bcmca_hu_sportfish_groundfish_marxan_data

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis

Originator: Parks Canada

Originator: Province of British Columbia

Publication_Date: May 2011

Title: bcmca_hu_sportfish_groundfish_marxan_data

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Marine Atlas of Pacific Canada

Publication_Information:

Publisher: British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis

Online_Linkage:

\\POTTER\L$\Data Library Marxan\post\SportFish\bcmca_hu_sportfish_groundfish_marxan_data.shp

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis

Publication_Date: May 2011

Title: Marine Atlas of Pacific Canada

Online_Linkage: www.bcmca.ca/data

Description:

Abstract:

This dataset identifies the location of sportfishing activities for groundfish along the coast of British Columbia.

Purpose:

The purpose of this dataset is to display complete, up-to-date information on sportfishing activities for groundfish along the coast of British Columbia for the BCMCA Atlas and Marxan analyses. Data attributes have been modified from the source BCMCA data to prepare for intersection with Marxan planning units.

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:

This information is based on a compilation from three primary sources. 1) A series of 19 workshops held by the BC Marine Conservation Analysis (BCMCA) with members of regional Sport Fish Advisory Boards (SFAB) between October 2008 and March 2009. Attendees were asked to review Nautical Charts with previously mapped recreational fishing areas and record any areas that were not displayed on the map. Charts were available scaled between 1:70,000 to 1:120,000 and the recreational use was separated by Anadromous fish, Groundfish, Crab and Prawn. 2) Previously mapped data was sourced from the Province of B.C., Integrated Land Management Bureau (ILMB) CRIMS (1993-2003); and 3) Previously mapped data was sourced from Parks Canada Strait of Georgia NMCA (2006-8). Previously mapped locations were merged with newly identified areas and all polygons were clipped to the Canadian Hydrological Service (CHS) high water coastline. Overlaps between data collected at different workshops or from previous studies were not removed. All Relative Importance information is from Provincial data - no relative importance was recorded in the 2008-9 workshops. See process steps for further details.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 1993

Ending_Date: 2009

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -133.381825

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -122.562695

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 54.905221

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 48.087566

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword: Sportfishing

Theme_Keyword: Recreational

Theme_Keyword: Groundfish

Theme_Keyword: Marxan

Place:

Place_Keyword: Pacific Ocean

Place_Keyword: British Columbia

Access_Constraints: none

Use_Constraints:

The Province, Parks Canada and the BCMCA disclaim all responsibility for the accuracy of this information. This information should not be used as the basis for financial decisions or any other commitments.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: info@bcmca.ca

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.1850

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report: Some attribute information may not be current.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Data has not been reviewed by DFO fisheries officers or ground truthed. Polygons are based on anecdotal information on use. The data do not provide a metric of intensity, economic value or social value.
The dataset should be used as presence/absence only. These data do not necessarily reflect the full range of interests and importance to all users - areas not showing recreational fishing use may still be used recreationally but were not identified through the data sources listed here.

Completeness_Report:

Tidal portions of streams and rivers used are not included in this dataset. Fishing locations change over time. This data should be reviewed and updated every 3-5 years. Only the historic Provincial data contains Relative Importance ratings. The relative importance of an area may differ from fisher to fisher; boat size has a major influence on the access to fishing grounds, and therefore their relative importance.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Province of BC, Coastal Resource Information Management System

Originator:

Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Recreational Fisheries Distribution

Title: Recreational Groundfish Fishery

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Coastal Resource Information Management System

Other_Citation_Details:

https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/geometadata/metadataDetail.do?recordUID=49055&recordSet=ISO19115 Multiple files from DFO (Mapster) for West Coast, North Coast, Central Coast, Johnstone Strait and South Coast.

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 1993

Ending_Date: 2003

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: CRIMS, Recreational Groundfish Fishery

Source_Contribution:

Province of British Columbia - Coastal Resource Information Management System (1993-2003): Data were created through a variety of projects to identify important use areas in the event of an oil spill and for marine planning. Provincial metadata suggests Fisheries and Oceans Canada is the data custodian. Some content duplicates DFO LEK content found in Mapster (Ver3) - Marine Ecology.

