California Recreational Fisheries Survey 1' Block-Box - R7 - CDFW [ds3260]

These cells divide the 10-minute (10‘) grid or California trawl (Cal-Trawl) Blocks that are used in commercial fishing into 1-minute (1'') boxes. The California Recreational Fisheries Survey (CRFS) uses these Block-Box cells (commonly called Microblocks) as a reference for anglers to report location of recreational catch and effort data. The 1 Block-boxes in this dataset extend inland to include many coastal areas, estuaries, and bays.

Attributes:

• NM_INDEX: Unique identifier for each Block-box. Format is (10'' minute Block '' 1'' minute Box).

• BLOCK10_ID: Identification number of the larger 10-minute Cal-Trawl Block.

• BLOCK1_ID: Numerical ID representing the number of the 1-minute box dividing each Cal-Trawl Block.

• X: Longitudinal centroid of the Block-box.

• Y: Latitudinal centroid of the Block-box.
  Organization: State of California
  Organization URL: https://catalog.data.gov/organization/california
  Last updated: 2026-01-10T01:20:43.464Z
  Tags: Auth_CDFW, CAOpenData, CDFW, CRFS, California Department of Fish And Wildlife, California Natural Resources Agency, DS3260_20260109_wm, MarineBIOS, Recreational Fisheries, california department of fish and wildlife