Coastal Services Center

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Recreation

Recreation


As more people choose to live, work, and play along the nation's coasts, coastal and marine resource management professionals are challenged with balancing the often competing goals of resource protection and provision of public access and multiple use. The links below provide access to information resources, planning and decision-support tools, and example applications to help coastal resource management professionals address the challenges of managing recreation and tourism in coastal and marine settings.


Social Science driven Monitoring Harmful Algae
The economic impacts of harmful algal blooms on the tourism and seafood industries, not to mention their potential impact on human health, has prompted the need to more carefully monitor algal blooms. This Web page describes the use of remotely sensed near-real-time chlorophyll imagery to alert managers to the potential of harmful algae.
Visitor Use Management Training
This two-day training equips coastal managers with a process for identifying visitor use issues, inventorying and monitoring, and taking management actions to address visitor use.
bullet Social Science for Marine Protected Area (MPA) Managers
bullet Social Science Tool Table
bullet Visitor Use Management Training
   
Social Science driven These projects have social science drivers. For more information
see the Introduction page.