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California Ocean Uses Atlas: Fishing sector

Dataset Summary

Agency	NOAA's Ocean Service, National Marine Protected Areas Center (MPAC)
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Date Released	20100303
Date Updated
Time Period	20100104
Frequency	As needed
Description	This dataset is a result of the California Ocean Uses Atlas Project: a collaboration between NOAA's National Marine Protected Areas Center and Marine Conservation Biology Institute. The Project was designed to enhance ocean management through geospatial data on the full range of significant human uses of California's ocean environment from the shoreline to the 200 nm EEZ boundary. Data was gathered from regional ocean experts and users through participatory GIS methods. For more information on the project scope, background and related data products, please visit www.mpa.gov.

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Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type	Geodata
Specialized Data Category Designation	Geospatial
Keywords	ISO 19115 Topic Category , environment , geoscientificInformation , oceans , society , None , Human Uses , Ocean Use , Fishing , Benthic Fishing with Fixed Gear , Benthic Fishing with Mobile Gear , Commercial Dive Fishing , Commercial Pelagic Fishing , Commercial Kelp and Algae Harvest , Hunting , Kayak Fishing , Shore Fishing , Recreational Dive Fishing , Recreational Boat Fishing , Recreational Harvest , NOS Data Explorer Topic Category , Socioeconomics , None , California , Pacific Ocean , Exclusive Economic Zone , West Coast
Unique ID	709F63CB-0680-4E09-30D3-CFF53B88001F

Contributing Agency Information

Citation	Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM), National Marine Protected Areas Center (MPAC)
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Agency Data Series Page	http://www.mpa.gov/dataanalysis/atlas_ca/

Dataset Coverage

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Geographic Coverage	-129.005271 , -116.299841 , 42.097550 , 30.415166

Data Description

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Data Dictionary/Variable List	The Fishing sector contains 11 ocean uses: -Commercial dive fishing: includes commercial SCUBA and free diving for invertebrates and fishes; excludes all other forms of commercial fishing; -Commercial fishing with benthic fixed gear: includes traps, pots, bottom longlines, bottom gillnets, vertical hook and line; excludes all other forms of commercial fishing; -Commercial fishing with benthic mobile gear: includes trawling, dredging, other mobile gear; excludes all other forms of commercial fishing; -Commercial kelp and algae harvest: includes commercial kelp and algae harvesting; excludes all other harvesting; -Commercial pelagic fishing: includes mid-water trawling, purse seine, pelagic longlines, handlines, harpoons, mid-water gillnets; excludes all other forms of commercial fishing; -Hunting for marine animals other than fish or invertebrates: includes marines mammals, birds, turtles in or on the ocean; excludes all other forms of hunting, including in wetland habitats; -Kayak fishing: includes hook and line fishing from hand-propelled kayaks; excludes all other forms of fishing, including motorized kayaks; -Recreational and commercial fishing from shore: includes rod and reel, surf-casting, fishing from piers, jetties, crap traps, cast nets; excludes all other forms of shore-based fishing; -Recreational dive fishing: includes recreational SCUBA and free-diving for invertebrates and fishes; excludes all other forms of fishing; -Recreational fishing from boats: includes party boats, rod and reel, trolling, traps, head boats, and private boats targeting benthic and pelagic species; excludes all other forms of boat-based fishing; -Shore-based recreational harvest: includes intertidal collection or subsistence harvest of living marine species (i.e. plants, invertebrates, and fish) for consumption, bait, aquaria, or research; excludes all other forms of harvesting;For all uses mapped in this sector, the use footprint and dominant use areas are included in the dataset. The use footprint (aka the Maximum Footprint of Use) includes all areas in which the use is known to occur with some regularity, regardless of frequency or intensity. The dominant use areas include areas where the use is most commonly pursued and are defined as areas within the general use footprint that are routinely used by most users most of the time. Future use areas are also included for certain uses where participants anticipated an increase in spatial extent or intensity. Future use areas reflect an anticipated significant and disproportionate (relative to other areas) change in patterns of use through either a lateral expansion of a dominant use area or an increase in intensity of use, or both in the foreseeable future but within the next ten years. For uses where data was not collected for a particular region (e.g. commercial fishing with benthic mobile gear, shore-based recreational harvest) the footprint and dominant data layers include a value for that region.

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