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2013 – present
Kelp floating off the shores of Anacapa Island, one of the five islands that make up Channel Islands National Park off the coast of southern California. Photo credit: NOAA
The West Coast Ocean Data Portal was created to connect decision makers and ocean users to relevant ocean and coastal data. Bringing robust, diverse data together in one accessible location serves the needs of a multitude of users, including regional resource managers, policymakers, researchers, and city planners. Through the Portal, visitors can access data and visualize the intersections of a variety of high priority regional issues such as sources and patterns of marine debris, adaptation to sea level rise, and understanding impacts of ocean acidification.
A screenshot of the West Coast Ocean Data Portal
Partners
A regional partnership focused on enhanced management and coordination for the ocean along the West Coast of the U.S.
Chumash Tomol ‘Elye’wun paddlers crossing at Santa Cruz Island, Calif., 2006. Photo credit: NOAA
The Seattle skyline as seen from Elliott Bay. Photo credit: NOAA
Ecotrust Project Team & Services
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Impact
Agencies & Orgs
providing data represented in the Portal
data records
curated and shared in the catalog
Map Layers
curated and shared in the visualizer
Resources
Presentation
An update on the West Coast Ocean Alliance, the Regional Ocean Partnership for the West Coast region of the US, and its partner West Coast Ocean Data Portal, highlighting recent efforts supporting federal, tribal, and state co-management coordination around existing and emerging priority ocean management issues
TOOL
The West Coast Ocean Data Portal is a project to increase discovery and connectivity of ocean and coastal data and people to better inform regional resource management, policy development, and ocean planning.
TOOL
Madrona offers a flexible set of software building blocks for creating cutting-edge tools for decision support and area-based planning that can be used by a broad audience.
