{ "culture": "en-US", "name": "", "guid": "", "catalogPath": "", "snippet": "Alaska's commercial fisheries are managed using various regulatory areas (i.e., districts and sections). District and section polygons are delineated based on regulatory descriptions in Alaska Fish and Game Laws and Regulations 5 AAC 33.200. This data set should NOT be used for navigation or for determining compliance with ADF&G Commercial Fishing Regulations. Please consult the ADF&G Salmon Commercial Fisheries Regulations for the official definitions of regulatory boundaries.\n\nData last updated June 2023\n\nNOTE: These data attempt to depict boundaries as used for management during a specific time period. In some cases, boundaries used in practice may differ from those described in regulations, reports, maps, and other aids.", "description": "

Over the past several years, the department has undergone an extensive effort to correct and provide for accurate descriptions of commercial salmon fishing districts, sections, statistical areas, and closed waters. District and section layers are delineated based on Alaska Fish and Game Laws and Regulations as described in 5 AAC 33.200. Statistical areas are not defined in regulation, but internally defined within ADF&G. Statistical areas included in the commercial fishing districts and sections in Southeast Alaska are used for salmon, shellfish, and miscellaneous shellfish fisheries for reporting harvest within Southeast Alaska. <\/SPAN><\/P>

Districts are polygons that divide the waters of the State of Alaska and the adjacent Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) into small units for the purpose of reporting and analyzing fishery harvest. Districts are the largest unit within the overall registration areas followed by subdistricts, sections. and statistical areas. Subdistricts and sections are not applicable to all salmon registration areas. Salmon districts are divided by points/lines defined in ADF&G regulations<\/SPAN><\/P>

This data set contains current commercial fishing salmon sections in Southeast Alaska. Each area has a geometry start date attribute which ranges in this dataset for Southeast Alaska from 1963 to 1980. Over the years, there have been changes to section boundaries changing the section polygon area/shape. The geometry start date coincides with changes in section boundaries. Depending on the timeframe of interest, users should be aware the section points, lines, and polygons may not correspond with the date of inquiry, but may have been used historically and exist in another GIS file version. <\/SPAN><\/P>

All regulatory lines were originally referenced to the WGS84 datum in this feature class.<\/SPAN><\/P>

This data set should NOT be used for navigation or for determining compliance with ADF&G Commercial Fishing Regulations. Please consult the ADF&G Salmon Commercial Fisheries Regulations for the official definitions of regulatory boundaries.<\/SPAN><\/P>

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Data last updated June 2023<\/SPAN><\/P><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/DIV>", "summary": "Alaska's commercial fisheries are managed using various regulatory areas (i.e., districts and sections). District and section polygons are delineated based on regulatory descriptions in Alaska Fish and Game Laws and Regulations 5 AAC 33.200. This data set should NOT be used for navigation or for determining compliance with ADF&G Commercial Fishing Regulations. Please consult the ADF&G Salmon Commercial Fisheries Regulations for the official definitions of regulatory boundaries.\n\nData last updated June 2023\n\nNOTE: These data attempt to depict boundaries as used for management during a specific time period. In some cases, boundaries used in practice may differ from those described in regulations, reports, maps, and other aids.", "title": "Southeast Alaska Commercial Fishing Salmon Sections", "tags": [ "environment", "oceans", "boundaries", "Alaska Department of Fish and Game", "ADF&G", "Commercial Fisheries", "Salmon", "Sections", "Southeast Alaska" ], "type": "", "typeKeywords": [], "thumbnail": "", "url": "", "minScale": 150000000, "maxScale": 5000, "spatialReference": "", "accessInformation": "Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Commercial Fisheries Division", "licenseInfo": "

These data are provided for general visual reference and to aid users in generating various natural resource analyses and products. There are no constraints to accessing these data, other than the limitations or constraints associated with a specific dataset or set forth herein. It is strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these data.<\/SPAN><\/P>

GIS Data Liability Statement and Terms of Use<\/SPAN><\/P>

By using these data, the user agrees to all the conditions stated in the following paragraphs:<\/SPAN><\/P>

THE STATE OF ALASKA, DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME, MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES (INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS) WITH RESPECT TO THE ACCURACY, CHARACTER, FUNCTION, OR CAPABILITIES OF THE DATA, SERVICES, OR PRODUCTS OR THEIR APPROPRIATENESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE.<\/SPAN><\/P>

The Department of Fish and Game is not liable for any direct, incidental, indirect, special, compensatory, consequential or other damages suffered by the user or any other person or entity from the use of or failure of the data, services, or products even if the Department of Fish and Game has been advised of the possibility of such potential loss or damage. The entire risk as to the results of the use of the data, services, or products is assumed by the user.<\/SPAN><\/P>

Data may be subject to periodic change without prior notification. To ensure receipt of the most current information, please refer to the ADF&;G Open Data or ADF&G GIS Data Downloads websites. Users may not reproduce or distribute these data without explicit consent of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. <\/SPAN><\/P>

These data are provided for general visual reference and to aid users in generating various natural resource analyses and products. There are no constraints to accessing these data, other than the limitations or constraints associated with a specific dataset or set forth herein. It is strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these data. <\/SPAN><\/P>

Any hardcopy or electronic products utilizing these data shall clearly indicate their source. If the user has modified the data in any way, the user must describe the modifications they have performed. The user agrees not to misrepresent these data, nor to imply that the Alaska Department of Fish and Game approved any changes they made.<\/SPAN><\/P>

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