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Publication_Date: 2008

Title: Sport fishing groundfish

Publication_Information:

Publisher: Parks Canada

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Southern Strait of Georgia National Marine Conservation Area Study Area

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 2006

Ending_Date: 2008

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Sport fishing groundfish

Source_Contribution: Parks Canada interviews with recreational fishermen

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Chris Bos

Publication_Date: 2010

Title: BCMCA Sport Fish Advisory Board Meetings

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 2008

Ending_Date: 2009

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: BCMCA SFAB meetings

Source_Contribution:

BCMCA workshops with Sport Fish Advisory Board members (2008, 2009)

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Province of British Columbia data: Data were created through a variety of projects to identify important use areas in the event of an oil spill and for use in marine planning. Data are based upon anecdotal information through interviews with fisheries officers, or gathered through secondary sources, and transferred to 1:20,000 - 1:50,000 base maps for digitization. Completeness varies.
The following biological and human use mapping projects conducted by the former Land Use Coordination Office in the 1990's (with updates by Jacky Booth in 2002-3) are included in this dataset: WCVI - West Coast Vancouver Island, 1996. Work by LGL Ltd. JOHNST / MCOAST - Johnstone Strait and Central Coast Biological and Human Use Mapping, 1996-7. Work by Clover Point Cartographics Ltd. (with Jacqueline Booth and Associates). NCOAST - North Coast and Queen Charlotte Islands Biological and Human Use Mapping, 1998. Work by Clover Point Cartographics Ltd. (with Jacqueline Booth and Associates). UPDT1 - Update (conducted in the QCI and NC Area), 2002. Work by Jacqueline Booth and Associates. UPDT7 - Update (conducted in the Central Coast), 2003? Work by Jacqueline Booth and Associates. NOTE: There was no mapping for the Strait of Georgia.
For some projects data were compiled denoting recreational, aboriginal and commercial use. Only recreational use was extracted for this compilation.
At some point after 2003 all the data was merged into what are now the CRIMS source files. The pre-merged source files may contain additional information but have been lost to time. Unless otherwise noted, each polygon has a RI (relative importance) code; in some instances the RI is also assigned to each use type (recreational, aboriginal and commercial).
A different project code indicates a different method may have been used to compile the data. The text below describes the methods and original source of the content and a transcript of any relevant information from the available project data dictionaries for Johnstone Strait and Central Coast Biological and Human Use Mapping. North Coast and QCI Biological and Human Use mapping were conducted using similar methods to Johnstone Strait and Central Coast. Unknown methods were used to compile the WCVI and 2002-3 updates.
- JOHNSTand MCOAST: The Johnstone Strait and Central Coast Biological and Human Use Mapping Data Dictionary says the following: "Sportfish areas are polygons that define locations where sportfishing is a regular occurrence. All polygons have been matched to the LUCO coastline" [TRIM 1:20,000 coastline updated by LGL Ltd from CHS digital charts and satellite imagery or MELP 1:50,000 digital stream atlas]. "Data sources include DFO Fisheries Officers, the Ministry of Small Business, Tourism and Culture Tourism Resource Inventories for Vancouver Island and the Central Coast, data collected for the Vancouver Island CORE process, and reference books." [Groundfish in the Johnstone Strait and all recreational fishing in the Central Coast were sourced exclusively from DFO fisheries officers and the Central Coast Tourism Resource Inventory (CC TRI).] "Where locational information was supplied from the DFO, relative importance (RI) values were assigned by DFO. Information from other sources was assigned RI values based on the anecdotal information supplied, the polygons proximity to access points and facilities, and where another similar opportunity was available nearby" [these were assigned by a GIS operator]. "The coverage can be considered compete for the Johnstone Strait. Coverage for the Central Coast is less complete and is generally concentrated around commercial (tourism) lodge operations. For most polygons there is no information on the seasonality of use. Areas close to population centres receive fairly consistent year round use; less accessible area, or those used mainly by tourism lodges and resorts receive most of their use during summer months. Areas identified will likely change over time due to both DFO closures and regulations and the state of the fishery resource. Some areas may be considered 'hot' for a few years, receive little or no attention for the next few years and then become 'hot' once again." For data provided from the CC TRI or one of the map based source documents listed above, the GIS operator defined a polygon, based on the point or line provided, that captured the adjacent coastline. Polygons were clipped by overlapping coastline. Bathymetry was not used to define the polygons. - UPDT1: Appears to be based on information provided by DFO Fisheries Officers. Presume RI assigned by Fisheries Officers. Polygons overlap the coastline (were not clipped to the coast). Unknown if polygons represent recreation, commercial or both. No other information known. May partially duplicate DFO 2007 LEK data. UPDT7: Appears to be based on information provided by DFO Fisheries Officers. Presume RI assigned by Fisheries Officers. Polygons overlap the coastline (were not clipped to the coast). Unknown if polygons represent recreation, commercial or both. No other information known. May partially duplicate DFO 2007 LEK data. Some clean up of the attributes would be beneficial. For instance UPDT1 and 7 have a gear type "2" - unknown what 2 represents. Different projects record similar information in timing and start_seas / close_seas. NOTES: There are a number of polygons which appear to be islands that have groundfish associated with them. In the merging of the studies, if polygons overlapped, slivers were created. