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California Gillnet Fishery

This data set contains vessels, logbooks, fish size and landings data for three fleets of gillnet vessels that operate within 200 mile of the U.S. west coast, mainly in waters off California. The three fleets consist of set gillnet vessels targeting halibut and angel sharks, small-mesh drift gillnet vessels targeting white sea bass and yellowtail and large-mesh drift gillnet vessels targeting swordfish and thresher sharks. In addition, observer data are available from the large-mesh drift gillnet fleet. The data are owned by CDFW and managed jointly by CDFW and SWFSC.
  • Cite As: Southwest Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: California Gillnet Fishery [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/12935.
gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:12935
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Other Access Online access information not available.
Distribution Formats Format not available
    Distributor Distributor information not available
    Dataset Point of Contact Gu, Yuhong
    (858) 546-7053
    Yuhong.Gu@noaa.gov
    Dataset custodian Gu, Yuhong
    (858) 546-7053
    Yuhong.Gu@noaa.gov
    Time Period 1981-01-01 to Present;1981-01-01 to 1999-12-31
    Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates Bounding coordinates not available
    Dataset Information
    • Full Metadata Record
      View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset.
    Associated Resources
    Publication Dates
    • creation: 1981-01-01
    • publication:missing
    Data Presentation Form Digital table - digital representation of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns
    Dataset Progress Status Under development - data is currently in the process of being created
    Data Update Frequency Annually
    Purpose The data collected from California-based drift gillnet vessels are used by CDFW, NMFS, and the Pacific Fisheries Management Council to monitor and manage the drift gillnet fishery, to collect information used in stock assessments of species caught in this fishery, to monitor the bycatch of protected species, and to fulfill the reporting obligations of the Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMOs).
    Use Limitations
    • NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose.
    Dataset Citation
    • Cite As: Southwest Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: California Gillnet Fishery [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/12935.
    Publishers
      Publisher information not available.
    Theme keywords
    • drift gillnet
    • gillnet
    • landings
    • length composition
    • logbook
    • observer
    • swordfish
    • thresher shark
    Data Center keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
    • DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SWFSC > Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA. U.S. Department of Commerce
    Place keywords
    • north pacific
    Project keywords InPort
    • Pacific Highly Migratory Species Data
    Use Constraints
    • Cite As: Southwest Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: California Gillnet Fishery [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/12935.
    • Use Constraints: All use of the data sets should be cleared with NMFS/SWFSC/CDFG. All products (papers, publications and data summaries) must be approved by CDFG.
    Access Constraints
    • Access Constraints: NMFS/SWFSC personnel need a signed Statement of non-disclosure agreement to access the detailed data. There are no constraints on access to summarized data.
    Fees Fee information not available.
    Lineage information for:dataset
    Lineage Statement CDFW supplies the completed forms or data files to SWFSC for editing, data entry and maintenance
    Processing Environment The data set was originally in DBASE/FOXPRO, converted to Access then finally placed into an Oracle HMS data system.
    Acquisition Information (collection)
    Instrument
    • Gillnet
    • Gillnet
    Platform
    • Charter vessels-small boats
    Last Modified: 2025-05-15T19:16:16
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