MassGIS Data: MORIS Layers from Coastal Zone Management

The GIS datalayers listed on this page were developed by the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) or their affiliates. MassGIS stores unmodified copies in its ArcSDE geodatabase for use in MORIS and web mapping services. MORIS, the Massachusetts Ocean Resource Information System, is an online mapping tool similar to OLIVER, with an emphasis on ocean datalayers. These layers may be downloaded as shapefiles or GeoTiffs from within MORIS.

For details please visit the following Web pages maintained by CZM (the names of the layers as stored at MassGIS are listed in parentheses). Any questions please contact [e-mail] at CZM.

Metadata

Base Data - Bathymetry

• Bathymetry: All Massachusetts Waters (fathoms) (MORIS.BATHY_FATHOMS_POLY)
• Bathymetry: Gulf of Maine Bathymetric Contours (MORIS.GOM15CTR_ARC)
• Bathymetry: New York Bight and Gulf of Maine Bathymetric Contours (MORIS.NY_GOME_CONTOURS_ARC)
• Bathymetry: Stellwagen Bank Bathymetric Contours (MORIS.BATHY_ARC)

Boundaries - Designated Port Areas (DPAs)

• Chelsea Creek Designated Port Area (DPA) Boundary (MORIS.DPA_CHELSEA_CREEK_ARC)
• East Boston Designated Port Area (DPA) Boundary (MORIS.DPA_EAST_BOSTON_ARC)
• Gloucester Inner Harbor Designated Port Area (DPA) Boundary (MORIS.DPA_GLOUC_INNER_HARBOR_ARC)
• Lynn Designated Port Area (DPA) Boundary (MORIS.DPA_LYNN_ARC)
• Mount Hope Bay Designated Port Area (DPA) Boundary (MORIS.DPA_MOUNT_HOPE_BAY_ARC)
• Mystic River Designated Port Area (DPA) Boundary (MORIS.DPA_MYSTIC_RIVER_ARC)
• New Bedford-Fairhaven Designated Port Area (DPA) Boundary (MORIS.DPA_NEW_BEDFORD_FAIRHAVEN_ARC)
• Salem Harbor Designated Port Area (DPA) Boundary (MORIS.DPA_SALEM_HARBOR_ARC)
• South Boston Designated Port Area (DPA) Boundary (MORIS.DPA_SOUTH_BOSTON_ARC)
• Weymouth Fore River Designated Port Area (DPA) Boundary (MORIS.DPA_WEYMOUTH_FORE_RIVER_ARC)

Boundaries - State

• Barrier Beaches (Executive Order No. 181) (GISDATA.BARRIERB_POLY)
• CZM Regions (GISDATA.REGCZM_POLY)
• Massachusetts Coastal Zone (GISDATA.CSTZONE_POLY)
• Massachusetts Coastal Zone Boundary (GISDATA.CSTZONE_ARC)
• Massachusetts Lateral Boundaries (MORIS.MASS_LATERAL_BOUNDARIES_ARC)
• Massachusetts Ocean Management Planning Area (MORIS.OM_PLANNING_AREA_POLY)
• Ocean Sanctuaries Act (MORIS.GEOREG_OSA_POLY)

Boundaries - Federal

• Bay Closing Lines (MORIS.BAY_CLOSURE_LINES_ARC)
• BOEM Boundary Baseline Points (MORIS.ATBSLNPT_PT)
• Cape Wind Lease Area (MORIS.CAPE_WIND_LEASE_AREA_POLY)
• Coastal Barrier Resources Act (GISDATA.CBRS_POLY)
• Continental Shelf Boundary (MORIS.CSB_ARC)
• Limit of '8(g) Zone' (MORIS.LINE8G_ARC)
• Marine Managed Areas: National Marine Fisheries Service (MORIS.MPA_NMFS_MA_POLY)
• Marine Protected Areas: National Estuarine Research Reserves (MORIS.MPA_NERR_MA_POLY)
• Marine Protected Areas: National Marine Sanctuaries (MORIS.MPA_NMS_MA_POLY)
• Massachusetts Wind Energy Area Lease Areas (MORIS.MA_WEA_LEASE_AREAS_POLY)
• National Park Service (MORIS.GEOREG_NPS_POLY)
• National Wildlife Refuge System (MORIS.GEOREG_NWR_POLY)
• North Atlantic Right Whale Critical Habitat and Seasonal Area Management (SAM) Areas (MORIS.RIGHT_WHALE_CRIT_HAB_POLY)
• Official Protraction Diagram (OPD) Outlines (MORIS.PROTLMT_POLY)
• Official Protraction Diagram (OPD) Outlines (Clipped) (MORIS.PROT_CLP_POLY)
• Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Blocks (MORIS.BLK_CLP_POLY)
• Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Planning Areas (MORIS.PLANAREA_POLY)
• Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Wind Energy Areas (MORIS.ATL_WEAS_POLY)
• Rhode Island and Massachusetts Wind Energy Area Lease Areas (MORIS.RI_MA_WEA_LEASE_AREAS_POLY)
• Submerged Lands Act (SLA) Boundary (MORIS.SLA_ARC)

