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Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean (MARCO) toolkit

Region(s) of Study: Waterbodies / Atlantic Ocean

This highly-functional online toolkit and resource center consolidates available data and enables a multitude of stakeholders  to visualize and analyze ocean resources and human use information such as fishing grounds, recreational areas, shipping lanes, habitat areas, and energy sites, among others.

 Aquaculture application: MARCO serves as a platform to engage all stakeholders in the five coastal mid-Atlantic states, assembling much of the essential data needed for aquaculture screening in the region. MARCO uses a customized, state-of-the-art mapping and visualization technology to better engaged all stakeholders in the ocean planning process.

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