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Commercial Fishery Effort and Fishery Landing Model Estimates along the West Coast of the US from 2010-01-01 to 2017-12-31 (NCEI Accession 0291013)

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Data set includes analyses of vessel tracking data from NOAA Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) from 2010 to 2017 to generate high-resolution spatio-temporal estimates of contemporary fishing effort across a wide range of commercial fisheries along the entire US West Coast. For commercial groundfish fisheries operating in federal waters in California, the data combined VMS data with landings data from California commercial fisheries landings receipts to generate highly resolved estimates of landings.
  • Cite as: Wang, Yi-Hui; Ruttenberg, Benjamin I.; Walter, Ryan; Pendleton, Frank; Samhouri, Jameal; Liu, Owen; White, Crow (2024). Commercial Fishery Effort and Fishery Landing Model Estimates along the West Coast of the US from 2010-01-01 to 2017-12-31 (NCEI Accession 0291013). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/ykms-s483. Accessed [date].
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Time Period 2010-01-01 to 2017-12-31
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West: -127.2
East: -117
South: 31.9
North: 48.5
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Associated Resources
  • Wang, Yi-Hui; Ruttenberg, Benjamin; Walter, Ryan; Pendleton, Frank; Samhouri, Jameal; Liu, Owen; White, Crow. High resolution assessment of commercial fisheries activity along the US West Coast using Vessel Monitoring System data. PLOS ONE. In press.
Publication Dates
  • publication: 2024-04-17
Data Presentation Form Digital table - digital representation of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns
Dataset Progress Status Complete - production of the data has been completed
Historical archive - data has been stored in an offline storage facility
Data Update Frequency As needed
Supplemental Information
Submission Package ID: 2TKCBR
Purpose Commercial fisheries along the US West Coast are important components of local and regional economies. They use various fishing gear, target a high diversity of species, and are highly spatially heterogeneous, making it challenging to generate a synoptic picture of fisheries activity in the region. Still, understanding the spatial and temporal dynamics of US West Coast fisheries is critical to meet the US legal mandate to manage fisheries sustainably and to better coordinate activities among a growing number of users of ocean space, including offshore renewable energy, aquaculture, shipping, and interactions with habitats and key non-fishery species such as seabirds and marine mammals. We highlight fisheries-specific and spatially-resolved patterns of effort, landings, and ex-vessel value, a bimodal distribution of fishing effort with respect to depth, and variable and generally declining effort over eight years. The information generated by our study can help inform future sustainable spatial fisheries management and other activities in the marine environment including offshore renewable energy planning.
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Dataset Citation
  • Cite as: Wang, Yi-Hui; Ruttenberg, Benjamin I.; Walter, Ryan; Pendleton, Frank; Samhouri, Jameal; Liu, Owen; White, Crow (2024). Commercial Fishery Effort and Fishery Landing Model Estimates along the West Coast of the US from 2010-01-01 to 2017-12-31 (NCEI Accession 0291013). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/ykms-s483. Accessed [date].
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  • Related Funding Agency: California Ocean Protection Council
  • Related Funding Agency: US DOI; Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Theme keywords NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS WMO_CategoryCode
  • oceanography
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
Data Center keywords NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS
Instrument keywords NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords Provider Instruments
  • VMS and fishery catch data
  • Vessel Monitoring Systems data
Place keywords NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
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Use Constraints
  • Cite as: Wang, Yi-Hui; Ruttenberg, Benjamin I.; Walter, Ryan; Pendleton, Frank; Samhouri, Jameal; Liu, Owen; White, Crow (2024). Commercial Fishery Effort and Fishery Landing Model Estimates along the West Coast of the US from 2010-01-01 to 2017-12-31 (NCEI Accession 0291013). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/ykms-s483. Accessed [date].
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  • 2024-04-17T16:16:54Z - NCEI Accession 0291013 v1.1 was published.
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Processing Steps
  • Parameter or Variable: FISHERY SURVEY - FISHING DURATION (calculated); Units: km/km2/yr; Observation Category: model output; Sampling Instrument: Vessel Monitoring Systems data; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Synthesis of VMS data for a range of fisheries on the US West Coast; Data Quality Method: QAQC Conducted by NOAA prior to distribution to researchers.
  • Parameter or Variable: FISHERY SURVEY - CATCH MEASUREMENTS - GENERAL (calculated); Units: lbs/km2/yr; Observation Category: model output; Sampling Instrument: VMS and fishery catch data; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Analysis combined fishery landings data from CA with VMS data to estimate spatial distribution of catch data for groundfish; Data Quality Method: QAQC Conducted by NOAA and CDFW prior to distribution to researchers.
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Instrument
  • scale
  • trawl
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