Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: TerraLogic GIS, Inc. Originator: National Marine Fisheries Service, Northwest Region Publication_Date: 2005 Title: Rockfish Conservation Area, Non-Trawl, September - October 2003 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data Description: Abstract: These data depict historical west coast groundfish conservation areas, closed areas intended to protect a particular groundfish species or species group or species complex, that have been implemented by the National Marine Fisheries Service. Purpose: These data were developed for Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission in cooperation with the National Marine Fisheries Service Northwest Region and the Pacific Fishery Management Council in support of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to consider the designation and conservation of Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) for Pacific Coast Groundfish. These data were consolidated and integrated in a GIS format to support spatially explicit groundfish habitat modelling and impacts assessment on a coastwide scale. Supplemental_Information: These data are for use for visualization and planning purposes only. They are not legal boundaries and have not been verified for accuracy by National Marine Fisheries Service. Refer to the Northwest Region webpage for current closure areas: http://www.nwr.noaa.gov/1sustfsh/groundfish/gConservAreas/ Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20030902 Ending_Date: 20031031 Currentness_Reference: effective date of conservation area Status: Progress: complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: none Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -125.747838 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -114.987779 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 48.510725 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 32.547429 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword: fishing regulations Theme_Keyword: conservation area Theme_Keyword: groundfish Theme_Keyword: essential fish habitat (EFH) Place: Place_Keyword: Washington Place_Keyword: Oregon Place_Keyword: California Place_Keyword: west coast Place_Keyword: Northwest Pacific Ocean Access_Constraints: none Use_Constraints: none Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 205 SE Spokane Street, Suite 100 City: Portland State_or_Province: Oregon Postal_Code: 97202 Country: U.S.A. Contact_Voice_Telephone: 503-595-3100 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 503-595-3232 Data_Set_Credit: Cooperators and funders who contributed to development of these data, include Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, and National Marine Fisheries Service, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Northwest Region, and Southwest Region. Yvonne DeReynier and Carrie Nordeen of the NMFS, Northwest Region office provided extensive assistance in locating and interpreting the regulations as well as providing the source data coordinates. Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.535 Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: No formal attribute accuracy assesment was performed. Data for start and end dates were determined from the Federal Register or provided by Carrie Nordeen, NMFS, Northwest Region. Logical_Consistency_Report: Data were developed directly from tabular latitude/longitude coordinates. If the conservation area included a shoreline, the shoreline from the EFH merged habitat data was used for consistency between EFH data layers. However, this shoreline is not consistent along the coast and is not an official NOAA shoreline. Completeness_Report: Data are complete for the depicted conservation area and time period. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Absolute horizontal accuracy is unknown. For spatial precision, geographic coordinates were input to at least 7 decimal places. Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: Coordinates provided in spreadsheet from Carrie Nordeen (RCACoordinates_September2003.xls and RCACoordinates_July03.xls). Coordinates converted to ArcInfo GENERATE format files, one for each line. Created line coverages in geographic coordinate system. Merged lines together with latitude boundaries, exclusive economic zone, and additional fathom curves from California DEM (20 fathom, 50 fathom) or shoreline data from EFH merged habitat data where needed. Created polygon coverage from line coverage and performed small edits to complete polygon topology. Added polygon attributes. Projected geographic polygons to West Coast Albers projection. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Federal Register 68 FR 52703 Process_Date: 200310 Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector Point_and_Vector_Object_Information: SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 18 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Planar: Map_Projection: Map_Projection_Name: Albers Conical Equal Area Albers_Conical_Equal_Area: Standard_Parallel: 32.000000 Standard_Parallel: 48.000000 Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -126.000000 Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 40.000000 False_Easting: 0.000000 False_Northing: 0.000000 Planar_Coordinate_Information: Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair Coordinate_Representation: Abscissa_Resolution: 0.004096 Ordinate_Resolution: 0.004096 Planar_Distance_Units: meters Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983 Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222 Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: rca0309nt.dbf Attribute: Attribute_Label: NONTRAWLRCA Attribute_Definition: Flag to indicate polygon is part of conservation area Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: non-trawl rca Attribute: Attribute_Label: STARTDATE Attribute_Definition: Effective date of the conservation area Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: 20030902 Attribute: Attribute_Label: ENDDATE Attribute_Definition: End date of the conservation area Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: 20031031 Attribute: Attribute_Label: FED_REG Attribute_Definition: Reference to the Federal Register from the which the regulations were derived. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: 68 FR 52703 Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: Pacific State Marine Fisheries Commission Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 205 SE Spokane Street, Suite 100 City: Portland State_or_Province: Oregon Postal_Code: 97202 Country: U.S.A. Contact_Voice_Telephone: 503-595-3100 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 503-595-3232 Resource_Description: Downloadable Data Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: ESRI Shape File File_Decompression_Technique: no compression applied Transfer_Size: 0.205 Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20050128 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: TerraLogic GIS, Inc. Contact_Person: Allison Bailey Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: P.O. Box 264 City: Stanwood State_or_Province: Washington Postal_Code: 98292 Country: U.S.A. Contact_Voice_Telephone: 360-629-0242 Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998 Metadata_Time_Convention: local time Metadata_Extensions: Online_Linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile