Seascape Alaska: A Regional Coastal and Ocean Mapping Campaign

Seascape Alaska: A Regional Coastal and Ocean Mapping Campaign

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Lead institution:

NOAA – United States of America (USA)

The U.S. waters off of Alaska are a vital part of the global navigation system and are also host to extensive fisheries and other resources, but as of January 2022, 69% of these waters are unmapped.

This project seeks to acquire and deliver a high-resolution digital representation of the seafloor beneath these waters to benefit a wide-range of both domestic and international stakeholders that depend on these data.

This project brings government and non-government sectors together to share mapping plans and advance technical innovations to more efficiently map and characterize the area in support of Seabed 2030.

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This Project is hosted by the Ocean Decade Programme The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project

Start Date: 15/04/2021
End Date: 30/12/2039

Lead Contact: Meredith Westingson (meredith.westington@noaa.gov)

challenges: Create a digital representation of the Ocean, Develop a sustainable and equitable ocean economy, Skills, knowledge and technology for all

ocean_basins: Arctic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean

type_of_action: Project

Seascape Alaska: A Regional Coastal and Ocean Mapping Campaign