The principle aim of this project was to map the fine-scale spatial distribution of key abalone habitat impacted by urchins in < 25 m water depth using multibeam acoustic imagery. Detailed substrate t
The California Marine Resources Protection Act (MRPA) authorized approximately $1 million for research on marine resource enhancement and management to be conducted in four coastal ecological reserves
This dataset presents maps of fishing intensity and maximum area fished of ocean waters within the Western Deepwater Trawl Fishery (WDWTF). The data were prepared as part of the annual ABARES Fisher
This data package include California state commercial fisheries landings and commercial passenger fishing vessel (CPFV) logbook data from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW). The dat