OneNOAA Science Seminar Series Sept 30, 2015 12-1pm

Speaker: Mimi D’Iorio, NOAA's Marine Protected Areas Center,

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Abstract: The Pacific Regional Ocean Uses Atlas (PROUA) project, a BOEM-NOAA interagency effort, combined stakeholder engagement strategies with participatory mapping tools to collect community perspectives on ocean uses to inform offshore renewable energy planning. Through a series mapping workshops, the PROUA engaged local use experts to map over 30 separate ocean uses off of Washington, Oregon and the Hawaiian Islands. The resulting spatial data, maps and tools for exploring ocean use interactions will help BOEM make more informed leasing decisions in the Pacific region. This presentation will provide an overview of the PROUA project, highlighting the outcomes and products that are now available to inform marine planning on the west coast and in Hawaii.

About the Speaker: Dr. Mimi D’Iorio is the GIS manager for NOAA’s Marine Protected Areas Center. Mimi manages the MPA Inventory database and leads participatory ocean uses mapping efforts designed to collect spatial data on human uses of the ocean to inform coastal and marine resource management and decision making. She also works with state and regional partners to help integrate geospatial data and tools into coastal and marine management strategies.

(Mimi D’Iorio, NOAA MPA Center)