Description: This data set contains vector lines representing the shoreline and coastal habitats of California, classified according to the Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) classification system. ESI data characterize the marine and coastal environments and wildlife by their sensitivity to spilled oil. The ESI data include information for three main components: shoreline habitats, sensitive biological resources, and human-use resources. This data set is an aggregation of regional ESI data sets. Four regions were grouped into this data set in August 2010 to create a feature class with California coastwide extent. San Francisco Bay data was published in December 1998, Southern California data was published in April 2000, Central California data was published in June of 2006, and Northern California data was published in December of 2008.
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Copyright Text: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service, Office of Response and Restoration, Emergency Response Division (formerly Hazardous Materials Response Division), Seattle, Washington and Assessment and Restoration Division, Silver Spring, Maryland; Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, Office of Incident Management and Preparedness, Washington, D.C.; and Department of Fish and Game, Office of Spill Prevention and Response, Sacramento, California; Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, Sanctuary Integrated Monitoring Network (SIMoN), Monterey, California; Department of Fish and Game, Office of Spill Prevention and Response, Sacramento, California; Monterey Bay Sanctuary Foundation, Monterey, California