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Groundfish Exclusion Areas - R7 - CDFW [ds3164]

Metadata Updated: July 24, 2025

This dataset depicts the eight Groundfish Exclusion Areas located in the Southern California Bight in the area formerly encompassed by the Cowcod Conservation Areas. The Groundfish Exclusion Areas restrict take and possession of groundfish, except for purposes of continuous transit. Fishing for non-groundfish stocks is permitted provided no groundfish are aboard. Located north of Santa Barbara Island, the Hidden Reef GEA measures 5.7 by 6.6 miles. The West of Santa Barbara Island GEA measures 12.6 by 7.9 miles. Located west of San Nicolas Island, the Potato Bank GEA measures 8.5 by 13.8 miles. To the south-west of San Nicolas Island, the 107/118 Bank GEA measures 9.1 by 6.8 miles. Located north/north-west of Tanner Bank, Cherry Bank GEA measures 13.9 by 3.9 miles, with the Seamount 109 GEA measuring 19.8 by 3.7 miles (on the southern end) located west of the bank. Roughly 25 miles west of Cortes Bank, the Northeast Bank GEA measures 6.3 by 10.1 miles. Roughly 49 miles west of San Diego, the 43-Fathom Spot GEA measures 8.0 by 11.2 miles.AttributesID: ID for each GEA.AreaName: Informal Description of each area.

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Dates

Metadata Created Date July 23, 2025
Metadata Updated Date July 24, 2025

Metadata Source

Harvested from State of California

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date July 23, 2025
Metadata Updated Date July 24, 2025
Publisher California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Maintainer
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Data First Published 2024-04-04T20:30:23.000Z
Data Last Modified 2024-04-04T20:30:29.105Z
Category Natural Resources
Public Access Level public
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Datagov Dedupe Retained 20250724164837
Harvest Object Id 7b24b521-d6c0-468e-ba69-8513737575a9
Harvest Source Id 3ba8a0c1-5dc2-4897-940f-81922d3cf8bc
Harvest Source Title State of California
License http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash cfc63862c3f2398b8a0500909a7e3a41c3eb2aee48d2460b113ad49231536d1c
Source Schema Version 1.1

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