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Much of the information for the provincial marine data compilation came from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO). In 1993, the South Coast Division of DFO initiated a system to collect, organize and report information pertinent to oil spill planning from fisheries staff (See Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2002 - Booth and Rueggeberg 1994). DFO recognized that a significant proportion of the existing fisheries and fish habitat information for the BC coast comes from the personal knowledge and experience of district fisheries staff or on unpublished file material in district fisheries offices. The program was therefore designed to collect and compile this information into a single database where it can be accessed in a timely manner. Because the funding for this project came from a special fund set up after the Nestucca Oil Spill, the initial data compilation was focused on DFO statistical areas along the west coast of Vancouver Island (Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2002, 2120, 2121, 2122) in September to November 1994. Additional projects were conducted for Johnstone Strait and Central Coast in 1995-6 and the North Coast in 1995-6. Contact_Organization: Fisheries and Oceans Canada Contact_Person: Margaret Wright Contact_Position: Habitat Biologist Contact_Voice_Telephone: (250) 756-7269 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: wrightma@pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca
The data sources used in the DFO compilations included: " District fisheries staff familiar with the study area; the nature of their experience and number of years associated with the study area are noted, as indicators of the comprehensiveness of the data being provided. " Reports based at least in part on personal knowledge of district fisheries staff; these include Records of Management Strategies, annual fisheries management strategies, and the Barkley Sound Planning Strategy. " Existing databases based on information provided by district fisheries staff or from interviews with long-time coastal residents.
Data for Northern Johnstone Strait (DFO Statistical Areas 11 and 12) was compiled by Alby Systems Ltd., and for Southern Johnstone Strait (DFO Statistical Area 13) compiled by Judy Hillaby, both under contract to DFO.
Data for the North Coast are the results of interviews with L. Enderud, D. Flegel,E. Fast, M. Fedderstone, V. Fradette, J. Inkpen, T. Johansen, J. Stewart, G. Thomas, and D. Wagner conducted in January 1995 by R. Frith of LGL Limited.
Using the DFO data collection model, a standard and methodology was used for all interviews and all interviews were conducted by a qualified fisheries biologist. Each interviewee was provided with a series of mylar overlays of Canadian Hydrographic Service charts covering their area of interest and was then asked to identify specific fish habitats, fish distributions or areas of fishing activity. Where practical, the largest scale charts available were used (usually 1:40,000 scale but up to 1:525,000 scale) used for compilation; however in the case of fisheries that covered a broad geographical extent (e.g. offshore groundfish trawl and salmon troll fisheries) a smaller scale chart was used. As each area was delineated, it was assigned an identifier and the interviewee was queried to collect relevant information concerning the area or fishery. Interviews were conducted with at most one or two interviewees at a time. When returning to an area for updates, the interviewees were asked to verify or comment on the old datasets. Interviewees were also asked to search their files and archives for relevant hard copy or digital information that supplemented their verbal knowledge.
After completion of the interviews the maps and data forms were entered into a Geographic Information System and verified. If there was overlap or discrepancies in the information obtained from different sources the data were scrutinized and in most instances were merged into a single observation with two sources. The criteria used to make such decisions were (1) to give preference to the information obtained from the individual with the most direct knowledge and experience of the specific fishery, (2) to give preference to the information from the larger scale chart, and (3) to preserve detail. In instances where one of the data points was part of a coastwide dataset (e.g. the distribution of herring spawn, clam beds or kelp beds) the coastwide dataset was kept intact and the information from other sources was maintained but kept as a separate entity. These discrepancies were flagged to be sorted out by further field studies.
In addition to recreational fisheries, information was captured using similar methods for commercial fisheries and other marine resources. DFO conducted an exercise to update the LEK for the Central and North coast and Queen Charlotte Islands between 2000 and 2007 - that data is available through DFO's Mapster application.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: CRIMS Recreational Groundfish Fishery

