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These data represent marine waters that are used in cultural activities, which includes traditional use of specific ocean, coastal, and shoreline areas based on inherent cultural, spiritual, or aesthetic values and significance. Excludes all other uses and activities.
Cultural use is found all throughout the study area. This use includes tribal Usual and Accustomed Areas, shipwrecks, lighthouses, forts, archaeological sites, memorials, cemeteries and the viewshed along all ocean beaches.
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. |