BPC Briefing - NOAA Presentation on the California Ocean Economy

On July 30th, NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management staff will present on two of their ongoing economic projects - the Economics: National Ocean Watch (ENOW) project and the California Ocean Economy Pilot Study. The ENOW project provides valuable data and tools for coastal managers, planners and policy analysts that characterize the nation’s productive ocean economy. The ocean economy data used in ENOW spans 2005-2012 and is based on the six ocean economy sectors - living resources, marine construction, ship and boat building, marine transportation, offshore mineral extraction and tourism and recreation. In addition to the ENOW project, NOAA staff have recently initiated an innovative pilot study that examines the national significance of California’s marine transportation and ocean tourism sectors. This presentation will highlight initial findings from the pilot study with an emphasis on California’s and the Bay Area’s marine transportation economy. At the conclusion of the presentation, we will have time for a discussion as we are particularly interested in gathering feedback to better understand how these projects may be able to meet your needs.