Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife December 2003 vector digital data Olympia and Mill Creek Washington Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Polygons in Puget Sound showing locations of documented Pacific Herring (Culpa harengus) adult holding areas (WDF, 1984, as ammended 1986).   The polygons were later edited by Pat McAllister and most recently by Kurt Stick, and digitized by Dale Gombert in 2003 and by Adam Lindquist in 2008, all WDFW. These polygons are documented Pacific herring (Culpa harengus) holding areas at specific sites throughout Puget Sound and Washington coastal areas and bays. Large numbers of adult herring from diverse parts of Puget sound congregate in a few major holding areas each winter prior to moving to their respective spawning grounds. Major holding areas include the Strait of Georgia, Bellingham Bay, the areas south and west of Protection Island, north Hood Canal and Hale Passage near Tacoma. Beasuse herring migrate considerable distances from their spawning grounds, impact on the critical habitats they utilize in one area could affect harvest or the food chain at other locations. Herring deposit their eggs on marine vegetation, eelgrass and various algae, in the shallow subtidal and intertidal zone generally at tidal elevations from +3 feet to -20 feet Mean Low Low Waterline (MLLW). Forage fish are small, pelagic schooling fish which are important as forage for predatory fish, birds, and mammals. They provide an important link in the food chain between zooplankton and piscivorous (fish-eating animals). Pacific herring, surf smelt, sand lance and rock sole, also known as forage fish, are considered critical to the survival of many species of fish and birds. Forage fish serve as a guideline for restricting beach bulkheading and other activities destructive to the spawning of these species. Pacific herring holding areas are part of the Marine Resources Database. The Database is a collection of information concerning marine fish and shellfish resources in the coastal and inland marine waters of Washington. These data were collected by Fish Program, Marine Resources Division, of the Washington Department of Fisheries (now the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife). "In 1983, the Washington Department of Fisheries (WDF) summarized available information concerning salmon, marine fish and shellfish resources in Washington's coastal and inland marine waters. This information was intended to be published as WDF Technical Report No. 79 but for a variety of reasons the project was not completed at that time. This information primarily consisted of maps depicting locations of salmon, baitfish, ground fish, and shellfish resources and associated fisheries in Puget Sound, the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and the outer Washington coast. In 1988, the US Department of Interior's Minerals Management Service (MMS) entered into a cooperative agreement with the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC), liaison for Oregon and Washington fish agencies, to develop fishery resource databases required for a proposed oil and gas leasing program off the coasts of the two states. As part of this contract, WDF developed quantitative and qualitative data reports describing major fisheries resources of Washington potentially affected by offshore mining explorations and/or developments. The qualitative data report included maps depicting locations and timings of major commercial and recreational ocean fisheries, and locations of razor clam beaches and coastal surf smelt spawning beaches (WDF 1992). In 1991, WDF was requested to provide updated fishery resource information for the Puget Sound Environmental Atlas, originally published in February 1987 (Evans-Hamilton, Inc. and D.R. Systems Inc.). Since the information was readily available, it was decided to revise and update the original Technical Report 79 with the new resource maps produced for the MMS report and the Puget Sound Atlas." 1 1 April 1992, Technical Report No. 79 Revised, WDF This is the known distribution for pacific herring (culpa harengus pallasi) holding areas, blank areas either have none of this resource or have not been inventoried for it. Generally information in the Marine Resources Database is highly variable regarding source, some of it is based on field surveys, while others are based on "best professional judgement" of the biologist involved. This information has been generalized for release to the general public. 199204 200312 ground condition In work As needed -123.149754 -122.266527 48.945760 47.116329 None biota holding areas forage fish bait fish Pacific herring Clupea harengus Puget Sound Bellingham Bay Georgia Strait Hale Passage north Hood Canal Protection Island area Georgia Strait Pacific Ocean Washington State marine waters intertidal zone subtidal shore zone late 20th century, early 21st century None Any products derived from these data should reference the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife as the source. Adam Lindquist Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Scientific Technician 4 mailing and physical address

