Ocean Use Planning

ArcGIS for Ocean Use Planning is a community of GIS practitioners dedicated to enabling local, state, and federal government agencies to successfully apply GIS to a range of issues and activities related to ocean use throughout the nation's waters.

This map helps facilitate the siting of new wind energy projects in the Outer Continental Shelf by visualizing developable areas and reporting on their energy potential.

Fisheries management involves regulating when, where, how, and how much fishermen are allowed to harvest to ensure sustainability.

As our oceans are increasingly utilized for resource development for energy, ongoing fishing, and commercial shipping and trade, there is an increasing requirement to ensure that we conserve and protect sensitive marine habitats and historic sites.

One of the key benefits of the Oceans community is the collection of rich, shared GIS content that many others can leverage in their own work. Critically important geographic information sets have been assembled and shared by the Oceans community.