Hydrographic shipboard profile data collected within Olympic coast national marine sanctuary, 2005-2023.

ABSTRACT: Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary (OCNMS), which was established in 1994 and covers an area of 8257 km², is located along Washington State's remote and rugged outer coast towards the northernmost extent of the California Current System (CCS). In this region, summertime equatorward winds drive seasonal upwelling of cold, nutrient rich waters onto the continental shelf. These waters help fuel a highly diverse and productive ecosystem that includes marine mammal and seabird communities as well as commercially and culturally important fisheries. The sanctuary is located within the boundaries of the legally defined Usual and Accustomed (U&A) fishing grounds of four Coastal Treaty Tribes, the Hoh Tribe, Makah Tribe, Quileute Tribe, and the Quinault Indian Nation, which hold trea

SUBMITTER: Risien CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10875220 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature