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Most data layers viewable in the Data Explorer are available for use in other platforms such as desktop ArcGIS. Click on the Topics below to see links to downloadable Portal databases, external data sources, and metadata. Data are also available at the Northeast Ocean Data Portal’s ArcGIS REST endpoint.

Human Dimensions

Data Hosted by Northeast Ocean Data Portal

Download a Northeast Ocean Data database (.zip) containing the following layers:

Sources of Externally Hosted Data

Data Hosted by Northeast Ocean Data Portal

Download a Northeast Ocean Data database containing the following layers (.zip):

  • Ports Cargo Volume 2013 
  • Wrecks and Obstructions
  • Safety, Security, and Regulated Zones
  • Submarine Pipeline Areas
  • Isles of Shoals North Disposal Site (designated 9/25/20) 

Download a Northeast Ocean Data database containing 2011 AIS data layers (.zip):

Download a Northeast Ocean Data database containing 2012 AIS data layers (.zip):

Download a Northeast Ocean Data database containing 2013 AIS annual data layers (.zip; ~700MB compressed and extracts to ~2.2GB) :

  • 2013 Vessel Density: All
  • 2013 Vessel Density: Cargo
  • 2013 Vessel Density: Passenger
  • 2013 Vessel Density: Tanker
  • 2013 Vessel Density: Tug-Tow
  • 2013 Vessel Transit Counts: All
  • 2013 Vessel Transit Counts: Cargo
  • 2013 Vessel Transit Counts: Passenger
  • 2013 Vessel Transit Counts: Tanker
  • 2013 Vessel Transit Counts: Tug-Tow

Download a Northeast Ocean Data database containing 2013 AIS monthly data layers (.zip; ~450MB compressed extracts to ~475MB):

  • 2013 Monthly Vessel Density: Tanker
  • 2013 Monthly Vessel Density: Tug-Tow

Download a Northeast Ocean Data database containing 2015 AIS annual data layers (.zip; ~240MB compressed and extracts to ~5GB):

  • 2015 Vessel Transit Counts: All
  • 2015 Vessel Transit Counts: Cargo
  • 2015 Vessel Transit Counts: Fishing
  • 2015 Vessel Transit Counts: Other
  • 2015 Vessel Transit Counts: Passenger
  • 2015 Vessel Transit Counts: Pleasure Craft/Sailing
  • 2015 Vessel Transit Counts: Tanker
  • 2015 Vessel Transit Counts: Tug-Tow

Download a Northeast Ocean Data database containing 2015 AIS monthly data layers (.zip; ~740MB compressed and extracts to ~32GB):

  • 2015 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: All
  • 2015 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Cargo
  • 2015 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Fishing
  • 2015 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Other
  • 2015 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Passenger
  • 2015 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Pleasure Craft/Sailing
  • 2015 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Tanker
  • 2015 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Tug-Tow

Download a Northeast Ocean Data database containing 2016 AIS annual data layers (.zip; ~260MB compressed and extracts to ~5.2GB):

  • 2016 Vessel Transit Counts: All
  • 2016 Vessel Transit Counts: Cargo
  • 2016 Vessel Transit Counts: Fishing
  • 2016 Vessel Transit Counts: Other
  • 2016 Vessel Transit Counts: Passenger
  • 2016 Vessel Transit Counts: Pleasure Craft/Sailing
  • 2016 Vessel Transit Counts: Tanker
  • 2016 Vessel Transit Counts: Tug-Tow

Download a Northeast Ocean Data database containing 2016 AIS monthly data layers (.zip; ~960MB compressed and extracts to ~35GB):

  • 2016 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: All
  • 2016 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Cargo
  • 2016 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Fishing
  • 2016 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Other
  • 2016 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Passenger
  • 2016 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Pleasure Craft/Sailing
  • 2016 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Tanker
  • 2016 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Tug-Tow

Download a Northeast Ocean Data database containing 2017 AIS annual data layers (.zip; 265MB compressed and extracts to ~5.1GB):

