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These data represent marine waters used for recreational dive fishing, which includes the use of SCUBA diving, surface supply diving or snorkeling (free diving) to catch fishes and invertebrates for recreational purposes. Excludes commercial fishing with SCUBA/snorkel and SCUBA/snorkel for viewing purposes.
Recreational dive fishing occurs year-round and is concentrated around jetties, rocky pinnacles and shipwrecks, as well as in select bays. The use occurs mainly within 60 feet of water, but can go as deep as 120 feet. The target species include rockfish, lingcod, dungeness crab and occasionally octopus. The use is more dominant when salmon season is closed.
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. |