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Title: Halibut Trawl Grounds: California, 2008

Dates

• Issued: 2008
• Coverage: 2008

Publishers

• California. Department of Fish and Game. Marine Resources Region

Summary

This polygon shapefile depicts California halibut trawl grounds as defined by California Fish and Game Code 8495 and California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 124. These data define areas open and closed to trawling within the state waters of California with a valid California Halibut Trawl Permit. This data was modified in October 2013 to add full grounds to the file since the previous version only included sub-areas. This coverage provides cartographic representation of the halibut trawl grounds of Southern California. California Department of Fish and Wildlife Marine Resources Region. (2008). Halibut Trawl Grounds: California, 2008. California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Marine Resources Region. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/tk370zb3389. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

Subjects

• Boundaries
• Economy
• Oceans
• California
• Pacific Ocean
• Coasts
• Halibut fishing
• Halibut fisheries
• Trawls and trawling
• Fishery law and legislation
• Marine resources conservation
• Marine biodiversity conservation
• Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

• Bounding Box: BBOX (-120.71271, -119.060736, 34.577581, 34.033376)
• Geometry: BBOX (-120.71271, -119.060736, 34.577581, 34.033376)

Provider

Stanford

Rights

• Access rights: Public

Citation

California. Department of Fish and Game. Marine Resources Region. Halibut Trawl Grounds: California, 2008. California. Department of Fish and Game. Marine Resources Region. Polygon data. https://purl.stanford.edu/tk370zb3389

Format

Shapefile

Languages

• English