Biology - Marine Invasive Species Monitoring

• Ascidiella aspersa (European Sea Squirt) 2008 (MORIS.ASCIDIELLA_ASPERSA_2008_PT)
• Ascidiella aspersa (European Sea Squirt) 2009 (MORIS.ASCIDIELLA_ASPERSA_2009_PT)
• Ascidiella aspersa (European Sea Squirt) 2010 (MORIS.ASCIDIELLA_ASPERSA_2010_PT)
• Ascidiella aspersa (European Sea Squirt) 2011 (MORIS.ASCIDIELLA_ASPERSA_2011_PT)
• Ascidiella aspersa (European Sea Squirt) 2012 (MORIS.ASCIDIELLA_ASPERSA_2012_PT)
• Botrylloides violaceus (Sheath Tunicate) 2008 (MORIS.BOTRYLLOIDES_VIOLACEUS_2008_PT)
• Botrylloides violaceus (Sheath Tunicate) 2009 (MORIS.BOTRYLLOIDES_VIOLACEUS_2009_PT)
• Botrylloides violaceus (Sheath Tunicate) 2010 (MORIS.BOTRYLLOIDES_VIOLACEUS_2010_PT)
• Botrylloides violaceus (Sheath Tunicate) 2011 (MORIS.BOTRYLLOIDES_VIOLACEUS_2011_PT)
• Botrylloides violaceus (Sheath Tunicate) 2012 (MORIS.BOTRYLLOIDES_VIOLACEUS_2012_PT)
• Botryllus schlosseri (Star Tunicate) 2008 (MORIS.BOTRYLLUS_SCHLOSSERI_2008_PT)
• Botryllus schlosseri (Star Tunicate) 2009 (MORIS.BOTRYLLUS_SCHLOSSERI_2009_PT)
• Botryllus schlosseri (Star Tunicate) 2010 (MORIS.BOTRYLLUS_SCHLOSSERI_2010_PT)
• Botryllus schlosseri (Star Tunicate) 2011 (MORIS.BOTRYLLUS_SCHLOSSERI_2011_PT)
• Botryllus schlosseri (Star Tunicate) 2012 (MORIS.BOTRYLLUS_SCHLOSSERI_2012_PT)
• Bugula neritina (Purple Bushy Bryozoan) 2011 (MORIS.BUGULA_NERITINA_2011_PT)
• Bugula neritina (Purple Bushy Bryozoan) 2012 (MORIS.BUGULA_NERITINA_2012_PT)
• Caprella mutica (Skeleton Shrimp) 2011 (MORIS.CAPRELLA_MUTICA_2011_PT)
• Caprella mutica (Skeleton Shrimp) 2012 (MORIS.CAPRELLA_MUTICA_2012_PT)
• Carcinus maenas (Green Crab) 2008 (MORIS.CARCINUS_MAENAS_2008_PT)
• Carcinus maenas (Green Crab) 2009 (MORIS.CARCINUS_MAENAS_2009_PT)
• Carcinus maenas (Green Crab) 2010 (MORIS.CARCINUS_MAENAS_2010_PT)
• Carcinus maenas (Green Crab) 2011 (MORIS.CARCINUS_MAENAS_2011_PT)
• Carcinus maenas (Green Crab) 2012 (MORIS.CARCINUS_MAENAS_2012_PT)
• Codium fragile (Green Fleece) 2008 (MORIS.CODIUM_FRAGILE_2008_PT)
• Codium fragile (Green Fleece) 2009 (MORIS.CODIUM_FRAGILE_2009_PT)
• Codium fragile (Green Fleece) 2010 (MORIS.CODIUM_FRAGILE_2010_PT)
• Codium fragile (Green Fleece) 2011 (MORIS.CODIUM_FRAGILE_2011_PT)
• Codium fragile (Green Fleece) 2012 (MORIS.CODIUM_FRAGILE_2012_PT)
• Diadumene lineata (Orange Striped Anemone) 2008 (MORIS.DIADUMENE_LINEATA_2008_PT)
• Diadumene lineata (Orange Striped Anemone) 2009 (MORIS.DIADUMENE_LINEATA_2009_PT)
• Diadumene lineata (Orange Striped Anemone) 2010 (MORIS.DIADUMENE_LINEATA_2010_PT)
• Diadumene lineata (Orange Striped Anemone) 2011 (MORIS.DIADUMENE_LINEATA_2011_PT)
• Diadumene lineata (Orange Striped Anemone) 2012 (MORIS.DIADUMENE_LINEATA_2012_PT)
• Didemnum vexillum (Colonial Tunicate) 2008 (MORIS.DIDEMNUM_VEXILLUM_2008_PT)
• Didemnum vexillum (Colonial Tunicate) 2009 (MORIS.DIDEMNUM_VEXILLUM_2009_PT)
• Didemnum vexillum (Colonial Tunicate) 2010 (MORIS.DIDEMNUM_VEXILLUM_2010_PT)
