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    Groundfish Recreational Boundaries - R7 - CDFW [ds3143]

    Metadata Updated: November 23, 2025

    Waters off the coast of California are split into five distinct groundfish management areas used in the regulation and management of groundfish fisheries. All fishing areas extend from the shoreline to 200 miles offshore. The latitudinal boundaries for each fishing area are as follows: Northern Management Area: The California-Oregon border to Cape Mendocino (40°10' N. latitude), Mendocino Management Area: Cape Mendocino (40°10' N. latitude) to Point Arena (38°57.5' N. latitude), San Francisco Management Area: Point Arena (38°57.5' N. latitude) to Pigeon Point (37°11' N. latitude), Central Management Area: Pigeon Point (37°11' N. latitude) to Point Conception (34°27' N. latitude), Southern Management Area: Point Conception (34°27' N. latitude) to the U.S.-Mexico border. Attributes: Region: Northern, Mendocino, San Francisco, Central, Southern. Detail: Latitudinal boundaries of management areas.

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    Metadata Created Date July 23, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date November 23, 2025

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    Harvested from State of California

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date July 23, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date November 23, 2025
    Publisher California Department of Fish and Wildlife
    Maintainer
    Identifier f6e7f182-eb29-4e8f-a880-4e9f4431a370
    Data First Published 2024-01-29T18:13:01.000Z
    Data Last Modified 2025-11-12T19:14:21.044Z
    Category Natural Resources
    Public Access Level public
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 71be9bd3-2f32-407e-8221-d5a93a62cf0d
    Harvest Source Id 3ba8a0c1-5dc2-4897-940f-81922d3cf8bc
    Harvest Source Title State of California
    License http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 82fe6fba70f22b7a3b0221285e42d64fec496b15a6aafdb0c4674a6b868a0089
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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