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Topic: Economic data

Photo of a container shipdocted in the Port of Oakland, California. (NOAA National Ocean Service photo)

U.S. marine economy continues to empower American prosperity

June 5, 2025

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marine commerce

coastal economies

Photo of a container shipdocted in the Port of Oakland, California. (NOAA National Ocean Service photo)

Several fishing boats in a calm ocean with passengers holding fishing rods

How NOAA sanctuaries fuel local economies

February 20, 2025

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recreational fishing

Tribal Nations and Indigenous Peoples

Several fishing boats in a calm ocean with passengers holding fishing rods

Photo showing Ashley Ward (center), director of the Duke University Heat Policy Innovation Hub, greets participants at the HeatWise Policy Partnership Summit organized by Duke University in June 2024: Credit: Ashley Stephenson.

NOAA awards $700,000 to communities, academia for extreme heat planning, research

January 14, 2025

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Inflation Reduction Act

Photo showing Ashley Ward (center), director of the Duke University Heat Policy Innovation Hub, greets participants at the HeatWise Policy Partnership Summit organized by Duke University in June 2024: Credit: Ashley Stephenson.

Photo of recreational kayakers paddling by a lunge-feeding humpback whale just offshore of Moss Landing in California during a kayaking excursion. Marine tourism and recreation contributed a total of $232 billion to the overall economy in 2021.

Marine economy bolsters American prosperity

June 8, 2023

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coastal economies

Photo of recreational kayakers paddling by a lunge-feeding humpback whale just offshore of Moss Landing in California during a kayaking excursion. Marine tourism and recreation contributed a total of $232 billion to the overall economy in 2021.

A container ship enters the shipping channel at Port Miami.

Marine economy continues to power American prosperity, despite 2020 downturn

June 9, 2022

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A container ship enters the shipping channel at Port Miami.

Fishing vessels docked in Alaska.

Secretary of Commerce allocates $144 million for fishery disasters

May 5, 2022

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Fishing vessels docked in Alaska.

Working waterfronts such as this one in Homer, Alaska, are home to commercial fishing vessels.

Secretary of Commerce issues multiple fishery disaster determinations for Alaska

January 21, 2022

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Working waterfronts such as this one in Homer, Alaska, are home to commercial fishing vessels.

Fishing vessels docked in Rhode Island.

Secretary of Commerce issues fishery disaster determination for 2019 Atlantic herring fishery

November 22, 2021

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Fishing vessels docked in Rhode Island.

Cargo ship safely entering the port of Miami in Florida.

Marine economy in 2019 outpaced U.S. economy overall

June 8, 2021

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media teleconference

Cargo ship safely entering the port of Miami in Florida.

The Port of Los Angeles. In the U.S., where over half live along the coast and more than 78 percent of overseas trade by volume comes and goes along our marine highways, the health of the coasts is intricately connected to the health of the nation's economy.

NOAA, BEA to announce first official U.S. marine economy estimate on June 8

June 4, 2021

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media teleconference

The Port of Los Angeles. In the U.S., where over half live along the coast and more than 78 percent of overseas trade by volume comes and goes along our marine highways, the health of the coasts is intricately connected to the health of the nation's economy.

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