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:

Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Recreational Fisheries Distribution

Process_Date: 1993-2003

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

GeoBC (ILMB) - Coastal Resource Information Management System (CRIMS)

Contact_Person: Carol Ogborne

Contact_Position:

Integrated Land Management Agency, Land Information BC, Business Solutions Branch

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 250-356-6998

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Carol.Ogborne@gov.bc.ca

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Parks Canada Data (Southern Strait of Georgia): In the fall of 2006 Christopher Bos on behalf of Parks Canada organized more than 20 consultation meetings with sport fishing stakeholders, including consultations with the Sport Fishing Advisory Board. One of the purposes of these meetings was to delineate the areas commonly used for sport fishing. Most recreational anglers who attended the meetings either gave information directly or assisted in the process of verifying the draft data. Chris Bos compiled the approximately 12 sets of local draft maps from the consultations on shellfish by trap, groundfish and salmon into three maps -- one for each of these fisheries. The groundfish map is predominantly based on halibut and lingcod (although some flounder, sole, rockfish and greenling locations are included).
Purpose: Delineate area commonly used by sport salmon fishermen in the southern Strait of Georgia. Credit: Drawn by Chris Bos, contractor to Parks Canada. Scanned, georeferenced, and digitized by Doug Hrynyk, Parks Canada.
Supplemental Information: Sport fishing maps drawn with heavy hi-liter pen on Nautical Charts. Polygon boundaries are not especially precise. An attempt to use the TRIM coastline while digitising was abandoned and polygons drawn in the Hi-liter were digitized as is. The shapefiles, therefore, are adequate for cartographic display at 150k - 300k on the D-size and B-sizes respectively. They might also be adequate when sampled in to MARXAN planning units. However, any sort of geographic overlay will yield sliver polygons.
Additional areas south and west of Victoria and around past Sooke marked on map by Chris Bos at Library Square 22 May 2008. These areas were drawn with a more precise pen and included the TRIM coastline.
Accordingly the first round polygons were clipped to the TRIM coastline and some were adjusted to remove the resulting slivers.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Sport fishing groundfish

