These data are an extraction of the "dominant' non-consumptive data from the
California Ocean Uses dataset. For the full dataset please visit,
http://www.mpa.gov/dataanalysis/atlas_ca/.
The California Ocean Uses Atlas Project is an innovative public-private
partnership between NOAA's Marine Protected Areas Center and
Marine Conservation Biology Institute
. Funded by grants from the
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
and the
Resources Legacy Fund Foundation
,
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.