• Didemnum vexillum (Colonial Tunicate) 2011 (MORIS.DIDEMNUM_VEXILLUM_2011_PT)
• Didemnum vexillum (Colonial Tunicate) 2012 (MORIS.DIDEMNUM_VEXILLUM_2012_PT)
• Diplosoma listerianum (Colonial Tunicate) 2008 (MORIS.DIPLOSOMA_LISTERIANUM_2008_PT)
• Diplosoma listerianum (Colonial Tunicate) 2009 (MORIS.DIPLOSOMA_LISTERIANUM_2009_PT)
• Diplosoma listerianum (Colonial Tunicate) 2010 (MORIS.DIPLOSOMA_LISTERIANUM_2010_PT)
• Diplosoma listerianum (Colonial Tunicate) 2011 (MORIS.DIPLOSOMA_LISTERIANUM_2011_PT)
• Diplosoma listerianum (Colonial Tunicate) 2012 (MORIS.DIPLOSOMA_LISTERIANUM_2012_PT)
• Grateloupia turuturu (Red Algae) 2008 (MORIS.GRATELOUPIA_TURUTURU_2008_PT)
• Grateloupia turuturu (Red Algae) 2009 (MORIS.GRATELOUPIA_TURUTURU_2009_PT)
• Grateloupia turuturu (Red Algae) 2010 (MORIS.GRATELOUPIA_TURUTURU_2010_PT)
• Grateloupia turuturu (Red Algae) 2011 (MORIS.GRATELOUPIA_TURUTURU_2011_PT)
• Grateloupia turuturu (Red Algae) 2012 (MORIS.GRATELOUPIA_TURUTURU_2012_PT)
• Hemigrapsus sanguineus (Asian Shore Crab) 2008 (MORIS.HEMIGRAPSUS_SANGUINEUS_2008_PT)
• Hemigrapsus sanguineus (Asian Shore Crab) 2009 (MORIS.HEMIGRAPSUS_SANGUINEUS_2009_PT)
• Hemigrapsus sanguineus (Asian Shore Crab) 2010 (MORIS.HEMIGRAPSUS_SANGUINEUS_2010_PT)
• Hemigrapsus sanguineus (Asian Shore Crab) 2011 (MORIS.HEMIGRAPSUS_SANGUINEUS_2011_PT)
• Hemigrapsus sanguineus (Asian Shore Crab) 2012 (MORIS.HEMIGRAPSUS_SANGUINEUS_2012_PT)
• Membranipora membranacea (Lacy Crust) 2008 (MORIS.MEMBRANIPORA_MEMBRANACEA_08_PT)
• Membranipora membranacea (Lacy Crust) 2009 (MORIS.MEMBRANIPORA_MEMBRANACEA_09_PT)
• Membranipora membranacea (Lacy Crust) 2010 (MORIS.MEMBRANIPORA_MEMBRANACEA_10_PT)
• Membranipora membranacea (Lacy Crust) 2011 (MORIS.MEMBRANIPORA_MEMBRANACEA_11_PT)
• Membranipora membranacea (Lacy Crust) 2012 (MORIS.MEMBRANIPORA_MEMBRANACEA_12_PT)
• MIMIC 2008 Monitoring Sites (MORIS.MIMIC_SITES_2008_PT)
• MIMIC 2009 Monitoring Sites (MORIS.MIMIC_SITES_2009_PT)
• MIMIC 2010 Monitoring Sites (MORIS.MIMIC_SITES_2010_PT)
• MIMIC 2011 Monitoring Sites (MORIS.MIMIC_SITES_2011_PT)
• MIMIC 2012 Monitoring Sites (MORIS.MIMIC_SITES_2012_PT)
• Ostrea edulis (European Oyster) 2008 (MORIS.OSTREA_EDULIS_2008_PT)
• Ostrea edulis (European Oyster) 2010 (MORIS.OSTREA_EDULIS_2010_PT)
• Ostrea edulis (European Oyster) 2011 (MORIS.OSTREA_EDULIS_2011_PT)
• Ostrea edulis (European Oyster) 2012 (MORIS.OSTREA_EDULIS_2012_PT)
• Palaemon elegans (European Rock Shrimp) 2011 (MORIS.PALAEMON_ELEGANS_2011_PT)
• Palaemon elegans (European Rock Shrimp) 2012 (MORIS.PALAEMON_ELEGANS_2012_PT)
• Styela clava (Club Tunicate) 2008 (MORIS.STYELA_CLAVA_2008_PT)
• Styela clava (Club Tunicate) 2009 (MORIS.STYELA_CLAVA_2009_PT)
• Styela clava (Club Tunicate) 2010 (MORIS.STYELA_CLAVA_2010_PT)
• Styela clava (Club Tunicate) 2011 (MORIS.STYELA_CLAVA_2011_PT)
• Styela clava (Club Tunicate) 2012 (MORIS.STYELA_CLAVA_2012_PT)

