20240126 Rockfish Conservation Area - R7 - CDFW [ds3144] vector digital data https://wildlife.ca.gov/Data/BIOS https://filelib.wildlife.ca.gov/Public/BDB/GIS/BIOS/Public_Datasets/3100_3199/ds3144.zip Rockfish Conservation Areas (RCAs) are closed areas for west coast groundfish fisheries and for some fisheries that may incidentally take groundfish as bycatch. The RCA boundary line is a connection of a series of GPS coordinates published in federal regulations (See 50 CFR 660.71-660.74) that are intended to approximate underwater depth contours. RCA boundaries are used in groundfish regulations to avoid interactions with certain groundfish species of concern and may change between seasons and Recreational Fishing Management Areas. The process of digitizing these boundary lines is as follows:30, 40, 50, 100, and 150fm waypoint .csv files at were downloaded from NOAA’s West Coast Groundfish Closed Areas website https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/sustainable-fisheries/west-coast-groundfish-closed-areas and imported into ArcGIS Pro.Each point feature was clipped to the borders of California state waters and merged together.“Fathom” was added as a field to each shapefile and populated with the corresponding depth in fathoms.Boundary lines for each shapefile (30, 40, 50, 100, and 150 fm) were created using the “Points to line” tool. Line Field: “area_name”Attribute Source: Start PointTransfer Fields: FID, area_name, Fathom Attributes:area_name: Unique name field displaying depth and locationFathom: Approximate depth in fathoms of contour line Region: Describes which of the five groundfish management zones the section of the contour line is in These data depict select lines demarcating Rockfish Conservation Areas (RCA) off the coast of California and are generated by waypoints described in Title 50 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 660 Subpart C where waypoints at the 30 fm (55 m) through 150 fm (273 m) depth contours can be found at § 660.71 through § 660.73. This feature includes the 30, 40, 50, 100, and 150 fathom lines offshore of California and are grouped by Management Area. RCA boundaries change seasonally and California fishing regulations should always be referenced for currency. These lines were created using the csv data provided by NOAA National Marine Fisheries and are current as of 11/20/2023 (https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/data/depth-based-boundary-lines-west-coast). Complete As needed -124.775841 -116.889451 42.083539 32.283094 None Fishing, oceans, CDFW, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marine, MarineBIOS, Groundfish, Rockfish Conservation Area, RCA, Rockfish, Management Areas ISO 19115 Topic Categories biota boundaries None California None Disclaimer: This feature is exclusively for the use of viewing the Rockfish Conservation Area (RCA) boundary lines and is NOT intended to display the current recreational groundfish regulations.License: This work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Using the citation standards recommended for BIOS datasets (https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Data/BIOS/Citing-BIOS) satisfies the attribution requirements of this license.Disclaimer: The State makes no claims, promises, or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, reliability, or adequacy of these data and expressly disclaims liability for errors and omissions in these data. No warranty of any kind, implied, expressed, or statutory, including but not limited to the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and freedom from computer virus, is given with respect to these data. California Department of Fish and Wildlife Marine Region GIS mailing and physical
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Monterey CA 93953 US (831) 649-7143 r7mrgis@wildlife.ca.gov California Department of Fish and Wildlife, NOAA NMFS Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.6.1.9270 Vector String 66 NAD 1983 California Teale Albers 34.0 40.5 -120.0 0.0 0.0 -4000000.0 coordinate pair 0.0001 0.0001 meter D North American 1983 GRS 1980 6378137.0 298.257222101 ds3144 OBJECTID Internal feature number. Esri Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Shape Feature geometry. Esri Coordinates defining the features. area_name Unique name field displaying depth and location. START_Fath Approximate depth in fathoms of contour line. Region Region: Describes which of the five groundfish management zones the section of the contour line is in. Shape_Length Length of feature in internal units. Esri Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. 20240129 California Department of Fish and Wildlife Marine Region GIS mailing and physical
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