  • 2017 Vessel Transit Counts: All
  • 2017 Vessel Transit Counts: Cargo
  • 2017 Vessel Transit Counts: Fishing
  • 2017 Vessel Transit Counts: Other
  • 2017 Vessel Transit Counts: Passenger
  • 2017 Vessel Transit Counts: Pleasure Craft/Sailing
  • 2017 Vessel Transit Counts: Tanker
  • 2017 Vessel Transit Counts: Tug-Tow

Download a Northeast Ocean Data database containing 2017 AIS monthly data layers (.zip; 981MB compressed and extracts to 35GB):

  • 2017 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: All
  • 2017 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Cargo
  • 2017 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Fishing
  • 2017 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Other
  • 2017 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Passenger
  • 2017 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Pleasure Craft/Sailing
  • 2017 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Tanker
  • 2017 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Tug-Tow

Download a Northeast Ocean Data database containing 2018 AIS annual data layers (.zip; 271MB compressed and extracts to 286MB):

  • 2018 Vessel Transit Counts: All
  • 2018 Vessel Transit Counts: Cargo
  • 2018 Vessel Transit Counts: Fishing
  • 2018 Vessel Transit Counts: Other
  • 2018 Vessel Transit Counts: Passenger
  • 2018 Vessel Transit Counts: Pleasure Craft/Sailing
  • 2018 Vessel Transit Counts: Tanker
  • 2018 Vessel Transit Counts: Tug-Tow

Download a Northeast Ocean Data database containing 2018 AIS monthly data layers (.zip; 941MB compressed and extracts to 1.02GB):

  • 2018 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: All
  • 2018 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Cargo
  • 2018 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Fishing
  • 2018 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Other
  • 2018 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Passenger
  • 2018 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Pleasure Craft/Sailing
  • 2018 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Tanker
  • 2018 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Tug-Tow

Download a Northeast Ocean Data database containing 2019 AIS annual data layers (.zip; 280MB compressed and extracts to 295MB):

  • 2019 Vessel Transit Counts: All
  • 2019 Vessel Transit Counts: Cargo
  • 2019 Vessel Transit Counts: Fishing
  • 2019 Vessel Transit Counts: Other
  • 2019 Vessel Transit Counts: Passenger
  • 2019 Vessel Transit Counts: Pleasure Craft/Sailing
  • 2019 Vessel Transit Counts: Tanker
  • 2019 Vessel Transit Counts: Tug-Tow

Download a Northeast Ocean Data database containing 2019 AIS monthly data layers (.zip; 956MB compressed and extracts to 1.04GB):

  • 2019 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: All
  • 2019 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Cargo
  • 2019 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Fishing
  • 2019 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Other
  • 2019 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Passenger
  • 2019 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Pleasure Craft/Sailing
  • 2019 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Tanker
  • 2019 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Tug-Tow

Download a Northeast Ocean Data database containing 2020 AIS annual data layers (.zip; 273MB compressed and extracts to 1.1GB):

  • 2020 Vessel Transit Counts: All
  • 2020 Vessel Transit Counts: Cargo
  • 2020 Vessel Transit Counts: Fishing
  • 2020 Vessel Transit Counts: Other
  • 2020 Vessel Transit Counts: Passenger
  • 2020 Vessel Transit Counts: Pleasure Craft/Sailing
  • 2020 Vessel Transit Counts: Tanker
  • 2020 Vessel Transit Counts: Tug-Tow

Download a Northeast Ocean Data database containing 2020 AIS monthly data layers (.zip; 970MB compressed and extracts to 6.5GB):

  • 2020 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: All
  • 2020 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Cargo
  • 2020 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Fishing
  • 2020 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Other
  • 2020 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Passenger
  • 2020 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Pleasure Craft/Sailing
  • 2020 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Tanker
  • 2020 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Tug-Tow

Download a Northeast Ocean Data database containing 2021 AIS annual data layers (.zip; 262MB compressed and extracts to 278MB):

