NOAA California Ocean Uses - Industrial (dominant areas)
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These data are an extraction of the "dominant' industrial data from the California Ocean Uses dataset. For the full dataset
please visit, http://www.mpa.gov/dataanalysis/atlas_ca/. <br /> <br /> The California Ocean Uses Atlas Project is an innovative
public-private partnership between NOAA's Marine Protected Areas Center and <a href="http://www.mpa.gov/redirect.html?newURL=http://www.mcbi.org">Marine
Conservation Biology Institute</a> . Funded by grants from the <a href="http://www.mpa.gov/redirect.html?newURL=http://www.moore.org">Gordon
and Betty Moore Foundation</a> and the <a href="http://www.mpa.gov/redirect.html?newURL=http://www.resourceslegacyfund.org">Resources
Legacy Fund Foundation</a> , the Atlas project fills a critical information gap in ocean management by mapping, for the first
time, the full range of significant human uses of the ocean in state and federal waters of the coast of California. Spatial
data for nearly 30 ocean uses were gathered through a series of participatory mapping workshops convened with regional ocean
use experts throughout the state. The resulting atlas data provides baseline information regarding the location and extent
to which the ocean environment is used for non-consumptive, fishing, and industrial and military activities. The results of
this project can be accessed below and include regional and statewide use maps, a downloadable GIS geodatabase, analytical
case studies and an online mapping tool for data visualization.
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Title NOAA California Ocean Uses - Industrial (dominant areas)