Coral Protection Areas

Description

These data depict zones for the protection of deep-sea coral from physical damage by fishing gear. Commercial fishermen are prohibited from using bottom-tending gear such otter trawls; beam trawls; hydraulic dredges; non-hydraulic dredges; seines; longlines; pots and traps; and sink or anchored gillnets within these zones. Additional coral protection areas may also be defined as part of an Area of Particular Concern within an Essential Fish Habitat.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 MarineCadastre.gov Data Registry https://marinecadastre.gov/data/
57 CoralProtectionArea.zip https://marinecadastre.gov/downloads/data/mc/CoralProtectionArea.zip
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/66679
0 NOAA Office for Coastal Management Home Page https://coast.noaa.gov
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/ocm/dmp/pdf/66679.pdf

Tags

  • human dimensions
  • united states of america
  • office of coastal management
  • exclusive economic zone
  • environmental governance/management
  • national ocean service
  • continent
  • noaa
  • planning
  • territorial sea
  • north america
  • doc/noaa/nos/ocm
  • coastal
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • renewable energy
  • outer continental shelf
  • marinecadastre

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