Coastal Services Center

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and the NOAA Coastal Services Center entered into a cooperative agreement to map a shallow water rocky reef area off the Oregon coast using multibeam sonar for the purpose of defining important fish habitat; and the department collaborated with the NOAA Coastal Services Center on ways to best study and develop high quality hydrographic data that will support NOAA Ocean Service nautical chart data collection programs. Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) video footage, shaded-relief bathymetry maps, maps depicting relevant topographic models, and written descriptions of the habitat were produced. The development of the habitat maps were developed to help Oregon public agencies better manage the state’s groundfish fishery. The final product of this project consisted of raw and edited multibeam and related tidal survey datasets (e.g., tide data, velocity data) readable in CARIS HIPS and other formats specified in NOAA Ocean Service hydrographic survey standards. The Center collaborated with the investigators to ensure that survey and field descriptive reports and mapping products were produced according to NOAA hydrographic survey standards. A Web page with spatially referenced video clips from the Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) work is on-line at http://hmsc.oregonstate.edu/odfw/nrro/.

NOAA Coastal Services Center's role

The NOAA Coastal Services Center worked with the investigators to ensure that survey and field descriptive reports and mapping products were produced according to NOAA hydrographic survey standards. The following were four specific responsibilities of the Center: 1) facilitate coordination with other NOAA branches that have connections to the project work; 2) provide support for metadata development; 3) develop a Web site with spatially referenced video clips from the Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) work; and 4) help develop and distribute a CD-ROM of the final products.

Grantee Overview

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) located in Salem, Oregon, has a mission to protect and enhance Oregon's fish and wildlife and their habitats for use and enjoyment by present and future generations. The DFW relies on sound scientific information to make decisions and apply the best scientific methods available to develop biological, social, and economic information to achieve their mission. The DFW keeps the public informed and involved with their projects to build on outreach efforts in order to improve support for and participation in the development of DFW programs and services.

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