Description: <div style="text-align:Left; font-size:12pt;"><p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1.5rem;"><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="3">This spatial data represents eight Groundfish Exclusion Areas located in the Southern California Bight. These new Conservation Areas were were established in NOAA's Amendment 50 CFR Parts 300 and 660 [Docket No. 231117–0273] RIN 0648–BM28 Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions;</font></p><p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1.5rem;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Arial; font-size:medium;">&quot;The Groundfish Exclusion Areas (GEAs) are eight areas south of Point Conception intended to protect sensitive areas, including areas with coral and sea pens.&quot;</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1.5rem;"><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="3">1. Hidden Reef</font></p><p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1.5rem;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Arial; font-size:medium;">2. West of Santa Barbara Island</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1.5rem;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Arial; font-size:medium;">3. Potato Bank</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1.5rem;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Arial; font-size:medium;">4. 107/118 Bank</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1.5rem;"><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="3">5. Cherry Bank</font></p><p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1.5rem;"><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="3">6. Seamount 109</font></p><p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1.5rem;"><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="3">7. 43- Fathom Spot</font></p><p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1.5rem;"><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="3">8. Northeast Bank</font></p><p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1.5rem;"><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="3"><br /></font></p><p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1.5rem;"><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="3">https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-50/chapter-VI/part-660/subpart-C/section-660.70#p-660.70(t)</font></p><p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1.5rem;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Arial; font-size:medium;">50 CFR Parts 300 and 660 [Docket No. 231117–0273] RIN 0648–BM28 Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries Off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan; Amendment 32; Modifications to Non-Trawl Sector Area Management Measures</span></p><p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1.5rem;"><a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-12-01/pdf/2023-25905.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-12-01/pdf/2023-25905.pdf</a><br /></p><p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1.5rem;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Arial; font-size:medium;">The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) proposed these closed areas with a goal of protecting corals, sponges and sea pens from contact with groundfish fishing gear, should the Cowcod Conservation Areas (CCAs) be repealed. </span></p><p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1.5rem;"><a href="https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2022/03/f-6-a-cdfw-report-1-propose-protection-areas-within-the-cowcod-conservation-area.pdf/" target="_blank">https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2022/03/f-6-a-cdfw-report-1-propose-protection-areas-within-the-cowcod-conservation-area.pdf/</a><br /></p><div><br /></div><p><span></span></p></div>
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