Human Uses of the Ocean

These data reflect the number of overlapping dominant use areas for all uses combined. The data show ocean use patterns for separate uses of ocean areas in New England, the West Coast, and Hawaii. The data were gathered from ocean use experts and users through a series of participatory mapping workshops held throughout the region in 2010. Data include level of use (no use, general use or dominant use) for individual uses, as well as summary layers by sector (e.g. non-consumptive, fishing, and industrial) and all uses combined. General use refers to areas where a use is known to occur with some regularity regardless of its frequency or intensity, while dominant use areas are ocean areas routinely used by most users most of the time within the seasonal patterns for that use.See the Story Map

Data and Resources

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notes These data reflect the number of overlapping dominant use areas for all uses combined. The data show ocean use patterns for separate uses of ocean areas in New England, the West Coast, and Hawaii. The data were gathered from ocean use experts and users through a series of participatory mapping workshops held throughout the region in 2010. Data include level of use (no use, general use or dominant use) for individual uses, as well as summary layers by sector (e.g. non-consumptive, fishing, and industrial) and all uses combined. General use refers to areas where a use is known to occur with some regularity regardless of its frequency or intensity, while dominant use areas are ocean areas routinely used by most users most of the time within the seasonal patterns for that use.See the Story Map
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title Human Uses of the Ocean