Data: Social and Economic
The foundation for sound decision making is current, credible, comprehensive data. Since the ultimate goal of coastal and marine spatial planning is sustainable economies and societies, it is critical that we expand our knowledge of how, where and when humans use the ocean, the economic and social values of specific uses like recreational boating and fishing, and how this information can be incorporated into a framework for understanding and fairly compensating displaced uses.
This group of MOP-supported projects better define the baseline information critical to understanding social and economic aspects of specific ocean uses.
| Data: Social and Economic *prior to 2011, SeaPlan operated under the name “Massachusetts Ocean Partnership (MOP)” |
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Provide baseline data to inform the planning process |
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Initial assessment of MA coastal communities’ relationship to the ocean (focusing on four human uses). |
Completed |
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Assess options for quantifying the economic impact of new uses on commercial fishing |
Completed |
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Enhance integration of economic methods into coastal management by bringing economists and managers together |
Completed |
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Improve our understanding of recreational boating activity and its value |
In Progress |
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Improve our understanding of MA commercial fisheries for use in marine spatial planning |
Project Being Scoped with MOP Partners; partial funding secured through MOP |
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