Tuesday, January 12, 2010 to Thursday, January 14, 2010
Durham, New Hampshire
Co-sponsored with NOAA's National Marine Protected Areas Center
A 2012 Update
In early 2010, the National Ocean Service’s Ocean Uses Team partnered with the University of New Hampshire’s Coastal Response Resource Center to map a wide range of ocean uses in New Hampshire and Southern Maine. At the time, ocean use patterns were gathered through a participatory workshop with local experts in preparation for the March 2010 Spill of National Significance drill. A month later, the actual Deepwater Horizon Spill occurred. Now, two years later, the utility of ocean use data for response, assessment and restoration is as relevant and clear as ever. The re-release of the products and insight derived from this project is intended to spark further integration of the patterns and significance of ocean uses into the whole spectrum of emergency response and follow up efforts. To date, the NOAA’s Ocean Uses Team has completed mapping in California, New Hampshire and Southern Maine, Northwest Hawaii, and West Maui.
For more information on the project, contact: Dr. Charles Wahle (charles.wahle-at-noaa.gov), or Dr. Mimi D’Iorio (mimi.diorio-at-noaa.gov). Click here to view the Fact Sheet.
Meeting Results
NOAA OCRM / Ocean Uses for New England (GIS data and PDF maps)
New England ERMA® website (primary data)
Meeting Goal
Environmental emergencies in coastal waters, whether caused by extreme weather or accidents such as oil spills, require responders to make quick decisions about where and how to deploy available resources to protect sensitive areas and the human uses they support. 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 fills a critical information gap for response efforts in the coastal and offshore waters of New Hampshire and southern Maine by mapping the full range of significant human uses of the ocean in their state and federal waters. Spatial data on ocean use patterns will be gathered from regional ocean experts through a participatory Geographic Information System (GIS) process in a workshop environment. The resulting data, maps, and analytical products will be used in emergency response planning and made available to state and federal ocean management agencies and all other interested parties.
Project Fact Sheet
List of Ocean Users
Presentations
Nancy Kinner, UNH Co-Director of Coastal Response Research Center, Presentation
Charlie Wahle, Senior Scientist, NOAA, MPAC Presentation
Location
New England Center (Great Bay Room)
15 Strafford Avenue | Durham, NH 03824
Lodging
New England Center Hotel
A block of rooms has been reserved. ($96 + tax)
Please contact the hotel directly to make your reservation.
Call 800.590.4334. Code: OceanUses
Directions
Travel Forms
- Participant Reimbursement Form
- Participant Registration Form
- Federal Travel Authorization information
- For state and federal employees
- For all others
Packet Information
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Instructions for Workshop Participants
- Non-Consumptive Ocean Uses Instructions (Tuesday, January 12th) Agenda
- Fishing Ocean Uses & Consumptive Uses Instructions (Wednesday, January 13th) Agenda
- Industrial Ocean Uses Instructions(Thursday, January 14th) Agenda
Questions? Please contact kathy.mandsager@unh.edu or 603.862.1545.
