Commercial Fishing Data

The primary goal of this project was to inform long-term marine protected area (MPA) monitoring efforts by gathering up-to-date socioeconomic information to illustrate historical trends, establish a post MPA baseline, and assess initial changes since MPA implementation for the commercial fishing fleet in the North Coast region of California. To accomplish this goal our research team conducted extensive community outreach and engagement in the region and conducted in-person interviewed commercial fishermen to gather post MPA baseline socioeconomic data and spatial fishing data for the year 2013. Additional to the interview data gathered, we summarized commercial fishing landings data from 1992 to 2014 obtained from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) to explore historical economic trends and initial changes in North Coast commercial fisheries. This data package include the commercial fishing landings data from 1992-20142 provided by California Department of Fish and Wildlife summarized to the port and region level; select summarized survey data from fishermen interviews about their fishing operations in the 2013 calendar year, and samples of the spatial data available on the post MPA (2013) and spatial change between pre MPA (2000-2009) and post MPA (2012) fishing grounds at region-fishery and port-fishery scales.本项目的核心目标是为长期海洋保护区（Marine Protected Area, MPA）监测工作提供支撑，通过收集最新社会经济信息，以呈现历史发展趋势、建立海洋保护区设立后的基准基线，并评估加利福尼亚州北海岸区域商业捕捞船队自海洋保护区实施以来的初步变化情况。为达成该目标，研究团队在该区域开展了广泛的社区外联与参与工作，并对商业渔民进行了面对面访谈，以此收集2013年的海洋保护区设立后基准社会经济数据与空间捕捞数据。除访谈数据外，研究团队还整理了1992年至2014年来自加利福尼亚州鱼类与野生动物部（California Department of Fish and Wildlife, CDFW）的商业渔业上岸数据，用于探究北海岸商业渔业的历史经济趋势与初步变化。本数据包包含三类内容：一是经按港口与区域层级汇总的、由加利福尼亚州鱼类与野生动物部提供的1992年至2014年商业渔业上岸数据；二是针对渔民访谈的精选汇总调查数据，内容涉及2013日历年的捕捞作业情况；三是2013年（海洋保护区设立后）的空间数据样本，以及海洋保护区设立前（2000-2009年）与设立后（2012年）捕捞作业区域在区域-渔业、港口-渔业尺度下的空间变化数据。