Offshore Commercial Fishing Blocks - Pre Jan 1, 2025 - R7 - CDFW [ds3148]

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CDFW, Commercial Fishing, Landing Receipts, Fish Tickets, Marine Landings Data System, MLDS, Marine Logs System, MLS, Logbooks, MarineBIOS


Summary

Starting in 1983, these large commercial fishing catch areas (blocks) were used in reporting fishing activity in California and they were discontinued on January 1, 2025. These broad areas are defined by latitudinal ranges extending from the shoreline offshore to the Exclusive Economic Zone (200 nm). These features, with block ID between 1030 and 1042 overlap with and should be use in conjunction with Commercial Fishing Blocks (pre Jan 1, 2025) - R7 CDFW [ds3093].

Description

Large commercial fishing catch areas, often referred to as -commercial fishing (4-digit) blocks for the state of California. These blocks represent ten generalized catch areas which broadly describe latitudinal catch, from shore out to the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). These catch areas are reflected in reported landings data starting in 1983. These areas overlap with higher resolution 10' x 10' commercial fishing (3-digit) blocks [ds3093] which have been in use since 1933. For more information see: Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. 1935. Fish Bulletin No. 44. The Commercial Fish Catch of California for the Years 1930-1934, Inclusive.

Number sequence of blocks range from 1042 (Northern CA) to 1032 (Southern CA). These blocks were digitized for the California Fisheries Information System, a (since retired) California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) commercial landings database. The original offshore blocks maps were georeferenced to known ocean locations and coastline. The blocks are primarily used to report fishing in offshore waters.

Attributes :

  • Block_ID: Contains the 4-digit number used to ID the large offshore commercial fishing block.

Credits

California Department of Fish and Wildlife

Use limitations

License: This work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ). Using the citation standards recommended for BIOS datasets ( https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Data/BIOS/Citing-BIOS ) satisfies the attribution requirements of this license.

Disclaimer: The State makes no claims, promises, or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, reliability, or adequacy of these data and expressly disclaims liability for errors and omissions in these data. No warranty of any kind, implied, expressed, or statutory, including but not limited to the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and freedom from computer virus, is given with respect to these data.

Extent

West -129.014171 East -116.699540
North 42.320713 South 30.854830

Scale Range
Maximum (zoomed in) 1:5,000
Minimum (zoomed out) 1:150,000,000

ArcGIS Metadata

Topics and Keywords

Themes or categories of the resource oceans, planningCadastre


* Content type Downloadable Data
Export to FGDC CSDGM XML format as Resource Description No

Place keywords California

Theme keywords CDFW, Commercial Fishing, Landing Receipts, Fish Tickets, Marine Landings Data System, MLDS, Marine Logs System, MLS, Logbooks, MarineBIOS

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Citation

Title Offshore Commercial Fishing Blocks - Pre Jan 1, 2025 - R7 - CDFW [ds3148]
Publication date 2024-01-3100:00:00


Presentation formats * digital map


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Citation Contacts

Responsible party
Individual's name Marine Region GIS
Organization's name California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Contact's role point of contact


Contact information
Phone
Voice (831) 649-7143

Address
Type both
Delivery point 20 Lower Ragsdale Drive, Suite 100
City Monterey
Administrative area CA
Postal code 93953
Country US
e-mail address r7mrgis@wildlife.ca.gov

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Resource Details

Dataset languages * English(UNITED STATES)
Dataset character set utf8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format


Status completed
Spatial representation type * vector


* Processing environment Microsoft Windows 10 Version 10.0 (Build 19045) ; Esri ArcGIS 13.4.0.55405


Credits
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
ArcGIS item properties
* Name ds3148
* Location file://\\geodata.\\BIOSOnline\Refresh\TODOData\BIOSOnlineData.gdb
* Access protocol Local Area Network

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Extents

Extent
Geographic extent
Bounding rectangle
Extent type Extent used for searching
* West longitude -129.014171
* East longitude -116.699540
* North latitude 42.320713
* South latitude 30.854830
* Extent contains the resource Yes

Extent in the item's coordinate system
* West longitude -747159.861000
* East longitude 272851.446700
* South latitude -763579.611100
* North latitude 477974.134100
* Extent contains the resource Yes

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Resource Points of Contact

Point of contact
Individual's name Marine Region GIS
Organization's name California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Contact's role point of contact


Contact information
Phone
Voice (831) 649-7143

Address
Type both
Delivery point 20 Lower Ragsdale Drive, Suite 100
City Monterey
Administrative area CA
Postal code 93953
Country US
e-mail address r7mrgis@wildlife.ca.gov

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Resource Constraints

Constraints
Limitations of use

License: This work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ). Using the citation standards recommended for BIOS datasets ( https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Data/BIOS/Citing-BIOS ) satisfies the attribution requirements of this license.

