NOAA Fisheries, SFD, West Coast Region Groundfish Conservation Areas Geodatabase
This geodatabase contains spatial data for NOAA's West Coast Region (WCR) Groundfish Conservation Areas (GCA). GCA's are conservation areas created or modified and enforced to control catch of groundfish or protected species (https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-50/chapter-VI/part-660/subpart-C/section-660.11).
The geodatabase contains the following feature datasets, each containing feature classes that depict the spatial representation of a GCA:
YRCA - Yelloweye Rockfish Conservation Areas
GEA -Groundfish Exclusion Areas
CCA - Cowcod Conservation Areas
RCA - Rockfish Conservation Areas
Within each feature dataset, the feature class naming convention reflects the 1) type of area (YRCA, GEA, CCA, or RCA), 2) the name of the area and 3) the date (YYYYMMDD) that the conservation area was published in the Federal Register (FR). For example GEA_Potato_Bank_20231201
Last Update: 06/2026
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NOAA Fisheries West Coast Region Groundfish Conservation Area WCR_GCA.gdb
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| description | This geodatabase contains spatial data for NOAA's West Coast Region (WCR) Groundfish Conservation Areas (GCA). GCA's are conservation areas created or modified and enforced to control catch of groundfish or protected species (https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-50/chapter-VI/part-660/subpart-C/section-660.11). The geodatabase contains the following feature datasets, each containing feature classes that depict the spatial representation of a GCA: YRCA - Yelloweye Rockfish Conservation Areas GEA -Groundfish Exclusion Areas CCA - Cowcod Conservation Areas RCA - Rockfish Conservation Areas Within each feature dataset, the feature class naming convention reflects the 1) type of area (YRCA, GEA, CCA, or RCA), 2) the name of the area and 3) the date (YYYYMMDD) that the conservation area was published in the Federal Register (FR). For example GEA_Potato_Bank_20231201 Last Update: 06/2026 |
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| identifier | https://data.noaa.gov/waf/NOAA/nmfs/wcro/iso/xml/74036.xml |
| issued | 2024-12-01T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
| keyword |
[ "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > AQUATIC SCIENCES > FISHERIES", "CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA", "Cowcod Conservation Area", "GEA", "Groundfish Conservation Area", "Groundfish Exclusion Area", "RCA", "Rockfish Conservation Area", "YRCA", "Yelloweye Rockfish Conservation Area", "California", "Oregon", "Washington", "DOC/NOAA/NMFS/WCRO > West Coast Regional Office, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce", "Sustainable Fisheries Division" ] |
| landingPage | https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/74036 |
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| license | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
| modified | 2025-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
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{ "name": "West Coast Regional Office", "@type": "org:Organization" } |
| spatial | -117.3,32.35,-125.7,48.505897 |
| temporal | 2024-12-01T00:00:00+00:00/2024-12-01T00:00:00+00:00 |
| theme |
[ "geospatial" ] |
| title | NOAA Fisheries, SFD, West Coast Region Groundfish Conservation Areas Geodatabase |