  • 2021 Vessel Transit Counts: All
  • 2021 Vessel Transit Counts: Cargo
  • 2021 Vessel Transit Counts: Fishing
  • 2021 Vessel Transit Counts: Other
  • 2021 Vessel Transit Counts: Passenger
  • 2021 Vessel Transit Counts: Pleasure Craft/Sailing
  • 2021 Vessel Transit Counts: Tanker
  • 2021 Vessel Transit Counts: Tug-Tow

Download a Northeast Ocean Data database containing 2021 AIS monthly data layers (.zip; 952MB compressed and extracts to 1.05GB):

  • 2021 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: All
  • 2021 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Cargo
  • 2021 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Fishing
  • 2021 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Other
  • 2021 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Passenger
  • 2021 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Pleasure Craft/Sailing
  • 2021 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Tanker
  • 2021 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Tug-Tow

Download a Northeast Ocean Data database containing 2022 AIS annual data layers (.zip; 288MB compressed and extracts to 278MB):

  • 2022 Vessel Transit Counts: All
  • 2022 Vessel Transit Counts: Cargo
  • 2022 Vessel Transit Counts: Fishing
  • 2022 Vessel Transit Counts: Other
  • 2022 Vessel Transit Counts: Passenger
  • 2022 Vessel Transit Counts: Pleasure Craft/Sailing
  • 2022 Vessel Transit Counts: Tanker
  • 2022 Vessel Transit Counts: Tug-Tow

Download a Northeast Ocean Data database containing 2022 AIS monthly data layers (.zip; 951MB compressed and extracts to 1.02GB):

  • 2022 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: All
  • 2022 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Cargo
  • 2022 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Fishing
  • 2022 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Other
  • 2022 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Passenger
  • 2022 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Pleasure Craft/Sailing
  • 2022 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Tanker
  • 2022 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Tug-Tow

Download a Northeast Ocean Data database containing 2023 AIS annual data layers (.zip; 282MB compressed and extracts to 871MB):

  • 2023 Vessel Transit Counts: All
  • 2023 Vessel Transit Counts: Cargo
  • 2023 Vessel Transit Counts: Fishing
  • 2023 Vessel Transit Counts: Other
  • 2023 Vessel Transit Counts: Passenger
  • 2023 Vessel Transit Counts: Pleasure Craft/Sailing
  • 2023 Vessel Transit Counts: Tanker
  • 2023 Vessel Transit Counts: Tug-Tow

Download a Northeast Ocean Data database containing 2023 AIS monthly data layers (.zip; 996MB compressed and extracts to 4.95GB):

  • 2023 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: All
  • 2023 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Cargo
  • 2023 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Fishing
  • 2023 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Other
  • 2023 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Passenger
  • 2023 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Pleasure Craft/Sailing
  • 2023 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Tanker
  • 2023 Monthly Vessel Transit Counts: Tug-Tow

Sources of Externally Hosted Data

Data Hosted by Northeast Ocean Data Portal

Download a Northeast Ocean Data database (.zip) containing the following layers:

Sources of Externally Hosted Data

Data Hosted by Northeast Ocean Data Portal

Download a Northeast Ocean Data database (.zip) containing the following layers:

  • Maine Aqua Ventus Project Proposed Turbine Locations
  • Atlantic Link Cable
  • Marine Hydrokinetic Projects
  • Block Island Turbine Locations
  • Block Island Transmission Cables
  • Block Island Renewable Energy Zone
  • Massachusetts Wind Energy Areas: State Designated
  • Ocean Energy Demonstration Sites
  • Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) Pipelines
  • Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) Sites
  • Submarine Cables
  • Cable and Pipeline Areas

Sources of Externally Hosted Data

Data hosted by Northeast Ocean Data

Download a Northeast Ocean Data database (.zip) containing the following layers:

  • Federally Recognized Tribal Locations
  • National Register of Historic Places: Sites and Landmarks
  • National Register of Historic Places: Districts and Properties
  • National Marine Sanctuary
  • Wrecks and Obstructions

