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These data represent a working draft of the fishing effort of vessels targeting commercial groundfish species and the fishery closure areas. The data were created by the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife in 2014 from available catch effort landing and management information. Small group discussions with groundfish fishermen in 2015 confirmed the location and catch effort intensities for these data at the time of collection. Commercial groundfish species include rockfish, cabezon, kelp greening, Pacific cod, sablefish, flat fish, and lingcod. Activities from coastal treaty tribes are not included. |