rcas2005

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Publication_Date: 2005

Title: rcas2005

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Online_Linkage: \\CARRIE\C$\data_Received2007\DFO\RCA\rcas2005.shp

Description:

Abstract:

Rockfish Conservation Areas as of April 2005 - includes areas added in 2006 and should be current to February 2007. Downloaded from DFO's HEB spatial data holdings by Living Oceans Society on Dec. 20, 2007. In May 2002, the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans announced a preliminary conservation strategy for rebuilding Pacific inshore Rockfish stocks. One of the key elements of the strategy included the development of a network of closed areas coastwide. These closed areas, Rockfish Conservation Areas, (RCA's) restrict fishing activity that has a significant impact on Rockfish. The areas are to act as protected refugia for Rockfish and Lingcod.

Purpose:

The Rockfish Conservation Areas are to act as protected refugia for Rockfish and Lingcod. This will allow the animals residing within the closed area to maintain a high level of productivity and thereby supply larvae for other depleted areas. Due to the sedentary nature of the Rockfish and their tendency to be long-lived, the closed areas will be in effect for many years, i.e. (20-25 years). Monitoring programs will measure the success of the closed area element of the strategy over time.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2005

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate:

REQUIRED: Western-most coordinate of the limit of coverage expressed in longitude.

East_Bounding_Coordinate:

REQUIRED: Eastern-most coordinate of the limit of coverage expressed in longitude.

North_Bounding_Coordinate:

REQUIRED: Northern-most coordinate of the limit of coverage expressed in latitude.

South_Bounding_Coordinate:

REQUIRED: Southern-most coordinate of the limit of coverage expressed in latitude.

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword: RCA

Theme_Keyword: Rockfish

Theme_Keyword: Conservation

Place:

Place_Keyword: British Columbia

Temporal:

Temporal_Keyword: 2005

Access_Constraints:

Not to be reproduced or distributed without permission from the data custodian

Use_Constraints:

Not to be reproduced or distributed without permission from the data custodian

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Dwight McCullough

Contact_Organization: DFO

Contact_Position: GIS Coordinator

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 604-666-2044

Data_Set_Credit: Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3500

Data_Quality_Information:

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

RCA boundary legal descriptions in the form of latitude and longitude coordinate positions were developed by DFO Fisheries Management Branch by extracting coordinate values from CHS raster marine charts. Coordinate values were then input into a GIS by DFO Habitat and Enhancement Branch GIS Unit. RCA boundary files were developed using the coordinate positions and small sections of vector CHS marine charts. The final files were output as ESRI shapefiles. Additional Rockfish Conservation Areas were identified for 2005. These RCAs were digitized and appended to the existing dataset.

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: rcas2005

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: ID

Attribute_Definition: ID

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: NAME

Attribute_Definition: Name

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: YR_CREATED

Attribute_Definition: Year RCA created

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FORMERID

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: HECTARES

Attribute_Definition: RCA area in hectares

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SQ_KM

Attribute_Definition: RCA area in square kilometers

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: AREA

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LEN

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Transfer_Size: 10.724

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20100705

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: BCMCA

Contact_Person: Carrie Robb

Contact_Position: Data Manager

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 204-343 Railway St.

City: Vancouver

State_or_Province: BC

Postal_Code: V6A 1A4

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 6046965044

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time