Cockle QMAs

QMA boundaries were created as noted in the “Fisheries (E-logbook Users Instructions and Codes) Circular 2018” (Schedule 2, Part 1A). Legal definitions of the boundaries of the Fisheries Management Areas (FMAs) and some individual stocks are contained within the first schedule of the Fisheries Act, 1996. Remaining stock definitions were sourced from notices of Declaration of New Stocks Subject to Quota Management System. Legal definition of the FMA boundaries is dependent on a legally authoritative layers depicting the EEZ boundary and mean high water mark. EEZ and Topo50 Coastline datasets sourced from LINZ and released under CC-BY 4.0 were used in the creation of this dataset. All inland boundaries within this dataset have been approximated and do not reflect the intention of the Act as stated in Note 3 of Schedule 1 (all inland waters are considered a part of the FMA into which they flow directly). Most areas created from notices of Declaration of New Stocks Subject to Quota Management System state the landward boundaries follow the mean high-water springs which is not reflected in this dataset.配额管理区域（Quota Management Area，QMA）的边界依照《2018年渔业（电子日志用户指南与代码）通告》（附表2第1A部分）的要求划定。渔业管理区域（Fisheries Management Areas，FMAs）及部分独立渔业种群的边界的法定定义收录于1996年《渔业法》的第一附表中。其余渔业种群的定义源自《受配额管理系统约束的新种群公告》。渔业管理区域边界的法定定义需依托描绘专属经济区（Exclusive Economic Zone，EEZ）边界与平均高潮线的法定权威地理图层。本数据集的制作采用了由新西兰土地信息局（Land Information New Zealand，LINZ）发布、遵循知识共享署名4.0（CC-BY 4.0）许可协议的专属经济区与Topo50海岸线数据集。本数据集内所有内陆边界均为近似绘制值，未体现附表1注释3中法案的本意（即所有内陆水域均视为其直接汇入的渔业管理区域的组成部分）。多数由《受配额管理系统约束的新种群公告》划定的区域规定，其向陆边界遵循平均大潮高潮线，但本数据集未体现这一规则。