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New Hampshire / Southern Maine Ocean Uses Atlas: Non-Consumptive sector

Dataset Summary

Agency NOAA's Ocean Service, National Marine Protected Areas Center (MPAC)
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Date Released 20100308
Date Updated
Time Period 20100308
Frequency As needed
Description The Ocean Uses Atlas Project is an innovative partnership between the Coastal Response Research Center (CRRC) and NOAA's Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM). The Project was designed to enhance ocean management through geospatial data on the full range of significant human uses of the ocean environment from the shorelines of New Hampshire and Southern Maine to the EEZ boundary. The data were gathered from regional ocean experts and users through participatory GIS methods. For more information on the project scope, background and related data products, please visit http://www.crrc.unh.edu/workshops/ocean_uses/index.html or http://www.mpa.gov/dataanalysis/atlas_nhsm/.

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Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type
Geodata
Specialized Data Category Designation Geospatial
Keywords ISO 19115 Topic Category , environment , geoscientificInformation , oceans , society , None , Human Uses , Non-Consumptive Use , Ocean Use , Beach Use , Boating , Paddling , Tidepooling , Sailing , Scuba , Snorkeling , Swimming , Water Sports , Wildlife Viewing , NOS Data Explorer Topic Category , Socioeconomics , None , New Hampshire , Maine , Gulf of Maine , Casco Bay , Atlantic Ocean , Exclusive Economic Zone , East Coast
Unique ID 6E3377F6-6A38-5DFA-B099-25CDCA1838F3

Contributing Agency Information

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Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM), National Marine Protected Areas Center (MPAC)
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Agency Data Series Page http://www.mpa.gov/dataanalysis/atlas_nhsm/

Dataset Coverage

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Geographic Coverage -70.955177 , -67.457981 , 43.946476 , 42.812529

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Data Dictionary/Variable List The Non-Consumptive sector contains 9 ocean uses: -Beach use: includes walking, running, digging, resting, shell collecting, wildlife viewing, driving, camping, kite flying, bonfires, picnicking, dog walking; excludes beach renourishment, dredging, scientific/educational specimen collecting, seascape viewing from boats or from shoreward of the beach, surf fishing, swimming; -Motorized boating: includes personal watercraft, outboard motors, private motorized vehicles; excludes fishing boats and wildlife viewing charters, cruise ships; -Paddling: includes kayaking, canoeing, rowing, outrigger paddling; excludes motorized craft, surfing, wind-surfing; -Sailing: includes sailboats, overnight anchoring; excludes sailing kayaks and canoes; -SCUBA/snorkeling: includes SCUBA diving, tethered diving, snorkeling (free diving); excludes surface swimming; -Surface water sports: includes surfing, wind-surfing, kite surfing; excludes paddled boats, snorkeling; -Swimming: includes short- and long-distance surface swimming any distance from shore; excludes SCUBA diving, tethered diving, snorkeling (free diving); -Tidepooling: includes use of rocky shores for naturalist, leisure, or educational purposes; excludes intertidal collection or subsistence harvest of living marine species (i.e. plants, invertebrates and fish) for consumption, bait, aquaria or research; -Wildlife viewing at sea: includes any commercial boat-based or aerial wildlife viewing at sea; excludes shore-based wildlife viewing; For all uses mapped in this sector, the use footprint and dominant use areas are included in the dataset. The use footprint (aka the Maximum Footprint of Use) includes all areas in which the use is known to occur with some regularity, regardless of frequency or intensity. The dominant use areas include areas where the use is most commonly pursued and are defined as areas within the general use footprint that are routinely used by most users most of the time. Future use areas are also included for certain uses where participants anticipated an increase in spatial extent or intensity. Future use areas reflect an anticipated significant and disproportionate (relative to other areas) change in patterns of use through either a lateral expansion of a dominant use area or an increase in intensity of use, or both in the foreseeable future but within the next ten years.

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OMB Control No. 3090-0284