Tool Updates

Updated Web Application Interface

Updated the web map to a web application allowing the use of widgets for users to insert their own lease area via coordinates. Stay tuned for more additions to the application!

Shellfish Leases 2020 (New Layer)

Updated shellfish lease locations and terminations.

Current SGA Classifications 2020 (New Layer)

Only shows the latest water classifications.

Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (New Layer)

Three SAV GIS data layers from recent mapping events were merged to provide full NC Coastal coverage for high salinity grasses: 2006-2008 SAV Mapping Event (APNEP), 2012-2014 SAV Mapping Event (APNEP), and 2015 SAV (DMF).

DMF Cultch Planting Sites (New Layer)

Locations of cultch planting sites by the NC Division of Marine Fisheries from 1981-2018.

Current SGA Classifications 2019 (New Layer)

Only shows the latest water classifications.

Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (New Layer)

New mapping effort by APNEP and NOAA-Beaufort to encompass the high salinity coastal zone from Hwy. 64 bridge of Roanoke Sound south to Bogue Inlet; 2012-2014 SAV Mapping

Shellfish Leases 2019 (New Layer)

Updated shellfish lease locations and terminations.

Seafood Markets (New Layer)

A compiled dataset of seafood markets and distributors in coastal North Carolina, used as a spatial reference for growers and potential growers when looking for a lease close to possible buyers.

Utilized Channels (New Layer)

Known used channels were added to a layer, not intended for navigation and only intended for potential lesees in the application process.

Wrecks and Obstructions (New Layer)

From NOAA Digital Coast dataset, point dataset displaying possible wrecks/obstructions in waterways.

Depth Feet

Clipped out land data points and reordered the interval sizes regarding symbology of the layer.

Current SGA Classifications 2017 (New Layer)

Only shows the latest water classifications.

Historic SGA Classifications 2007-2017 (New Layer)

Shows water classifications from 2007 to 2017 with a time slider that is cumulative over time.

Military Danger Zones (New Layer)

Highlights the known Military Danger Zones and Areas dataset.

Shellfish Leases

Minor adjustments to leases that were showing up in the wrong areas, and updated the dataset.

Submerged Aquatic Vegetation

New River area was updated.

Submerged Land Claims (New Layer)

Added a land claim dataset.

• Artificial Reefs
• Boating Access Areas
• Bottom Type
• Depth Feet
• Depth Raster (New Layer)
• Lands Managed
• Salinity Raster (New Layer)
• SGA Classifications

• Artificial Reefs
• Lands Managed
• NC Land Cover
• Orthoimagery
• Salinity
• SGA Classifications

• Shellfish Lease and Franchise Program
• NC Shellfish Sanitation
• NC Shellfish Closure Maps
• NC Shellfish Closure Proclamations

Troy Alphin

Senior Research Associate
Email: alphint@uncw.edu
Phone: (910) 962.2395
Fax: (910) 962.2410

Martin Posey

Professor
Email: poseym@uncw.edu
Phone: (910) 962.3610

Jessica Carlton

Research Assistant
Email: carltonj@uncw.edu
Phone: (910) 962.2325
Fax: (910) 965.2410

Our Mailing Address

Benthic Ecology Laboratory
UNCW Center for Marine Science
5600 Marvin K. Moss Lane
Wilmington, NC 28409