Process_Date: 2008

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Chris Bos / Doug Hrynyk

Contact_Organization: Consultant / Parks Canada

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (604) 666-3634

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Doug.Hrynyk@pc.gc.ca

Contact_Instructions: Contact information is for Doug Hrynyk

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The BCMCA held workshops with members of regional Sport Fish Advisory Boards (SFAB) between October 2008 and March 2009. Workshops were held in Vancouver, Richmond, Port Renfrew/Nitinat, Nanaimo, Port Alberni, Tofino/Ucluelet, Tahsis, Sechelt, Powell River, Courtenay, Campbell River, Port Hardy, Kitimat, Terrace, Prince Rupert and Queen Charlotte. Follow-up was conducted at the North and South Coast SFAB Area meetings. The Bella Coola SFAB was unable to participate in the process. Participants were asked to review Nautical Charts with previously mapped recreational fishing areas and record any areas that were not displayed on the map. Charts were available scaled between 1:70,000 to 1:120,000 and the recreational use was separated by Anadromous fish, Groundfish, Crab and Prawn. No workshop was conducted in Victoria, as the Parks Canada Strait of Georgia NMCA (2008) data were deemed current and complete for that area. The participants at Port Renfrew/Nitinat SFAB workshop refused to participate in the mapping process but indicated the entire area (DFO Fisheries Management Areas 20-1,20-2, 22 and 121) was of importance to their fishing. Polygons displayed in those FMAs were garnered from subsequent follow-up with the South Coast SFAB. No information on the relative importance of each polygon was obtained from workshop participants.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: BCMCA SFAB Workshops

Process_Date: 2008-9

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Chris Bos

Contact_Organization: Consultant

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Data recorded on nautical charts was digitized using a "heads up procedure" with the digital nautical charts in the background. All newly mapped polygons were clipped to the Canadian Hydrological Service (CHS) high water coastline and then areas overlapping the previously mapped polygons (from process step 1 and 2) for each recreational fishery were erased. Each newly mapped use area was attributed to the SFAB region where the data were collected (in the SOURCE2 field). The new polygons were then appended to the previous work taken from process step 1 for each respective fishery, maintaining the CRIMS existing database structure. Data from process step 2 (Parks Canada) was also merged to this new dataset. Overlaps between newly identified (2008) use areas from different workshops were not removed.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: BCMCA SFAB Workshops

Process_Date: September 2009

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Sarah Loss

Contact_Organization: GIS Consultant

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Quality Assurance: Attributed compiler, compile date, map data, data date, and project for BCMCA and Parks Canada data. Cleaned up map date, data date and source based on knowledge of original projects. Reviewed 2009 BCMCA data against original source maps (2008-9) and had GIS contractor add missing polygons.

Process_Date: Feb-Apr 2010

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Dave Nicolson / Sarah Loos

Contact_Organization: BCMCA / GIS Contractor

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

A unique ID was assigned to this feature and polygons were dissolved on the unique ID. The feature was intersected with the BCMCA Marxan 2km x 2km planning unit grid. The database was then exported and re-linked with the BCMCA planning units though the UNIT_ID field so only whole BCMCA planning units are displayed.

Process_Date: June 2010

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

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lindsay.mcblane@pc.gc.ca

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: 13334

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 658

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 471

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 378

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 104

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

Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Altitude_System_Definition:

Altitude_Resolution: 0.000100

Altitude_Encoding_Method:

Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: bcmca_hu_sportfish_groundfish_marxan_data

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: Unique Marxan planning unit ID number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: BCMCA

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: AREA

Attribute_Definition: Total area (m2) of the planning unit.

Attribute_Definition_Source: BCMCA

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SPP_ID

Attribute_Definition: Unique feature ID number assigned by the BCMCA.

Attribute_Definition_Source: BCMCA

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DATA

Attribute_Definition:

Total amount of this feature present in the Marxan planning unit.

Attribute_Definition_Source: BCMC

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: info@bcmca.ca

Contact_Instructions: See www.bcmca.ca/data for distribution details

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Transfer_Size: 1.730

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20120325

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: BC Marine Conservation Analysis

Contact_Person: Dave Nicolson

Contact_Position: Project Manager

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

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

Metadata_Extensions:

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Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile

Metadata_Extensions:

Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>

Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile