Dungeness crab--trap commercial fishery, Central Coast Region, Post MPA

This data set is a part of Ecotrust's project entitled: Establishing a Baseline and Assessing Spatial and Socioeconomic Change in the California Central Coast Commercial and CPFV Fisheries. This project is a component of the California Central Coast Marine Protected Area Baseline Monitoring Project that is designed to characterize the ecological and socioeconomic conditions and changes within the Central Coast Region since MPA implementation. The Central Coast study region extends from the north at Pigeon Point to the south at Point Conception. This data set consists of data collected in the spring of 2012 from fisheries mapping interviews with commercial fishermen who had Dungeness crab--trap landings in the California Central Coast in 2011. Results from the interviews were then combined through an aggregation process where the value each fisherman gives to their Dungeness crab fishing grounds are weighted by their landings for Dungeness crab in 2011. This data set represents the spatial extent and relative value of Dungeness crab commercial fishing grounds for the Central Coast Region in the year 2011.