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These data represent marine waters used for underwater transmission cables, which includes cables installed on the seafloor to transmit data, communications, and electricity generated on land. Excludes lost fishing gear and renewable electricity transmission cables.
Underwater transmission cables are present throughout the study area. They include a Navy listening cable off Pacific Beach, research cables off Neah Bay (may no longer be active), two Pacific crossing cables, ocean observing NEPTUNE and VENUS cables, as well as military cables off the Quinault Underwater Test range. There is an electrical transmission line planned along the coast of Washington, Oregon and California with coast tie ins in South West Washington and North West Oregon.
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. |