Fishery Resource Mapping, Final Report

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Citation

Originator: Starr, Richard M., Mark R. Saelens, and David S. Fox

Publish Date: 1989

Online Link: None

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Contact Information

Agency: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Name: Cedric Cooney

Job Position: Natural Resources Data and Systems Manager

Telephone: 503-947-6094

E-Mail Address: cedric.x.cooney@odfw.oregon.gov

Description

Abstract: Since 1986, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's (ODFW) Marine Region has been developing a long-term program designed to provide an ecosystem-level approach to ocean resource management. The long-term program, called Ocean Habitat Analysis and Mapping (OHAM), is intended to help define discrete ocean areas with special biologic, economic, or social significance. It is built on a reference grid that allows data to be summarized and mapped on a finer scale than has been used in the past. The system is designed to identify areas important for species at critical life history stages, to identify areas important for sport and commercial fisheries, and to help understand how fishers and fishery resources respond to natural or artificial changes in the environment. The OHAM program is intended to have the capability of responding to ocean resource planning needs in northern California and Washington as well. This report describes a project funded by the National Coastal Resources Research and Development Institute to foster interstate communication and begin to develop a regional fisheries data base. The project incorporated California and Washington fishery data into the portion of Oregon's Ocean Habitat Analysis and Mapping program that summarizes commercial fishery catch data. The project involved obtaining, reducing, and summarizing commercial fishery catch data from the Washington Department of Fisheries and California Department of Fish and Game. Catch data summarized included California's 1986 shrimp fishery, California's 1985 groundfish fishery, Washington's 1987 shrimp fishery, and Washington's 1986 and 1987 groundfish fishery.

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Geographic Extent: West Coast

Status: Final

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Format: PDF

Data Quality Information

Lineage-Source: This project was funded by the National Coastal Resources Research and Development Institute, Newport, Oregon, under contract No. 2-5631-03.

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