Coastal Hazards - Erosion

• High Water Shorelines (1800s-2009) (MORIS.SHORELINES_ARC)
• Shoreline Change Transects (MORIS.TRANSECTS_ARC)
• Private Shoreline Stabilization Structures, 2013 (MORIS.CSI_PRIVATE_ARC)
• Public Shoreline Stabilization Structures, 2009 (MORIS.CSI_PUBLIC_ARC)
• Public South Shore Shoreline Stabilization Structures, 2007 (MORIS.CSI_PUBLIC_SOUTH_SHORE_ARC)

Coastal Hazards - Sea Level Rise

• Coastal Inundation Scenarios
• Coastal Inundation Uncertainty - Current Mean Higher High Water
• Coastal Inundation Uncertainty - 1 ft
• Coastal Inundation Uncertainty - 2 ft
• Coastal Inundation Uncertainty - 3 ft
• Coastal Inundation Uncertainty - 4 ft
• Coastal Inundation Uncertainty - 5 ft
• Coastal Inundation Uncertainty - 6 ft
• TBHA Coastal Inundation Scenarios (MORIS.TBHA_SLR_POLY)

Geology - Seafloor

• 95th Percentile of Bottom Shear Stress (Pascals), May 2010 to May 2011 (MORIS.GMAINE_95TH_PERC_POLY)
• Bathymetry: All Massachusetts Waters (fathoms) (MORIS.BATHY_FATHOMS_POLY)
• Bathymetry: Gulf of Maine Bathymetric Contours (MORIS.GOM15CTR_ARC)
• Bathymetry: New York Bight and Gulf of Maine Bathymetric Contours (MORIS.NY_GOME_CONTOURS_ARC)
• Bathymetry: Stellwagen Bank Bathymetric Contours (MORIS.BATHY_ARC)
• Bed Mobility Recurrence Interval (Days), May 2010 to May 2011 (MORIS.GMAINE_BED_MOBILITY_FREQ_PT)
• Northern and Eastern Cape Cod Sedimentary Environments (MORIS.CC_SED_ENVIRON_POLY)
• Physiographic Zones: Boston Harbor and Approaches (MORIS.BH_BOTTOMTYPE_POLY)
• Physiographic Zones: Nahant to Gloucester Inshore (MORIS.NAH2GLO_PHYS_ZONES_IN_POLY)
• Physiographic Zones: Nahant to Gloucester Offshore (MORIS.NAH2GLO_PHYS_ZONES_POLY)
• Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Bedrock Outcrops (MORIS.BEDROCK_POLY)
• Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Sun-Illuminated Seafloor Topography (MORIS.SUNILLUM_RD)
• Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Terrain Ruggedness (MORIS.RUGGED_RD)
• Sub-Bottom: Nahant to Gloucester Depth to Bedrock (MORIS.NAH2GLO_BEDROCK_DEPTH_RD)
• Surficial Sediment: Boston Harbor and Approaches Grain-Size Data (MORIS.BH_SEDGRABS_PT)
• Surficial Sediment: Continental Margin (MORIS.CONMAPSG_POLY)
• Surficial Sediment: Nahant to Gloucester Bottom Classification (MORIS.NAH2GLO_MLCLASS5_RD)
• Surficial Sediment: Northern and Eastern Cape Cod (MORIS.CC_SED_DIST_POLY)
• Surficial Sediment: Northern and Eastern Cape Cod Grain-Size Data (MORIS.CC_SURFICIAL_SED_PT)

Geology - Shoreline

• Barrier Beaches (GISDATA.BARRIERB_POLY)
• High Water Shorelines (1800s-2009) (MORIS.SHORELINES_ARC)
• Shoreline Change Transects (MORIS.TRANSECTS_ARC)
• Shoreline Characterization (MORIS.SHORELINE_CHARACTERIZATION_ARC)
• Private Shoreline Stabilization Structures, 2013 (MORIS.CSI_PRIVATE_ARC)
• Public Shoreline Stabilization Structures, 2009 (MORIS.CSI_PUBLIC_ARC)
• Public South Shore Shoreline Stabilization Structures, 2007 (MORIS.CSI_PUBLIC_SOUTH_SHORE_ARC)

Geology - Other

• Cape Cod and the Islands Geologic Map (MORIS.CAPE_GEOLGEOG_POLY)
• Western Cape Cod Bedrock Data (MORIS.CC_WELLSITE_PT)

Oceanography and Weather

• Hurricane Tracks for the Atlantic Basin 1851-2008 (MORIS.ATL_HURTRACK_ARC)
• Hurricanes Making Landfall in New England 1851-2008 (MORIS.NE_HURTRACK_ARC)
• Tidal Currents Greater than 3 Knots (MORIS.TIDAL_CURRENTS_GT_3KNOTS_PT)
• Tide Gauge Stations (MORIS.TIDE_STATIONS_PT)

Fisheries

• Commercial Fisheries Activity (MORIS.OM_COMM_FISH_ACTIVITY_POLY)
• Marine Managed Areas: National Marine Fisheries Service (MORIS.MPA_NMFS_MA_POLY)

Infrastructure and Transportation

• Algonquin Hubline LNG Pipeline (MORIS.ALGONQUIN_HUBLINE_LNG_ARC)
• Artificial Reefs (MORIS.ARTIFICIAL_REEFS_PT)
• Desalinization Plants 2006 (MORIS.DESALINIZATION_PLANTS_POLY)
• Dredge Projects (USACE), Historical to 1998, Points (MORIS.DREDGE_USACE_PT)
• Dredge Projects (USACE), Historical to 1998, Polygons (MORIS.DREDGE_USACE_POLY)
• Harwich to Nantucket Electric Cable (MORIS.HAR_NAN_CABLE_ARC)
• Hibernia Atlantic Submarine Fiber-Optic Cable (MORIS.HIBERNIA_CABLE_ARC)
• Hyannis to Nantucket Electric Cable (MORIS.HYAN_NAN_CABLE_ARC)
• Lighthouses (GISDATA.LIGHTHOUSES_PT)
• Massachusetts Bay Outfall Diffusers (MORIS.DIFFUSERS_PT)
• Massachusetts Tidal Energy Co. Footprint (MORIS.MA_TIDAL_ENERGY_POLY)
• Massachusetts Tide Gate Inventory (MORIS.MASSBAYS_TIDE_GATES_2016_PT)
• MWRA Outfall Pipe (MORIS.OUTFPIPE_ARC)
• Neptune LNG Pipeline (MORIS.NEPTUNE_LNG_ARC)
• Northeast Gateway LNG Pipeline (MORIS.NE_GATEWAY_LNG_ARC)
• Private Shoreline Stabilization Structures, 2013 (MORIS.CSI_PRIVATE_ARC)
• Proposed Cape Wind Turbine Locations (MORIS.CAPE_WIND_PT)
• Public Shoreline Stabilization Structures, 2009 (MORIS.CSI_PUBLIC_ARC)
• Public South Shore Shoreline Stabilization Structures, 2007 (MORIS.CSI_PUBLIC_SOUTH_SHORE_ARC)
• Shipping Lanes and Precautionary Areas (MORIS.SHIPPINGLANES_POLY)
• United States Coast Guard Bases (MORIS.USCG_BASES_PT)

Society, Culture, and Demographics - Recreation and Tourism

• Boating Usage Lines (MORIS.BOATING_USAGE_ARC)
• Boating Usage Polygons (MORIS.BOATING_USAGE_POLY)
• Dive Sites 2007 (MORIS.DIVE_SITES_PT)
• Marinas 2007 (MORIS.MARINAS_PT)
• Mooring Fields (MORIS.MOORING_FIELDS_POLY)
• Coastal Public Access Sites (MORIS.CZM_COASTAL_PUBLIC_ACCESS_POLY)

Society, Culture, and Demographics - Other

• Submerged Wrecks (MORIS.AWOIS_SUB_WRECKS_PT)

Ocean Plan Data Layers - Management Areas

• Massachusetts Ocean Management Planning Area (MORIS.OM_PLANNING_AREA_POLY)
• Multi-Use Area (MORIS.OM_MULTI_USE_AREA_POLY)
• Prohibited Area (MORIS.OM_PROHIBITED_AREA_POLY)
• Wind Energy Areas (MORIS.OM_WIND_ENERGY_AREAS_POLY)

Ocean Plan Data Layers - All Protected Areas by Allowed Use: Community-Scale Wind Energy Facilities

• Colonial Waterbirds Important Nesting Habitat (MORIS.OM_COL_WB_IMP_HAB_POLY)
• Concentrated Commerce Traffic (MORIS.OM_CONC_COMMERCE_TRAF_POLY)
• Concentrated Commercial Fishing Traffic (MORIS.OM_CONC_COM_FISH_TRAF_POLY)
• Concentrated Recreational Boating (MORIS.OM_CONC_REC_BOATING_POLY)
• Concentrated Recreational Fishing (MORIS.OM_CONC_REC_FISHING_POLY)
• Eelgrass (MORIS.OM_EELGRASS_POLY)
• Fin Whale Core Habitat (MORIS.OM_FIN_WHALE_CORE_HAB_POLY)
• High Commercial Fishing Effort and Value (MORIS.OM_HIGH_COMM_FISHING_POLY)
• Humpback Whale Core Habitat (MORIS.OM_HUMPBACK_CORE_HAB_POLY)
• Intertidal Flats (MORIS.OM_INTERTIDAL_FLATS_POLY)
• Leach's Storm-Petrel Important Nesting Habitat (MORIS.OM_LEACHS_SP_IMP_HAB_POLY)
• North Atlantic Right Whale Core Habitat (MORIS.OM_N_ATL_RIGHT_W_CORE_POLY)
• Roseate Tern Core Habitat (MORIS.OM_ROSEATE_TERN_CORE_POLY)
• Sea Duck Core Habitat (MORIS.OM_SEA_DUCK_CORE_HAB_POLY)
• Special Concern (Arctic, Least, and Common) Tern Core Habitat (MORIS.OM_SC_TERN_CORE_HAB_POLY)

Ocean Plan Data Layers - All Protected Areas by Allowed Use: Commercial-Scale Tidal Energy Facilities

• Concentrated Commerce Traffic (MORIS.OM_CONC_COMMERCE_TRAF_POLY)
• Concentrated Commercial Fishing Traffic (MORIS.OM_CONC_COM_FISH_TRAF_POLY)
• Concentrated Recreational Boating (MORIS.OM_CONC_REC_BOATING_POLY)
• Concentrated Recreational Fishing (MORIS.OM_CONC_REC_FISHING_POLY)
• Eelgrass (MORIS.OM_EELGRASS_POLY)
• High Commercial Fishing Effort and Value (MORIS.OM_HIGH_COMM_FISHING_POLY)
• Important Fish Resources (MORIS.OM_IMP_FISH_RES_AREAS_POLY)
• Intertidal Flats (MORIS.OM_INTERTIDAL_FLATS_POLY)
• North Atlantic Right Whale Core Habitat (MORIS.OM_N_ATL_RIGHT_W_CORE_POLY)

