| description:
|
These data represent marine waters used for mariculture, which includes cultivating and harvesting marine organisms in the nearshore or offshore using man-made enclosures that can be fixed, floating or submerged (e.g. nets, pens and cages). Excludes aquaculture wholly pursued on land. Mariculture occurs in a number of the coastal bays for oysters, clams, salmon and baitfish. Shellfish research beds are present in Neah Bay (geoduck) and Makah Bay (shellfish); bait pens are present in Grays Harbor; net pens (salmon) in Port Angeles.
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. |