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These data represent marine waters used for commercial dive fishing, which includes the use of SCUBA diving, surface supply diving or snorkeling (free diving) to catch fishes and invertebrates for commercial purposes. Commercial dive fishing data excludes all other forms of fishing and recreational SCUBA/snorkeling.
Commercial dive fishing is not a significant use in this area. Mainly a tribal use, it is most common along the eastern shore of the Strait within 50 feet of water. Geoduck, shellfish, urchin and sea cucumber are the most commonly targeted species.
Tribal uses of the ocean were not mapped explicitly, though tribal chairs and/or their designated representatives were formally invited by BOEM to participate in the mapping workshops. The sharing of tribal use information was dependent upon each tribe’s determination of whether the mapping workshops were an appropriate forum for sharing such information. Any tribal use information shared during the workshops was incorporated into the defined use categories. Thus, the atlas data and map products do not explicitly depict tribal use. |