NOAA Abandoned Vessel Program 20040408 US Virgin Islands Abandoned Vessel Inventory ESRI shapefile and PDF Seattle, WA NOAA, National Ocean Service, Office of Response and Restoration, Damage Assessment Center, Abandoned VesselProgram http://archive.orr.noaa.gov/topic_subtopic_entry.php?RECORD_KEY%28entry_subtopic_topic%29=entry_id,subtopic_id,topic_id&entry_id%28entry_subtopic_topic%29=174&subtopic_id%28entry_subtopic_topic%29=17&topic_id%28entry_subtopic_topic%29=2 NOAA Abandoned Vessel Project Data for US Virgin Islands. Abandoned vessels pose a significant threat to the NOAA Trust resources through physical destruction of coral habitats and dispersion of toxic chemicals and gear. The Damage Assessment Center (DAC) is addressing this issue by creating a comprehensive database of abandoned vessels. These vessels can potentially threaten coral ecosystems in U.S. waters. Current databases are limited in their scope or definition of abandoned vessels. The inventory is a compilation of existing data from sources such as NOAA, the U.S. Coast Guard, States, Territories and the maritime industry, as well as original data from maps and personal interviews with local sources. The Abandoned Vessel Project's purpose is to locate and identify abandoned vessels that threaten coral ecosystems in U.S. waters, assess the threat and seek removal if warranted. This is part of a national effort to map abandoned vessels that may impact coral and associated habitats (seagrass and mangroves) These reports do not represent all AVP data in the region. They represent sites that have enough supporting information to rate as high, medium or low priorities for vessel removal. Vessels with too little supporting information or those that have already been removed are not included. The data in the US Virgin Islands inventory are not complete. Significan field validation is required. These data were generated through a number of steps. We started by culling several other databases for records that pertain to grounded sunk and abandoned vessels. These records made our base record set in 2001. From that point forward, we have been working to add and improve the core data set through a number of efforts. We collect information from our website, from the media, from direct interviews and through field surveys. All of these data are used to categorize and prioritize individual records. Many vessels have been assigned a removal priority from high to low depending on a number of factors including threats to public safety, the environment, navigation and aesthetics. Other vesselss, with very little information, are not prioritized until we develop better data. The primary data sources are the US Coast Guard's Abandoned Vessel Inventory System and Marine Safety Management System, NOAA's Automated Wreck and Obstruction Information System and Florida's Derelict Vessel Removal Grant Program. 20040408 publication date In Work As needed -65.177855 -64.426484 18.530613 17.500323 CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus Documents > Abandoned Vessel Inventory CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Coastal Habitat > Grounded Vessel none derelict vessels grounded vessels abandoned vessels ISO 19115 Topic Category environment 007 CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > Lesser Antilles > U. S. Virgin Islands (17N064W0000) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > U. S. Virgin Islands > U. S. Virgin Islands > U. S. Virgin Islands (17N064W0000) none U. S. Virgin Islands CoRIS Region USVI none Not to be used for navigational purposes. Doug Helton NOAA Office of Response and Restoration Rapid Assessment Coordinator mailing and physical address
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle WA 98115 U.S.A. 206.526.4563 206-526-6665 doug.helton@noaa.gov M-F 9-5 Phone / Fax / Email - include your contact information please. Ian Zelo, NOAA, National Ocean Service, Office of Response and Restoration, Damage Assessment Center, Abandoned VesselProgram Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.2.0.700 Geographic Location of vessels located in US Waters Vector Entity Point 30 0.000001 0.000001 Decimal Degrees North American Datum of 1927 Clarke 1866 6378206.400000 294.978698 Ian Zelo NOAA - Abandoned Vessel Program Environmental Specialist mailing and physical address
NOAA - DAC
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle WA 98115 USA 206.526.4599 206-526-6665 ian.j.zelo@noaa.gov M-F 8:30-4:30 Phone / Fax / Email Downloadable Data NOAA makes no warranty regarding these data, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA can not assume liability for and damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data, nor as a result of the failure of these data to function on a particular system. PDF Inventory contains Vessel Name, Removal Priority, Description, Location and Primary Source of this information. http://archive.orr.noaa.gov/av_catalog.php Select place name to obtain list of vessels and then select vessel name to view details. none Contact the Abandoned Vessel Program if you require additional records etc. Knowledge of ESRI software, Arcview, is strongly recomended for accessing the shapfile inventory. 20121217 Ian Zelo NOAA - Abandoned Vessel Program Environmental Specialist mailing and physical address
NOAA - DAC
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle WA 98115 USA 206.526.4599 206-526-6665 ian.j.zelo@noaa.gov M-F 8:30-4:30 Phone / Fax / Email FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata FGDC-STD-001-1998 Local Time None None 20041216045907 None 20040408 20040408 http://www.coris.noaa.gov/metadata/records/html/abandoned_vessel_inventory_us_virgin_islands_2004.html 817