Ocean Plan Data Layers - All Protected Areas by Allowed Use: Offshore Sand Projects for Beach Nourishment

• Concentrated Recreational Fishing (MORIS.OM_CONC_REC_FISHING_POLY)
• Eelgrass (MORIS.OM_EELGRASS_POLY)
• Fin Whale Core Habitat (MORIS.OM_FIN_WHALE_CORE_HAB_POLY)
• Hard/Complex Seafloor (MORIS.OM_HARD_COMPLEX_SEAFL_POLY)
• High Commercial Fishing Effort and Value (MORIS.OM_HIGH_COMM_FISHING_POLY)
• Humpback Whale Core Habitat (MORIS.OM_HUMPBACK_CORE_HAB_POLY)
• Important Fish Resources (MORIS.OM_IMP_FISH_RES_AREAS_POLY)
• Intertidal Flats (MORIS.OM_INTERTIDAL_FLATS_POLY)
• North Atlantic Right Whale Core Habitat (MORIS.OM_N_ATL_RIGHT_W_CORE_POLY)
• Roseate Tern Core Habitat (MORIS.OM_ROSEATE_TERN_CORE_POLY)

Ocean Plan Data Layers - All Protected Areas by Allowed Use: Cable Projects

• Eelgrass (MORIS.OM_EELGRASS_POLY)
• Fin Whale Core Habitat (MORIS.OM_FIN_WHALE_CORE_HAB_POLY)
• Hard/Complex Seafloor (MORIS.OM_HARD_COMPLEX_SEAFL_POLY)
• Humpback Whale Core Habitat (MORIS.OM_HUMPBACK_CORE_HAB_POLY)
• Intertidal Flats (MORIS.OM_INTERTIDAL_FLATS_POLY)
• North Atlantic Right Whale Core Habitat (MORIS.OM_N_ATL_RIGHT_W_CORE_POLY)

Ocean Plan Data Layers - All Protected Areas by Allowed Use: Pipeline Projects

• Concentrated Recreational Fishing (MORIS.OM_CONC_REC_FISHING_POLY)
• Eelgrass (MORIS.OM_EELGRASS_POLY)
• Fin Whale Core Habitat (MORIS.OM_FIN_WHALE_CORE_HAB_POLY)
• Hard/Complex Seafloor (MORIS.OM_HARD_COMPLEX_SEAFL_POLY)
• High Commercial Fishing Effort and Value (MORIS.OM_HIGH_COMM_FISHING_POLY)
• Humpback Whale Core Habitat (MORIS.OM_HUMPBACK_CORE_HAB_POLY)
• Important Fish Resources (MORIS.OM_IMP_FISH_RES_AREAS_POLY)
• Intertidal Flats (MORIS.OM_INTERTIDAL_FLATS_POLY)
• North Atlantic Right Whale Core Habitat (MORIS.OM_N_ATL_RIGHT_W_CORE_POLY)

Ocean Plan Data Layers - Potential Offshore Sand Resource Areas

• Initial Areas to Avoid for Siting of Potential Offshore Sand Resource Areas (MORIS.OM_AREAS_TO_AVOID_SAND_POLY)
• Number of Beach Nourishment Projects (1995-2014) (MORIS.OM_BEACH_NOURISHMENT_PROJ_PT)
• Potential Offshore Sand Resource Areas for Further Investigation (MORIS.OM_PTNL_SAND_FOR_INVESTIG_POLY)
• Potential Sand Resources (MORIS.OM_POTENTIAL_SAND_RES_POLY)

Ocean Plan Data Layers - Potential Offshore Wind Energy Transmission Cable Siting

• Areas to Avoid and Areas of Concern for Siting of Potential Offshore Wind Transmission Cables Corridors (MORIS.OM_AREAS_TO_AVOID_CABLES_POLY)
• Potential Cable Routes Outside Planning Area (MORIS.OM_PTNL_CABLE_RTE_OUT_OMPA_ARC)
• Preliminary Areas for Offshore Wind Transmission Cable Corridors (MORIS.OM_PRELIM_TRANSMSN_CABLE_POLY)
• Priority 345-Kilovolt Substations (MORIS.OM_PRIORITY_SUBSTATIONS_PT)

