BCMCA_hu_CommercialFish_groundfishTrawl_marxan_data

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Fisheries and Oceans Canada / BC Marine Conservation Analysis, a Tides Canada Initiatives Project
Publication_Date: January 2012
Title: BCMCA_hu_CommercialFish_groundfishTrawl_marxan_data
Edition: 1
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Marine Atlas of Pacific Canada
Publication_Information:
Publisher:
The British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis (BCMCA), a Tides Canada Initiatives Project
Online_Linkage:
\\data-server\gis\BCMCA\HumanUse\Repository\Commercial Fish\data\BCMCA_hu_CommercialFish_GroundfishTrawl_data.shp
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
The British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis (BCMCA), a Tides Canada Initiatives Project
Publication_Date: May 2011
Title: Marine Atlas of Pacific Canada
Online_Linkage: www.bcmca.ca/data
Description:
Abstract:
The Groundfish Trawl catch and effort grid dataset has been assembled directly from the Groundfish Stock Assessment harvest log database (PacHarvTrawl) located at the Pacific Biological Station(PBS). The dataset has been modified to meet the sensitive nature of the data as per the Access to Information Act20(1)(b,c); which specifies that Fisheries and Oceans Canada will not disclose to a third party confidential information that may prejudice the competitive position of the fisher, in which fishing location has been identified as one of the entities to be protected. There was a 4km x 4km grid used in the desensitization process as well information was limited to total Effort (hr) and total Catch (kg). The dataset is comprised of an aggregate of all species and specifically targets the 1996-2004 fishing seasons.
Purpose:
The purpose of the data is to display complete, up-to-date information on commercial Groundfish Trawl fishing activities along the coast of British Columbia for the BCMCA Atlas and Marxan analyses. This dataset was originally developed in fulfillment of a request by the Oceans Action Plan (OAP) committee with the intent to contribute to management plans within the Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area (PNCIMA). It was subsequently provided to the British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis (BCMCA). Data presented as 2 km x 2 km planning units for MARXAN analysis.
The British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis (BCMCA) is a collaborative project assembling and analyzing spatial information about Canada's Pacific Ocean. The overall goal of the BCMCA is to identify marine areas of high conservation value and marine areas important to human use. Results of the project are intended to inform and help advance marine planning initiatives in BC by providing collaborative, peer-reviewed scientific analyses based on the best ecological and human use spatial data at scales relevant to a BC coast-wide analysis.
Supplemental_Information:
Due to the variable nature of the data not all of the information in the database can be shown spatially. The data availability for this data set is 97.71%
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 1996
Ending_Date: 2004
Currentness_Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -134.074666
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -122.694756
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 54.815635
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 47.904991
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:
REQUIRED: Reference to a formally registered thesaurus or a similar authoritative source of theme keywords.
Theme_Keyword: Groundfish
Theme_Keyword: economy
Theme_Keyword: Trawl
Theme_Keyword: Dragger
Theme_Keyword: catch
Theme_Keyword: effort
Theme_Keyword: Marxan
Place:
Place_Keyword: BC
Place_Keyword: Pacific Ocean
Temporal:
Temporal_Keyword: 1996
Temporal_Keyword: 1997
Temporal_Keyword: 1998
Temporal_Keyword: 1999
Temporal_Keyword: 2000
Temporal_Keyword: 2001
Temporal_Keyword: 2002
Temporal_Keyword: 2003
Temporal_Keyword: 2004
Access_Constraints:
A Limited Use Agreement must be completed and returned to Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Use_Constraints: As outlined in the Limited Use Agreement
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: BC Marine Conservation Analysis
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: info@bcmca.ca
Data_Set_Credit: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Pacific Biological Station
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3500

Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
4km x 4km grid cells that meet the requirements of the Access to Information Act two attributes were obtained a total Effort_hr and Catch_lbs per grid cell
Quantitative_Attribute_Accuracy_Assessment:
Attribute_Accuracy_Value: Effort_hr
Attribute_Accuracy_Explanation: A total effort in tow hours
Quantitative_Attribute_Accuracy_Assessment:
Attribute_Accuracy_Value: Catch_kg
Attribute_Accuracy_Explanation: A total catch in kg
Logical_Consistency_Report:
Data has been cleaned using a dangle length of .001m and fuzzy tolerance of .0001m A 4km x 4km grid was used with an grid origin of: Easting -27940m, Northing 94650m To meet the sensitivity requirements of the Access to Information Act a count of 3 or more vessels (CFV field used), that were fishing within the same grid cell and within the same fishing season (Year field used) was used
Completeness_Report:
See the Marine Atlas of British Columbia, p137, for reviewer comments and caveats of use
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
A 4km x 4km grid was used with an grid origin of: Easting -27940m, Northing 94650m. Grid converted to a 2 km x 2 km grid for the BCMCA Marxan analyses.
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
A 4km x 4km grid was used with an grid origin of: Easting -27940m, Northing 94650m
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: PBS Data Unit
Publication_Date: Unknown
Title: Groundfish Trawl Logs
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data
Source_Scale_Denominator: Variable
Type_of_Source_Media: online Database
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 1996
Ending_Date: 2004
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
- Queries PacHarvTrawl database for CFV, Catch, Effort, lat and long and year range fields - In ArcMap using Lon & Lat fields as XY coordinates created a shape files Using XTOOLS XY coordinates were assigned. - Exported dbf file to uniquecfv.mdb database provided by Norm Olson (PBS) to populate index fields which were required to spatially sort unique CFV. XY fields were used to assign a point value associated with a unique grid value. Fields were than summed by CFV to provide a summed value for each grid. - Within ArcMap imported the new dbf file into ArcMap and use XY coordinates to map the points. - Joined the 4km x 4km grid to the trawlpoint file. During the joining all fields are summed. A newly created Sum of Count field indicated number of unique vessels in the grid. - Select only those records that have a sum vessel count greater than 2. - Export selected records and create new shape file. -- Eliminated all irrelevant fields keeping only the GridCell, Effort and Catch_kg attribute items
Process_Date: February 2006
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Sean MacConnachie
Contact_Organization: Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Pacific Biological Station
Contact_Position: Project Coordinator
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 4166 Departure Bay Road
City: Nanaimo
State_or_Province: BC
Postal_Code: V9T 6B7
Country: Canada
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 250-756-7265
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The individual datasets for Salmon (Chinook, Chum, Coho, Pink, Sockeye), Dungeness Crab, Geoduck, Green Sea Urchin, Groundfish Trawl, Halibut, Herring Roe, Humpback Shrimp, Krill, Pink Shrimp, Prawn, Red Sea Urchin, Sablefish (longline and trap), Sardines, Schedule II, Sea Cucumber, Sidestripe Shrimp and Rockfish Hook and Line were processed following a defined set of parameters and then combined together to provide a per planning unit catch for each individual fishery.
Processing Steps for data are as follows: 1. Have a clean PU file with only the Unit_ID 2. Make sure projection is in NAD 83 Environment Albers 3. Union the PU file with the fishery 4. Remove any polygons outside the study area 5. Add New_Area field + calculate the area in square meters 6. Determine Frequency (Toolbox>Analysis>Stats>Frequency) where the input is the unioned shapefile, the frequency file is FID_commer and the summary field is New_Area 7. Join the Frequency table to the Union Output (FID_commer to FID_commer) 8. Export joined file with new name (use _v2 at the end) 9. Add new field (Catch_PU) as a Double 10. Calculate the Catch per PU: Catch x New_Area / New_Area1 11. Open up the dbf in Excel and save as .xlsx. 12. Insert Pivot Table, Select Unit_ID as the row label and Catch_PU as the ? values. Then select all values for Catch_PU and copy and paste special (values) into new excel worksheet. 13. In Excel, generate full commercial fisheries table by selecting the values from the individual excel worksheets, providing the proper coding, and ensuring the numbers are correct. 14. Save completed fisheries database in Excel as .xlsx, Open the table in Microsoft Access, and re-save as a .dbase IV 15. Open the new .dbf in ArcInfo and join the commercial fisheries table to a clean PU file
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: C:\DOCUME~1\CARRIE~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\xml2E5.tmp
Process_Date: January 2012
Process_Time: 16295300
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Lindsay McBlane
Contact_Organization: Parks Canada, Western and Northern Service Centre (for BCMCA)
Contact_Position: Resource Conservation Technician
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Planning units with a value for the groundfish trawl fishery were selected and exported to a new file. Extraneous fields removed.
Process_Date: January 2012
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Carrie Robb
Contact_Organization: BCMCA
Contact_Position: Data Manager

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 10784

Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Map_Projection:
Map_Projection_Name: Albers Conical Equal Area
Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:
Standard_Parallel: 50.000000
Standard_Parallel: 58.500000
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -126.000000
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 45.000000
False_Easting: 1000000.000000
False_Northing: 0.000000
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000000
Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000000
Planar_Distance_Units: meters
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: BCMCA_hu_CommercialFish_groundfishTrawl_marxan_data
Entity_Type_Definition:
Groundfish Trawl 1996-2004 4km x 4km grid greater than 2 vessels
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FID
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: UNIT_ID
Attribute_Definition: planning unit ID
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: AREA
Attribute_Definition: planning unit area
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: COST
Attribute_Definition: planning unit cost
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: STATUS
Attribute_Definition: planning unit status
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: X513
Attribute_Definition: Catch within the planning unit
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ID
Attribute_Definition: Marxan ID
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
The 4km x 4km gridcells present in this dataset have met the 3 vessel rule. The attribute information have been rolled-up per gridcell include the Total "Effort_hr" and Total "Catch_kg".

Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: BC Marine Conservation Analysis
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Contact_Instructions: See www.bcmca.ca for distribution details
Resource_Description: Downloadable Data
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Transfer_Size: 0.016
Available_Time_Period:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 1996
Ending_Date: 2004

Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20120116
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Carrie Robb
Contact_Organization: BCMCA
Contact_Position: Data Manager
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 1405-207 W. Hastings St.
City: Vancouver
State_or_Province: BC
Postal_Code: V6B1H7
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (604) 696-5044
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: info@bcmca.ca
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
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