Atlantic Sea Scallop Managed Waters Fishing Year 2022
This dataset depicts the boundaries of Atlantic Sea Scallop Managed Waters for Fishing Year 2022.
This dataset depicts the boundaries of the Atlantic Sea Scallop Managed Waters Fishing Year 2022 in ESRI shapefile format for the NOAA Fisheries Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office (GARFO). These areas are part of the scallop access area rotational program - when the area is open, vessels are allocated a specific number of trips in a given fishing year into the area. This shapefile includes boundaries for the following Regulated Areas:
- Closed Area II East Closed Area
- Closed Area II Access Area
- Nantucket Lightship-North Scallop Closed Area
- Nantucket Lightship Triangle Scallop Closed Area
- Nantucket Lightship South-Deep Scallop Access Area
- Closed Area I Scallop Access Area
- New York Bight
- Nantucket Lightship-West Closed Areas
The Georges Bank Accountability Measure Area can be found here: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/map/sea-scallop-accountability-measure-areas
Because GIS projection and topology functions can change or generalize coordinates, these GIS files are considered to be approximate representations and are NOT an OFFICIAL record for the exact regulated area boundaries. For information on the official legal definition refer to the Use Constraints metadata section.