The National Ocean Economics Program (NOEP) provides a full range of the most current policy-relevant economic and demographic information available on changes and trends along the U.S. coast, Great Lakes, and coastal waters.
Publications Glossary About NOEP Tandy Center for Ocean Forecasting
Announcements:
12/5/2025:
The Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, Tandy Center for Ocean Forecasting, is now home to The National Ocean Economics Program. Our goals are to maintain this valuable national asset as a public resource for data and insight, and to develop a new vision for linking our understanding of the natural and economic health of the ocean and coastal communities, locally, nationally and globally. Stay tuned for updates to this resource.
3/11/2025:
Out now from the Center for the Blue Economy: " Coastal America: a Demographic and Economic Picture"
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America’s coasts are perhaps most commonly seen as a “place to get away.” This is understandable given the great variety of shoreline along the oceans and Great Lakes that millions visit. But America’s coasts are also home to tens of millions and the location of a significant share of the American economy. This report explores these dimensions of coastal America, providing multiple lenses on who lives and works in coastal America. |