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    Rockfish Conservation Area Waypoints - R7 - CDFW [ds3145]

    Metadata Updated: July 24, 2025

    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.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: See this page for license information.

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    Dates

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

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from State of California

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    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
    Identifier 31f5dfe4-76b4-4ee0-b5a2-9432837cdc60
    Data First Published 2024-01-29T18:36:57.000Z
    Data Last Modified 2025-01-04T01:10:04.712Z
    Category Natural Resources
    Public Access Level public
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Datagov Dedupe Retained 20250724151128
    Harvest Object Id 8cde2cdf-b233-465c-bb33-1cecb9f019c9
    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 a16f305818a834a7d01314e72e2fcfd7a2980f6a72514950799d70444997982b
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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