Disclaimer: The State makes no claims, promises, or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, reliability, or adequacy of these data and expressly disclaims liability for errors and omissions in these data. No warranty of any kind, implied, expressed, or statutory, including but not limited to the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and freedom from computer virus, is given with respect to these data.


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Spatial Reference

ArcGIS coordinate system
* Type Projected
* Geographic coordinate reference GCS_North_American_1983
* Projection NAD_1983_California_Teale_Albers
* Coordinate reference details
Projected coordinate system
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X origin -16909700
Y origin -8597000
XY scale 10000
Z origin -100000
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M tolerance 0.001
High precision true
Latest well-known identifier 3310
VCSWKID 115702
LatestVCSWKID 115702
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Reference system identifier
* Value 3310
* Codespace EPSG
* Version 6.8(9.2.0)


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Spatial Data Properties

Vector
* Level of topology for this dataset geometry only


Geometric objects
Feature class name ds3148
* Object type composite
* Object count 0

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ArcGIS Feature Class Properties
Feature class name ds3148
* Feature type Simple
* Geometry type Polygon
* Has topology FALSE
* Feature count 0
* Spatial index TRUE
* Linear referencing FALSE

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Geoprocessing history

Process
Date 2025-01-2210:10:32
Tool location c:\program files\arcgis\pro\Resources\ArcToolbox\toolboxes\Conversion Tools.tbx\ExportFeatures
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Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


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Date 2025-01-2210:10:51
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Date 2025-01-2210:11:15
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Distribution

Distributor
Available format
* Name Shapefile


Transfer options
* Transfer size 0.660


Online source
* Location file://\\BEETHOVEN\C$\Documents and Settings\GWSchmidt.GEO\Desktop\Posting to Ftp\MAN_CA_largeOffshoreblocks.shp
* Access protocol Local Area Network
* Description Downloadable Data

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Distribution format
* Name File Geodatabase Feature Class


Transfer options
Online source
Location https://wildlife.ca.gov/Data/BIOS
Function performed information

Online source
Location https://filelib.wildlife.ca.gov/Public/BDB/GIS/BIOS/Public_Datasets/3100_3199/ds3148.zip
Function performed download

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Details for object ds3148
* Type Feature Class
* Row count 0


Field OBJECTID
* Alias OBJECTID
* Data type OID
* Width 4
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
* Field description
Internal feature number.
* Description source
ESRI
* Description of values
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.


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* Data type Geometry
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* Scale 0
* Field description
Feature geometry.
* Description source
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* Description of values
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Field BLOCK_ID
* Alias BLOCK10_ID
* Data type SmallInteger
* Width 2
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Contains the 4-digit number used to ID the large offshore commercial fishing block.
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Field Shape_Length
* Alias Shape_Length
* Data type Double
* Width 8
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
* Field description
Length of feature in internal units.
* Description source
ESRI
* Description of values
Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.


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Field Shape_Area
* Alias Shape_Area
* Data type Double
* Width 8
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
* Field description
Area of feature in internal units squared.
* Description source
ESRI
* Description of values
Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.


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Metadata Details

* Metadata language English(UNITED STATES)
* Metadata character set utf8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format


Scope of the data described by the metadata * dataset
Scope name * dataset


* Last update 2025-01-22


ArcGIS metadata properties
Metadata format ArcGIS1.0
Metadata style FGDC CSDGM Metadata
Standard or profile used to edit metadata FGDC


Created in ArcGIS for the item 2025-01-2210:10:43
Last modified in ArcGIS for the item 2025-01-2210:10:29


Automatic updates
Have been performed Yes
Last update 2025-01-2210:10:29


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Metadata Contacts

Metadata contact
Individual's name Marine Region GIS
Organization's name California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Contact's role point of contact


Contact information
Phone
Voice (831) 649-7143

Address
Type both
Delivery point 20 Lower Ragsdale Drive, Suite 100
City Monterey
Administrative area CA
Postal code 93953
Country US
e-mail address r7mrgis@wildlife.ca.gov

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