16018 Mill Creek Blvd.

Mill Creek Washington 98012-1296 USA 360-466-4345 x 244 lindqapl@dfw.wa.gov This information was pulished as Technical Report 79, April 1992 Salmon, marine fish and shellfish resources and associated fisheries in Washington's coastal and inland mairne waters by the Habitat Management Division of the then Washington Department of Fisheries (WDF), now known as the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. This report resulted from the efforts of many individuals within WDF. Thom Hooper and Don Haring were project leaders for Habitat Management Division. Dick Allen, Brian Benson and Bill Graeber were the principal authors and Randy McIntosh provided the graphics for this report. Several other WDF personnel provided data for and/or reviewed portions of the report. They included Chuck Aldrich, Jon Anderson, Dan Ayers, Steve Berry, Alex Bradbury, Ray Buckley, Dick Bumgarner, Randy Carman, Theresa Clocksin, Anita Cook, Brian Culver, Wolf Dammers, Gary Davis, Dan Doty, Brett Dumbauld, Kurt Fresh, Lynn Goodwin, Mike Gross, Don Hendrick, Dwight Herren, Tom Jagielo, Gayle Kreitman, Paul LaRiviere, Doug Milward, Jim Norris, Tom Northup, Dan Pentilla, Cyreis Schmitt, Al Scholz, Doug Simons, Dennis Tufts, Wendy White, and Bill Wood. Special thanks are due to Dale Gombert of WDF for preparation of the majority of the maps and figures used in this report. Unclassified ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.5.1450 Washington Department of Natural Resources 1992 Generally information in the Marine Resources Database is highly variable regarding souce, some of it is based on field surveys, while others are based on "best professional judgement" of the biologist involved. If more specific information is needed users need to consult with Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist. 20 The coverage was created by digitizing lines drawn by agency expert biologists on 1:24,000 copies of the USGS 7½-minute topographic quad maps. The lines can be digitized to 1/100th inch accuracy (20 feet), but the lines themselves are accurate from 0 to perhaps as much as half an inch (1,000 feet) in open areas. The Marine Resources data, for the most part, have not been updated since the publication of the 1992 Technical Report No. 79. The exception to this is the foreage fish layers, which consist of herring spawning/holding areas, surf smelt, sand lance and rock sole spawning. They continue to be updated as surveys are conducted. Generally information in this database is highly variable regarding source some of it is based on field surveys while others are based on "best professional judgment" of the biologist involved. The information has been generalized for the release to the general public. If more specific information is needed users need to contact the biologist directly. It is apparent that corrected coordinates from Geo Positional Satellite (GPS) were not used in most cases. Many sites, from the original point suvery database, appear on land or in subtidal waters. Some of this may be attributable to inaccurate shoreline data. 20 The coverage was created by digitizing lines drawn by agency expert biologists on 1:24,000 copies of the USGS 7½-minute topographic quad maps. The lines can be digitized to 1/100th inch accuracy (20 feet), but the lines themselves are accurate from 0 to perhaps as much as half an inch (1,000 feet) in open areas. Vertical accuarcy has yet to be determined. 24000 chart The Pacific herring holding areas were developed from survey data collected by WDFW's Baitfish biologists, drawn by Dan Penttila, later edited by Pat McAllister, WDFW. This layer continues to be updated as surveys are conducted. 200312 Dale Gombert Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Data Manager mailing and physical address

