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Explore the Nation’s Best Available Bathymetric Data with the New BlueTopo Layer

August 24, 2023

In the Data Explorer within the Bathymetry & Imagery category, Portal users can now access BlueTopo bathymetry data and accompanying information. Launch Interactive Map Created as part of the NOAA Office of Coast Survey nautical charting mission and its National...

BOEM Finalizes Wind Energy Areas in the Central Atlantic

August 4, 2023

On August 1, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) published a Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an environmental assessment of potential impacts from offshore wind leasing in the Central Atlantic Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) offshore Delaware, Maryland, and...

Public Comment Opportunities for Gulf of Maine Offshore Wind Planning

July 21, 2023

Screenshot of Gulf of Maine offshore wind planning areas on the Portal’s interactive map. Launch Interactive Map BOEM recently announced two sets of upcoming public comment opportunities related to offshore wind planning in the Gulf of Maine. Gulf of Maine...

New Maps Depict Coastal Vegetation Blue Carbon Reservoirs from Maine to Long Island

July 13, 2023

Blue carbon stocks, including eelgrass meadows and tidal marsh, from Long Island, New York, to southeastern Massachusetts, as shown on the new Northeast Ocean Data Portal map layer. EPA Press Release: “Blue Carbon Reservoirs from Maine to Long Island NY”...

New 2022 Vessel Traffic Data, Maps, and Tools

May 18, 2023

Vessel traffic and activity data for 2022 are now available on the Northeast Ocean Data Portal. These new vessel traffic datasets and interactive maps were developed in collaboration with our partners from the Marine Cadastre, who obtained the data from the U.S. Coast...

Hundreds of New Monthly Marine Mammal Data Products Reflect Recent Observations and Updated Modeling Methods

May 12, 2023

The marine life layers now include seal (pinniped) density model outputs for the first time. Photo: Keith Luke/Unsplash In collaboration with the Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean and the Marine life Data & Analysis Team (MDAT), the cetacean data products...

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