute_Label: stateRegis
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Identifies the state in which the survey participant's boat is registered.
Attribute_Definition_Source: SeaPlan
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: NH
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: NY
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Identifies the sample type the activity falls under (for statistical analysis purposes).
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"1" indicates that the boater was viewing large whales at this location.
Attribute_Definition_Source: SeaPlan
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Attribute:
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"1" indicates that the boater was viewing dolphins or porpoise at this location.
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Definition:
"1" indicates that the boater was viewing turtles at this location.
Attribute_Definition_Source: SeaPlan
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Attribute:
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"1" indicates that the boater was viewing birds at this location.
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Attribute:
Attribute_Label: viewSeals
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"1" indicates that the boater was viewing seals at this location.
Attribute_Definition_Source: SeaPlan
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City: Boston
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Postal_Code: 02114-2138
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See use constraints information. All parties receiving these data must be informed of these use restrictions.
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Fees:
GIS and coordinate files may be downloaded at no charge by following links on the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management website (<http://www.mass.gov/czm/>).
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City: Boston
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02114-2138
Country: US
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 617-626-1200
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 617-626-1240
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