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These data represent marine waters used for recreational fishing from shore, which includes rod and reel, surf-casting, fishing from piers, jetties, crab traps, and cast nets for recreational purposes. Excludes all other forms of shore-based fishing.
Recreational fishing from shore occurs throughout the study area. Use is focused along sandy beaches and the shores of the Strait. Use also occurs within bays and harbors and is more concentrated around the jetties, breakwaters and piers. 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. |