Ocean Planning Resources
National – US
- Pew Ocean Commissions Report, America’s Living Ocean
- U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy Report, An Ocean Blueprint for the 21st Century
- National Ocean Policy / National Ocean Council (archived website)
- National Ocean Policy, Executive Order 13,547 (July 19, 2010)
- Executive Order 13840 (June 21, 2018)
- NOAA Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning
- NOAA Marine Cadastre (US ocean data and maps)
- Ecosystem-Based Management Tools Network
- Healthy Oceans Coalition
- Ocean Conservancy
- Keep the Ocean Working
Regional Ocean Planning
Northeast
- Northeast Ocean Data Portal
- Northeast Ocean Plan
- Northeast Regional Ocean Council
- Northeast Regional Ocean Planning
- The Rhode Island Ocean Special Area Management Plan – Rhode Island’s plan for development and protection of their ocean-based resources
- Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan – Massachusetts plan for the protection and sustainable use of state ocean waters
- Blue Plan for Long Island Sound – Bi-state plan for managing Long Island Sound
Mid-Atlantic
- Mid-Atlantic Ocean Data Portal
- Mid-Atlantic Ocean Action Plan
Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean (MARCO) - Mid-Atlantic Regional Ocean Assessment
- New York Ocean Action Plan
West Coast
- West Coast Ocean Data Portal
- West Coast Regional Ocean Planning
- Washington Marine Spatial Plan
- Washington Marine Spatial Planning
Other Regions
- Caribbean Regional Ocean Partnership & Marine Planner
- Governors’ South Atlantic Alliance (GSAA) & Coast and Ocean Portal
- Gulf of Mexico Alliance & Gulf of Mexico Data Atlas
- Great Lakes Restoration & Great Lakes Observing System
- Pacific Islands Regional Ocean Planning
- Alaska Ocean Observing System Data Explorer
- American Samoa Ocean Plan
Canada
