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These data represent marine waters used for beach use, which includes walking, running, digging, resting, collecting of shells, wildlife viewing, driving on the beach, camping, kite flying, bonfires, picnicking, dog walking, horseback riding, and skim boarding. Excludes tide pooling, mining and mineral extraction, surface board sports, swimming, harvesting from shore, and coastal aquaculture.
Beach use is a year-round activity that is most common on sandy beaches close to population centers. Use is more concentrated along the shoreline in the Olympic National Park and on public beaches for beachcombing after large storms. Day hiking and overnighting along the coastal trail contributes to this use year-round.
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. |