Ocean Plan Data Layers - Renewable Energy

• Cape Wind Lease Area (MORIS.CAPE_WIND_LEASE_AREA_POLY)
• Massachusetts Wind Energy Area Lease Areas (MORIS.MA_WEA_LEASE_AREAS_POLY)
• Municipalities Adjacent to Planning Area (Symbolized by Regional Planning Agency) (MORIS.OM_MUNICIPALITIES_ADJ_PA_POLY)
• Muskeget Channel Tidal Energy Project (MORIS.OM_PROPOSED_TIDAL_EN_PROJ_POLY)
• Regional Planning Agencies Adjacent to Planning Area (MORIS.OM_REGIONAL_PLANNING_AGEN_POLY)
• Rhode Island and Massachusetts Wind Energy Area Lease Areas (MORIS.RI_MA_WEA_LEASE_AREAS_POLY)
• Wind Energy Areas (MORIS.OM_WIND_ENERGY_AREAS_POLY)

Ocean Plan Data Layers - Baseline Assessment

• 95th Percentile of Bottom Shear Stress (Pascals), May 2010 to May 2011 (MORIS.GMAINE_95TH_PERC_POLY)
• Aquaculture Sites in Planning Area (MORIS.OM_AQUACULTURE_SITES_POLY)
• Attached Mussel Beds (MORIS.OM_ATTACHED_MUSSEL_BEDS_PT)
• Bed Mobility Recurrence Interval (Days), May 2010 to May 2011 (MORIS.GMAINE_BED_MOBILITY_FREQ_PT)
• Canopy-Forming Algal Beds (Kelps) (MORIS.OM_CANOPY_FORMING_ALGAL_BED_PT)
• Commercial Fisheries Activity 1988-2012 (MORIS.OM_COMM_FISH_ACTIVITY_POLY)
• Interpolated North Atlantic Right Whale Sightings per Unit Effort for 1998-2014 (Whales per 1,000 km of Survey) (MORIS.OM_N_ATL_RI_WH_SPUE_98_14_POLY)
• Interpolated North Atlantic Right Whale Sightings per Unit Effort for 2013 (Whales per 1,000 km of Survey) (MORIS.OM_N_ATL_RI_WH_SPUE_2013_POLY)
• Long-tailed Duck Sightings per Unit Effort for Winter 1978-2009 (Quartiles) (MORIS.OM_SEABRD_SPUE_COMPENDIUM_POLY)
• Marinas (MORIS.MARINAS_PT)
• Mooring Fields (MORIS.MOORING_FIELDS_POLY)
• Mussel Reefs (MORIS.OM_MUSSEL_REEFS_PT)
• National Register of Historic Places (MORIS.OM_NATL_REGISTER_HIS_PLACES_PT)
• North Atlantic Right Whale Sightings per Unit Effort for 1998-2014 (Whales per 1,000 km of Survey) (MORIS.OM_N_ATL_RIGHT_WHALE_SPUE_PT)
• Number of Vessels Lost (1640s to Present) (MORIS.OM_VESSELS_LOST_BY_TOWN_POLY)
• Recreational Boating Route Density 2010 (MORIS.OM_REC2010_RD)
• Recreational Boating Route Density 2012 (MORIS.OM_REC2012_RD)
• Recreational Shipwreck Sites (Exempted Sites) (MORIS.OM_REC_SHIPWRECK_SITES_PT)
• Sea Duck Sightings per Unit Effort for Winter 2008-2012 (Quartiles in Planning Area) (MORIS.OM_SEA_DUCK_SPUE_USFWS_POLY)
• Soft Corals (MORIS.OM_SOFT_CORALS_PT)
• Soft Sediment Mussel Beds (MORIS.OM_SOFT_SED_MUSSEL_BEDS_PT)
• Surficial Sediments (MORIS.OM_SURFICIAL_SEDIMENTS_POLY)
• Wildlife Viewing Locations Reported by Recreational Boaters (MORIS.OM_WILDLIFE_VIEWING_LOC_PT)

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Date published:	December 7, 2017
Last updated:	December 7, 2017