These data area an extraction of
the "dominant" extractive data from the Northern Hawaii
Ocean Uses Atlas. For the full dataset please visit, http://www.mpa.gov/dataanalysis/hi_coastal_use/
The Hawaii Coastal Use Mapping Project is an innovative partnership
between NOAA's National Marine Protected Areas Center, NOAA's
Pacific Islands Regional Office
(PIRO), the Hawaii
Division of Aquatic Resources
(DAR), and NOAA's
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
.
The project was designed to enhance ocean management by gathering
geospatial data on human uses of the nearshore ocean environment in the
Kawaihae-Keahole region of Hawaii Island. It has provided an
unprecedented, comprehensive, consistent and spatially explicit picture
of human uses for management agencies, policy makers and stakeholders
interested in sound and equitable ocean governance. Using participatory
GIS concepts and applications, the mapping project generated spatial
data and map products illustrating patterns, intensity, and qualitative
information on both extractive and non-extractive/recreational uses. The
resulting datasets depict patterns of ocean use on a broad scale
appropriate for a variety of ocean planning and management needs.
Specifically, the data will be used by DAR and The Nature Conservancy in
a Conservation Action Planning process engaging local stakeholders in
resource management and protection.