Take a moment on this #OceanDataDay to download our new Portal mobile app 📱 Get easy access to our deep library of interactive maps on your iOS and Android devices, wherever you are 🛥️🏖️ portal.midatlanticocean.org/news/download-…

July is prime #boating season 🛥️ If you’re planning to launch your boat soon, scan the Portal for publicly accessible ramps throughout the Mid-Atlantic coast. Click on any point for a popup containing info about the location. 🗺️ Interactive map: portal.midatlanticocean.org/url_shortener/…

Nine new maps on the Portal show ocean areas, coastal rivers and watersheds that have been designated or proposed as critical habitat for Atlantic #sturgeon, Atlantic #salmon, North Atlantic #rightwhales, and green #seaturtles. ℹ️ Details: portal.midatlanticocean.org/news/view-crit…

#MondayMapDay: Estuaries and rivers on the East Coast designated by NOAA as critical habitat for the endangered Atlantic #sturgeon. View interactive map: portal.midatlanticocean.org/url_shortener/… #MapMonday #mappingmonday #marinelife #fish

🚧PLANNED OUTAGE ADVISORY🛠️ The Portal will experience service interruptions between 5-9 p.m. on Wednesday, July 30, due to scheduled maintenance. Thank you for your patience.

Happy #CoastGuardDay! The #CoastGuard was founded OTD in 1790, by Sec. of State Alexander Hamilton and today protects 100,000 miles of waterways. The Mid-Atlantic is home to District 1 (northern NJ-New England) and D-5 (NJ to the Carolinas). 🛟Map: portal.midatlanticocean.org/url_shortener/…

We've added a pair of maps showing USFWS designated and proposed critical habitat areas for #endangered and threatened #shorebirds, such as the #redknot and #pipingplover in the Mid-Atlantic. ℹ️ Details: portal.midatlanticocean.org/news/maps-show… 📍 Interactive map: portal.midatlanticocean.org/url_shortener/…

Average September density of loggerhead #seaturtles in Mid-Atlantic waters. 🐢 Learn more about the data at: portal.midatlanticocean.org/news/sea-turtl… #MondayMapDay #MapMonday #mappingmonday

Did you know Automatic Identification System (AIS) data, now highly influential in #oceanplanning, has origins as a post-#September11 port security measure? Read our 'Ocean Stories' story map interview with the man who’s been called 'The father of AIS' 🔗 portal.midatlanticocean.org/ocean-stories/…

2024 AIS Vessel Transit Counts data is here 🚢 View monthly & annual snapshots of traffic patterns for #fishing boats, passenger vessels, tugs/tows, tankers, #cargo, sailboats/pleasure craft, and others. ℹ️ portal.midatlanticocean.org/news/view-annu… #mapmonday #mondaymapday #mappingmonday #GIS

#MondayMapDay: AIS vessel tracks showing 2024 traffic patterns in the #ChesapeakeBay for pleasure craft and sailboats. Interactive map: portal.midatlanticocean.org/url_shortener/… #mapmonday #mappingmonday #sailing #boating

The Coast Guard adjusted its Coastal Buoy Modernization Proposal for waters in the Northeast District based on nearly 3,000 public comments. See what changed in our updated map and share your input by 11/15. ℹ️ Details: portal.midatlanticocean.org/news/coastal-b… 🗾 Map: portal.midatlanticocean.org/url_shortener/…

Learn about the recent reorganization of our fishing data, new monthly and annual AIS vessel transit counts maps, critical habitat areas for threatened and endangered marine species, and more in the Portal's latest newsletter. conta.cc/3Jnst2x

Navigating the Portal's deep collection of commercial fishing maps just got easier. Read about our data reorganization and Nov. 25 'How Tuesday' tour of the Fishing theme here 🔗 portal.midatlanticocean.org/news/introduci…

Join MARCO in Dewey Beach, DE, Wed & Thurs for the Mid-Atlantic Marine Debris Summit! We'll gather leaders and beach lovers from across the region to tackle #marinedebris challenges and share solutions for a cleaner, healthier Mid-Atlantic ocean and coast. midatlanticocean.org/ocean-planning…

Tomorrow at 11: Join the UCI's Jay Odell and Karl Vilacoba for a tour of the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Data Portal's #fishing maps. Come find out what's new and in the works: portal.midatlanticocean.org/calendar/novem…

#MapMonday: Modeled abundance of bottlenose #dolphins in a typical November off the Mid-Atlantic coast 🐬 Browse the Portal’s Marine Life Library at portal.midatlanticocean.org/visualize for thousands of species maps for #marinemammals, #fish and #birds. #mondaymapday #mappingmonday

If you couldn't make it to today's #howtu webinar on the Portal's #Fishing data and recent reorganization, a recording is now available. 🪝🎣 portal.midatlanticocean.org/news/watch-nov…

NEW: We've added 28 maps that illustrate the relative abundance of 14 coastal #fish species in nearshore waters and major estuaries in the Mid-Atlantic as reflected in repeated coastal trawl surveys. ℹ️ Details: portal.midatlanticocean.org/news/updated-a…

New maps on the Portal show monthly surface readings from 2018-22 in the Mid-Atlantic for four parameters are instrumental for determining #oceanacidification levels and events: pH, pCO2, H+, and aragonite saturation. ℹ️ portal.midatlanticocean.org/news/monthly-s…