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Ocean Action Agenda

Supporting regional ocean economies and ecosystems

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  • More than 47.5 million people live in counties that border the Atlantic Ocean.
  • U.S. commercial fishermen landed more than 1.3 billion pounds of fish in the Atlantic in 2014.
  • Sea levels are rising up to four times faster than the global average along the U.S. Atlantic coast, which extends 2,069 miles from Maine to Florida.

Communities focus on coastal resilience after Superstorm Sandy

Placopecten magellanicus

The recovery of Atlantic sea scallops

Mid-Atlantic Data Portal

Planning for new ocean uses

ocean planning

Major milestones for ocean planning from Maine to Virginia

Panama Canal expansion impacts U.S. ports

Satellite imagery of Hurricane Katrina bearing down on the Gulf Coast in 2005

Improvements in hurricane forecasting save lives

Offshore wind makes its U.S. debut off the coast of Rhode Island

John Kerry

Our Ocean Conference inspires wave of ocean action

illegal fishing activity

U.S. leadership sparks movement to end illegal fishing

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