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These data represents marine waters used for paddling, which includes kayaking, canoeing, rowing, outrigger paddling, and stand-up paddling. Excluding motorized boating and surface board sports.
Paddling is most common along the Strait de Juan de Fuca from Neah Bay to Port Angeles. The use can extend out to one mile from shore, but is more common within 0.5 miles. This use includes the tribal Canoe Journeys which occur along the coast every year. Tribal uses of the ocean were not mapped explicitly, though tribal chairs and/or their designated representatives were formally invited by BOEM to participate in the mapping workshops. The sharing of tribal use information was dependent upon each tribe’s determination of whether the mapping workshops were an appropriate forum for sharing such information. Any tribal use information shared during the workshops was incorporated into the defined use categories. Thus, the atlas data and map products do not explicitly depict tribal use. |