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Bureau within the Department of the Interior (DOI)• Oversees development of

nation’s energy and mineral resources on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

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• Data BOEM is “creating”

• Shipping Data

• Covers the West Coast

• All ships > 300 gross tonnage

• All Passenger Ships

Automatic Identification System (AIS)

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• BOEM Aliquot

• 1200 x 1200 m

• The number of ships that passed through an aliquot in 2011

Automatic Identification System (AIS) (AIS)

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• Ship Type

• Cargo• Passenger• Tanker• Tow• Tow > 200m• Tugs• Fishing

• By Month

Automatic Identification System (AIS)

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• (USGS) Distribution and Abundance of Seabirds and Marine Mammals (1999-2002) (2011-2012)

• (Many Agencies) MARINe Sea Star Wasting Story Map for Marine Cadastre

• (NOAA) Pacific Regional Ocean Uses Atlas PROUA

• (OSU) Benthic Habitat Mapping

• (USGS) Seafloor Mapping off Coos Bay OR

• (USGS) Natural Offshore Oil Seepage ID in So Cal

Other Data Partners