16018 Mill Creek Blvd.

Mill Creek Washington 98012-1296 USA (425) 379-2317 (425) 338-1066 gombedwg@dfw.wa.gov Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Metadata imported. Dataset copied. Dataset copied. Dataset copied. Dataset copied. 20100702 09074600 Vector Simple FALSE 0 TRUE FALSE coordinate pair 0.000100 0.000100 meters North American Datum of 1983 Geodetic Reference System 80 6378137.000000 298.257222 1.000000 Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates Polygon herrhold.pat - Polygons depicting areas where herring gather before spawning. ESRI Feature Class 0 OBJECTID OBJECTID OID 4 10 0 Internal feature number. Esri Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Id Id Integer 4 10 0 Shape Feature geometry. ESRI Coordinates defining the features. Shape Geometry 4 0 0 HERRHOLD Areas where herring gather before spawning. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife 0 The species do not gather in these areas (islands, for example). No such polygons currently exist in this coverage. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife 1 Herring do hold to these areas prior to moving to their spawning grounds. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife HerrHold SmallInteger 2 5 0 SITE1 Acronym to associate holding area with spawning ground(s) Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife cp "Cherry Point" Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife db "Discovery Bay" Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife fb "Fidalgo Bay" Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife kh "Kilisut Harbor" Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife pg "Port Gamble" Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife pom "Port Orchard / Port Madison" Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife ps "Port Susan" Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife qmh "Quartermaster Harbor" Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife sdb "Sequim Bay / Dungeness Bay" Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife sem "Semiahmoo Bay" Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife shc "South Hood Canal" Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife sji "San Juan Islands" Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife skb "Skagit Bay" Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife spb "Samish Island / Padilla Bay" Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife sqx "Squaxin Island" Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife wlc "Wollocet Bay" Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Site1 String 5 0 0 Shape_Leng Shape_Leng Double 8 38 8 SITE2 Acronym to associate holding area with secondary spawning ground(s) Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife cp "Cherry Point" Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife db "Discovery Bay" Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife pg "Port Gamble" Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife pom "Port Orchard / Port Madison" Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife ps "Port Susan" Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife qmh "Quartermaster Harbor" Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife sdb "Sequim Bay / Dungeness Bay" Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife shc "South Hood Canal" Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife sji "San Juan Islands" Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife skb "Skagit Bay" Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife sqx "Squaxin Island" Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Site2 String 5 0 0 Shape.STArea() Shape.STArea() Double 0 0 0 Shape.STLength() Shape.STLength() Double 0 0 0 Complete data regarding presence / absence of holding areas is given by attribute "HERRHOLD". The attributes "SITE1" and "SITE2" were created to enable the creation of maps detailing the site-specific spawning grounds associated with the holding areas. Not all holding areas were associated with spawning grounds for the purposes of the Herring Stock reports. Thus, the end-user can safely ignore these items, and may even perform a "dissolve" on item "HERRHOLD" to erase the interior lines. This feature class contains information on documented distribution for Pacific herring holding areas. These data are part of the Marine Resources Database which is a collection of information concerning marine fish and shellfish resources in the coastal and inland marine waters of Washington State. Detailed descriptions of the Marine Resources Database is currently not available in an existing digital data dictionary. Future releases of a data dictionary will include this information and will be located on Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife web site at http://www.wdfw.wa.gov/hab/release.htm in the "Description of Fish and Wildlife Digital Data" pdf file. Currently information about maps available are included in the "Fish and Wildlife Map Products" pdf file located at the same site. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife - Priority Habitats and Species. Map and data distributor (360) 902-2543 (360) 902-2946 Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. We must receive a written request for map and/or digital data products available through our standard release process.. An order form and information is available from our web site at: www.wdfw.wa.gov/hab/release.htm . To download click on the "Order Form and Ordering Information". If you would like the order information faxed to you please call (360) 902-2543 and provide your name and fax number. Information of documented locations of Pacific herring holding are included in the Marine Resources Database. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) makes no guarantee concerning the data's content, accuracy, completeness, or the results obtained from queries or use of these data. WDFW makes no warranty of fitness for a particular purpose, no representation as to the quality of any data, and assumes no liability for the data represented here. These data do not represent exhaustive inventories, but are compilations of existing knowledge from field biologists that are updated periodically as knowledge improves. This data should be used cautiously because they are not exhaustive, and are subject to change. When conducting projects or planning for fish and wildlife, please consider using additional information gathered from field investigations and consultations with WDFW or other professional biologists. ESRI export or shape file variable CD-ROM Digital data in several formats may be ordered that contain specific locations of fish and wildlife species. Information on what format the digital data are available and on what media is available on our web site at: www.wdfw.wa.gov/hab/release.htm . To download click on the "Order Form and Ordering Information". If you would like the order information faxed to you please call (360) 902-2543 and provide your name and fax number. A fee is charged for all requests. Fee information is available from our web site at: www.wdfw.wa.gov/hab/release.htm . To download click on "Order Form and Ordering Information" or call (360) 902-2543. We must receive a written request for map and/or digital data products available through our standard release process. An order form and information is available from our web site at: www.wdfw.wa.gov/hab/release.htm . To download click on the "Order Form and Ordering Information". If you would like the order information faxed to you please call (360) 902-2543 and provide your name and fax number. Information on specific locations of some fish and wildlife species is considered sensitive and access to that information is restricted by Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), Sensitive Fish and Wildlife Information Policy. If your request includes location information that is considered sensitive than you will be asked to sign a Sensitive Fish and Wildlife Release Agreement. This agreement indicates that the signatory (person or organization) recognizes the appropriate guidelines for disseminating Sensitive Fish and Wildlife Information and has agreed to the provisions of the policy. Fish and wildlife sensitive location information displayed on maps, reports, digital data or other media are not for general distribution. Washington State Law (RCW 42.17.310) exempts Sensitive Fish and Wildlife Information from public inspection and copying. The locations of species may change over time. WDFW updates information as additional data become available. WDFW does not recommend using maps or digital data more than six months old; please obtain updates rather than use outdated information. The time it takes to fill requests varies between one and eight weeks. None Usable by any product that can view an ESRI geodatabase, shape or export file version 8 or higher. 20081208 20041129 Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Dale Gombert Data Manager mailing and physical address

16018 Mill Creek Blvd.

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