{ "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>" }