{ "culture": "en-US", "name": "", "guid": "", "catalogPath": "", "snippet": "These data were developed to support public consideration of NMFS' Final Rule implementing Amendment 28 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan...", "description": "
These data delineate areas of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) deeper than 3,500 m water depth that were not designated as Pacific Coast groundfish essential fish habitat (EFH). Although outside of EFH, the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) felt these areas included sensitive deep-water habitats, including deep-sea corals, that warranted protection. The Council recommended that this area be closed to fishing with bottom contacting gears using discretionary authority under the Magnuson-Stevens Act. Bottom contacting gears is a defined term at 50 CFR 660.12. <\/SPAN><\/P><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/DIV>",
"summary": "These data were developed to support public consideration of NMFS' Final Rule implementing Amendment 28 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan...",
"title": "Deep-Sea Ecosystem Conservation Area (DECA) for NMFS' Final Rule Implementing Amendment 28 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan",
"tags": [
"Northeast Pacific Ocean",
"United States",
"Pacific coast",
"west coast",
"California",
"fishery management plan (FMP)",
"minimize fishing impacts",
"final rule",
"groundfish"
],
"type": "",
"typeKeywords": [],
"thumbnail": "",
"url": "",
"minScale": 150000000,
"maxScale": 5000,
"spatialReference": "",
"accessInformation": "National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC), Sound GIS, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), West Coast Ocean Data Portal",
"licenseInfo": " These data are not legal boundaries but are rather geospatial representations of what is published in the code of federal regulations (50 CFR 660).<\/SPAN><\/P><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/DIV>"
}