Rockfish Conservation Area Waypoints - R7 - CDFW [ds3145]
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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. Attributes: area_name: Unique name field identifying depth and location of waypoint.Fathom: Approximate depth in fathoms of waypoint.Region: Describes which of the five groundfish management zones the waypoint is in.lat_DDM: Latitude in Decimal Degrees Minutes format.lon_DDM: Longitude in Decimal Degrees Minutes format.lat_DD: Latitude in Decimal Degrees format.lon_DD: Longitude in Decimal Degrees format.
These data depict waypoints for Rockfish Conservation Areas (RCA) off the coast of California and are 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. The source of this feature is CSV files (version date 11/20/2023) downloaded from NOAA’s West Coast Groundfish Closed Areas website https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/sustainable-fisheries/west-coast-groundfish-closed-areas. This feature includes the 30, 40, 50, 100, and 150 fathom waypoints offshore of California and are grouped by Management Area.
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ISO 19115 Topic Categories
biota
boundaries
None
Sport Fishing
Fishing
oceans
CDFW
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Marine
MarineBIOS
Recreational Fisheries
Groundfish
RCA
Rockfish
Management Areas
None
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
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California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Marine Region GIS
mailing and physical
20 Lower Ragsdale Drive, Suite 100
Monterey
CA
93953
US
(831) 649-7143
r7mrgis@wildlife.ca.gov
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, NOAA NMFS
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NAD 1983 California Teale Albers
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GRS 1980
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ds3145
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 identifying depth and location of waypoint.
lat_dd
Latitude in Decimal Degrees format.
lon_dd
Longitude in Decimal Degrees format.
lat_DDM
Latitude in Decimal Degrees Minutes format.
lon_DDM
Longitude in Decimal Degrees Minutes format.
Fathom
Approximate depth in fathoms of waypoint.
Region
Describes which of the five groundfish management zones the waypoint is in.
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California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Marine Region GIS
mailing and physical
20 Lower Ragsdale Drive, Suite 100
Monterey
CA
93953
US
(831) 649-7143
r7mrgis@wildlife.ca.gov
FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
FGDC-STD-001-1998
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