North Central Coast: commercial fishing sector: survey and spatial data

This data package includes: 1) Survey data - collected through fisherman interviews for the fishing years 2010 and 2011 and 2) Fishing maps - spatial fishing data for the 2010 fishing year at the region level. Our research team conducted in-person interviews with commercial fishermen who made landings in 2010 and/or 2011 in the study region for the following state water fisheries: California halibut (hook & line); Dungeness crab (trap); Nearshore finfish (live—fixed gear); salmon (troll); and urchin (dive). Please see the final project technical report and appendix for project methods and a full summary of results. As part of the baseline monitoring project we collected extensive spatial fishing data. Included here are PDFs of the data collected aggregated to the region level for each fishery. We also have data which is aggregated to the port level and fishing data for the 2011 fishing year. If you would like to access port level data, 2011 spatial fishing data, or GIS files of spatial fishing data please contact us.This dataset was originally uploaded to Oceanspaces (http://oceanspaces.org/) in 2013 as part of the North Central Coast baseline monitoring program. In 2020 the baseline data and reports were uploaded to the California Ocean Protection Council Data Repository by Mike Esgro ([e-mail]) and Rani Gaddam ([e-mail]). Every attempt has been made to include all of the original data, metadata, and reports submitted in 2013, but please contact the Data Set Contacts with any questions. The long-term California MPA boundary and project info tables referenced in this dataset can be found as a separate dataset here: https://opc.dataone.org/view/doi:10.25494/P64S3W