Shipping Safety Fairways, Traffic Seperation Zones, Traffic Lanes, Precautionary Areas, and Mandatory Ship Reporting Zones for the Protection of Right Whales for US waters

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Agency	NOAA's Ocean Service, Coastal Services Center (CSC)
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Category	Administrative and Political Boundaries, Oceans and Estuaries, Transportation Networks
Date Released	2010
Date Updated
Time Period	20100801
Frequency	Annually
Description	Shipping Safety Fairways: A lane or corridor in which no artificial island or fixed structure, whether temporary or permanent, will be permitted. Temporary underwater obstacles may be permitted under certain conditions described for specific areas in Subpart B. Aids to navigation approved by the U.S. Coast Guard may be established in a fairway. Traffic Seperation Zones: A designated routing measure which is aimed at the separation of opposing streams of traffic by appropriate means and by the establishment of traffic lanes. Traffic Lanes: An area within defined limits in which specific traffic flow is established. Designates traffic areas to provide access routes for vessels proceeding to and from U.S. ports. Precautionary Areas:A routing measure comprising an area within defined limits where ships must navigate with particular caution Mandatory Ship Reporting Zones for the Protection of Right Whales: Two mandatory ship reporting systems for the protection of the endangered northern right whale (also known as the North Atlantic right whale). These two systems are designated for certain areas of the East Coast of the United States.

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Data.gov Data Category Type	Geodata
Specialized Data Category Designation	Geospatial
Keywords	ISO 19115 Topic Category, boundaries, oceans, transportation, None, Nautical Charting, Marine Transportation, Shipping, Ports, Regulation, None, United States, Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific
Unique ID	FE576524-8D29-BFDC-F6D0-F547D2E06574

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Citation	Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Coastal Services Center (CSC)
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Agency Data Series Page	ftp://ftp.csc.noaa.gov/pub/MSP/Shipping.zip

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Geographic Coverage	-165.726667, -66.047751, 60.982386, 23.344470

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