Description: Standardized percentage of coins allocated to a grid cell by DOC National Oceanic and Atmospheric (NOAA) National Ocean Service (NOS) participants
Description: Standardized percentage of coins for Biota/Important Natural Area, indicating spawning/nursery areas, feeding grounds, key benthic habitats and other ecologically important areas.
Description: Standardized percentage of coins for Coastal/Marine Hazards, indicating a need data to understand tsunamis, storm surges, sea level rise, faults, landslides and other hazards.
Description: Standardized percentage of coins for Energy, indicating a need for data to inform potential and existing energy development and infrastructure (e.g. cable, pipeline, oil platform or wind turbine).
Description: Standardized percentage of coins for Exploration, indicating a knowledge gap or general lack of seafloor information. This category was the default justification.
Description: Standardized percentage of coins for Commercial Fishing, indicating high bycatch areas, popular commercial or charter fishing destinations.
Description: Standardized percentage of coins for Geology, indicating a need for data describing erosion, deposition, sediment physical properties and critical mineral deposits.
Description: Standardized percentage of coins for Marine Managed Areas, indicating marine protected areas, essential fish habitat, rockfish conservation areas and other managed areas and permitting needs.
Description: Standardized percentage of coins for Nautical Charting, indicating a need for data to ensure safe navigability of shipping lanes, ferry routes, port facilities and marinas.