Download a Northeast Ocean Data database (.zip) containing the following layers:

Sources of Externally Hosted Data

Data Hosted by Northeast Ocean Data Portal

Download NOAA NEFSC Fishing Footprints data products. Downloads hosted by Northeast Ocean Data are filtered to protect data confidentiality and do NOT represent the full suite of fishery effort, landings, and revenue data. Underlying landing and revenue data for wind energy lease areas that support the products below can be downloaded from the NOAA Commercial Fisheries Data Download Website. Data queries can also be submitted directly to NMFS.GAR.Data.Requests@noaa.gov.

Download a Northeast Ocean Data database (.zip) containing the following layers:

  • Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) Spawning Area Closures
  • Commercial Fishery Landings 2012
  • Coral Amendment – Previous draft options
  • NEFMC Research Areas in the Great South Channel Habitat Management Area

Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) density products are published on ArcGIS tile caches on the Northeast Ocean Data web server in web services accessible with ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Online, and other applications.

Sources of Externally Hosted Data

Data hosted by Northeast Ocean Data

Download a Northeast Ocean Data database (.zip) and metadata for the following North Atlantic Coast Comprehensive Study (NACCS) layers:

  • NACCS Tropical Storm Peaks
  • NACCS 100-year Return Period Water Levels
  • NACCS 100-year Return Period Wave Heights
  • NACCS Storm Tracks

Sources of Externally Hosted Data

Data Hosted by Northeast Ocean Data Portal

Download a Northeast Ocean Data database (.zip) containing the following layers:

  • Aquaculture (not including Rhode Island)
  • Shellfish Management Areas (not including Maine)

Sources of Externally Hosted Data

Data for Shellfish Management Areas in Maine are published by the Maine Department of Marine Resources in web services accessible with ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Online, and other applications.

Sources of Externally Hosted Data

Marine Life & Habitat

Data Hosted by Northeast Ocean Data Portal

Download a Northeast Ocean Data database (.zip) containing the following layers:

  • Sea Scallops Biomass
  • Highly Migratory Species Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Overlay
  • Groundfish and Shellfish EFH Overlay
  • Sea Scallops 2016-2018 Potential Reproductive Output

Sources of Externally Hosted Data

Data Hosted by Northeast Ocean Data Portal

Download a Northeast Ocean Data database (.zip) containing the following layer:

  • New England Aquarium Megafauna Aerial Survey Transects 2011-2021

Sources of Externally Hosted Data

Use the Data Explorer to find and download high-resolution bathymetry data from around the region hosted by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Open this Data Explorer map and click any footprint to reveal the data download link in a popup window.

Data Hosted by Northeast Ocean Data Portal

Download Seascapes Data (.zip):

Download Northeast Fishing Effects Model databases (.zip):

Download a Northeast Ocean Data database (.zip) containing the following layers:

Sources of Externally Hosted Data

Sources of Externally Hosted Data

Sources of Externally Hosted Data

  • Chlorophyll a Median: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall (TNC) Download
  • Zooplankton (TNC) Download
    • Includes:
    • Calanus finmarchicus Abundance: Fall, Spring 
    • Euphausiids Abundance: Fall, Spring
    • Gammarid Amphipods Abundance: Fall, Spring
    • Mysid Shrimp Abundance: Fall, Spring

Sources of Externally Hosted Data

Data Hosted by Northeast Ocean Data Portal

Download a Northeast Ocean Data database (.zip) containing the following layers:

Sources of Externally Hosted Data

Data Hosted by Northeast Ocean Data Portal

Download a Northeast Ocean Data database (.zip) containing the following layers:

  • Annual Mean Climatological Bottom Currents 
  • Annual Mean Climatological Surface Currents
  • Annual Mean Climatological Surface Temperature 
  • Annual Mean Climatological Bottom Temperature
  • Annual Mean Climatological Stratification
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