West Coast EFH Conservation Areas

Description

These data depict Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) conservation areas off Washington, Oregon, and California. The coordinate locations are from NMFS' Final Rule to implement Amendment 19 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (71 FR 27408; May 11, 2006). In order to minimize to the extent practicable adverse effects from fishing, the final rule prohibits fishing with various gear types within these areas. Consult the text of the final rule for specific details about each area and the management measures. The prohibitions are listed in Section 660.306 and the official coordinates are listed in Sections 660.397, 660.398, and 660.399 of the final rule.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 MarineCadastre.gov Data Registry https://marinecadastre.gov/data/
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/48942
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/48942.pdf

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  • human dimensions
  • united states of america
  • office of coastal management
  • environmental governance/management
  • national ocean service
  • west coast
  • minimize fishing impacts
  • continent
  • noaa
  • north america
  • doc/noaa/nos/ocm
  • fishery management plan (fmp)
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • california
  • washington
  • northwest pacific ocean
  • marinecadastre
  • pacific coast
  • oregon
  • essential fish habitat (efh)
  • final rule
  • groundfish

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