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Pilot Boarding Areas

Data Set (DS)  |  Office for Coastal Management (OCM)
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:54393  |  Updated: August 15, 2024  |  Published / External 
Summary
Item Identification
Keywords
Physical Location
Data Set Info
Support Roles
Extents
Spatial Info
Access Info
Distribution Info
Tech Environment
Data Quality
Lineage
Child Items
Catalog Details

Summary

Short Citation
Office for Coastal Management, 2025: Pilot Boarding Areas, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/54393.
Full Citation Examples

Abstract

A location offshore where a pilot may board a vessel in preparation to piloting it through local waters. Pilotage is compulsory for foreign vessels and U.S. vessels under register in foreign trade with specific draft characteristics. See 46 CFR 15.812 for additional detail. Pilot boarding stations and areas are either a well-defined position, a circular area around a position, or another more complex shaped area with well-defined boundaries.

Distribution Information

Use Constraints:

For coastal and ocean planning

Controlled Theme Keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT, oceans

Child Items

Type Title
Entity Pilot Boarding Areas

Contact Information

Point of Contact
NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
coastal.info@noaa.gov
(843) 740-1202
https://coast.noaa.gov

Extents

Geographic Area 1

-180° W, -60° E, 75° N, 15° S

Time Frame 1
2022-11-01

ground condition

Item Identification

Title: Pilot Boarding Areas
Status: Completed
Publication Date: 2022-11-14
Abstract:

A location offshore where a pilot may board a vessel in preparation to piloting it through local waters. Pilotage is compulsory for foreign vessels and U.S. vessels under register in foreign trade with specific draft characteristics. See 46 CFR 15.812 for additional detail. Pilot boarding stations and areas are either a well-defined position, a circular area around a position, or another more complex shaped area with well-defined boundaries.
Purpose:

To support ocean planning activities pursuant to the Executive Order Regarding the Ocean Policy to Advance the Economic, Security, and Environmental Interests of the United States, the Energy Policy Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Rivers and Harbors Act, and the Coastal Zone Management Act.
Supplemental Information:

Bureau Code: 006:48, Program Code: 006:055

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT
ISO 19115 Topic Category
oceans
UNCONTROLLED
None coastal
None planning
None renewable energy

Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
UNCONTROLLED
None Territorial Sea
None United States of America

Physical Location

City: North Charleston
State/Province: SC

Data Set Information

Data Set Scope Code: Data Set
Maintenance Frequency: None Planned
Data Presentation Form: Map (digital)
Entity Attribute Overview:

stationName, description, pilotBoat, boatDescription, pilotDisposition, sourceRecord, sourceDate
Distribution Liability:

https://www.marinecadastre.gov/about/disclaimer.html
Data Set Credit: NOAA Office for Coastal Management, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management,

Support Roles

Point of Contact

CC ID: 792023
Date Effective From: 2018-06
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
Address: 2234 South Hobson Ave
Charleston, SC 29405-2413
Email Address: coastal.info@noaa.gov
Phone: (843) 740-1202
URL: https://coast.noaa.gov

Extents

Currentness Reference: Publication Date

Extent Group 1

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 792027
W° Bound: -180
E° Bound: -60
N° Bound: 75
S° Bound: 15

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 792026
Time Frame Type: Discrete
Start: 2022-11-01
Description:

ground condition

Spatial Information

Spatial Representation

Representations Used

Grid: No
Vector: Yes
Text / Table: No
TIN: No
Stereo Model: No
Video: No

Vector Representation 1

CC ID: 902698
Complex Object Present?: No
Composite Object Present?: No
Curve Object Present?: Yes
Point Object Present?: No
Solid Object Present?: No
Surface Object Present?: No

Reference Systems

Reference System 1

CC ID: 902703

Coordinate Reference System
CRS Type: Geographic 2D
EPSG Code: EPSG:4269
EPSG Name: NAD83
▾ See Full Coordinate Reference System Information

Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Data Use Constraints:

For coastal and ocean planning

Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 902699
Download URL: https://marinecadastre.gov/data/
Distributor:
Description:

Marine Cadastre Data Registry

Distribution 2

CC ID: 794498
Download URL: https://marinecadastre.gov/downloads/data/mc/PilotBoardingArea.zip
Distributor:

Technical Environment

Description:

Microsoft Windows, ArcGIS Pro

Data Quality

Accuracy:

Untested
Horizontal Positional Accuracy:

Compiled to meet 10 meters horizontal accuracy at 95% confidence level
Completeness Report:

Untested
Conceptual Consistency:

These data are logically consistent

Lineage

Sources

Brazos Santiago Pilots

CC ID: 1192400
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Brazos Santiago Pilots
Citation URL: https://brazossantiagopilots.com/boarding-arrangements/
Source Contribution:

Textual description of pilot boarding area location

Maine

CC ID: 1192398
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Department of Transportation
Citation URL: https://www11.maine.gov/mdot/rulemaking/docs/pilotage-rule-revised04292020-redline.pdf
Source Contribution:

Coordinates

Massachusetts

CC ID: 1192399
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Commission of Pilots
Publish Date: 2022-11-01
Citation URL: https://www.mass.gov/doc/995-cmr-2-pilotage-within-district-one/download
Source Contribution:

Coordinates

NOAA Electronic Navigational Charts

CC ID: 792011
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: NOAA Office of Coast Survey
Extent Type: Discrete
Extent Start Date/Time: 2016-10-29
Citation URL: https://encdirect.noaa.gov/

NOAA Raster Navigational Charts

CC ID: 792009
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: NOAA Office of Coast Survey
Extent Type: Discrete
Extent Start Date/Time: 2011-01-01
Citation URL: https://seamlessrnc.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/RNC/NOAA_RNC/ImageServer

Northeast Marine Pilots Association

CC ID: 1192401
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Northeast Marine Pilots Association
Citation URL: https://www.nemarinepilots.com/
Source Contribution:

Textual description of pilot boarding area location

United States Coast Pilot volumes 1-9

CC ID: 792010
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: NOAA Office of Coast Survey
Extent Type: Discrete
Extent Start Date/Time: 2018-01-01
Citation URL: https://nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/publications/coast-pilot/index.html

Process Steps

Process Step 1

CC ID: 792013
Description:

Extract and merge ENC polygons into a single feature class

Extract, digitize and merge features from the U.S. Coast Pilot series

Conduct a visual comparison of features with the RNC data source
Process Date/Time: 2018-06-27 00:00:00

Process Step 2

CC ID: 1192402
Description:

Acquire the Pilot Boarding Stations (points) data from Marine Cadastre and project into Albers Equal Area.

Buffer Pilot Boarding Stations (points) data from Marine Cadastre by 926 meters (i.e. 1 nautical mile diameter).

Densify the buffered features to correct for non-linear geometry

Project the buffered Pilot Boarding Stations polygon features into NAD83 and then merge with existing Pilot Boarding Areas data set.

Create new geometry for missing features located in other public sources.

Update and polish content within the attributes.
Process Date/Time: 2022-11-01 00:00:00

Child Items

Rubric scores updated every 15m

Rubric Score Type Title
Entity Pilot Boarding Areas

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 54393
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:54393
Metadata Record Created By: Anna Verrill
Metadata Record Created: 2018-10-25 12:07+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: Daniel Martin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2024-08-15 16:20+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2019-08-12
Owner Org: OCM
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2022-11-16
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2023-11-16