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    Shark Incident Database - California

    Metadata Updated: July 23, 2025

    The dataset includes information on the date, time, location, water depth, human activity, injury (if any), species of shark, and source information.

    For latest information, please visit https://wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Marine/White-Shark.

    This data and metadata were submitted by California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Staff though the Data Management Plan (DMP) framework with the id: DMP000500. For more information, please visit https://wildlife.ca.gov/Data/Sci-Data.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: See this page for license information.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date August 12, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date July 23, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from State of California

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date August 12, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date July 23, 2025
    Publisher California Department of Fish and Wildlife
    Maintainer
    Identifier 6542ce9d-2553-4f15-a2b8-35b934587b8c
    Data First Published 2023-07-20T14:55:59.058914
    Data Last Modified 2024-01-18T23:30:36.422586
    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 a98a9850-4ff9-43f0-8e70-234afeb71833
    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 25474fd0789a2e2a77177db7eeba8b6a3ada80064669e2b1fbe4094e338c8af7
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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