Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock () or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Topic: Blue Economy

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

How NOAA’s National Marine Sanctuaries fuel local economies

February 20, 2025

Focus areas:

Topics:

recreational fishing

Tribal Nations and Indigenous Peoples

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

Concept illustration of smart buoys gathering ocean data. Ocean and Great Lakes data and information are essential for weather forecasting, ocean commerce, recreation, and more — things that affect the entire nation. These accelerators will seek new, innovative ways to gather that data and deliver it to users. (© Songwut - stock.adobe.com)

Biden-Harris Administration identifies 4 business 'accelerators' to boost the Blue Economy

December 9, 2024

Focus areas:

Topics:

Inflation Reduction Act

Concept illustration of smart buoys gathering ocean data. Ocean and Great Lakes data and information are essential for weather forecasting, ocean commerce, recreation, and more — things that affect the entire nation. These accelerators will seek new, innovative ways to gather that data and deliver it to users. (© Songwut - stock.adobe.com)

Image showing two people deploying a towed camera system from a research vessel at sea. Our oceans, coasts, and Great Lakes play a crucial role in our weather, our economy, and our everyday lives across the nation. The development of instruments and sensors that give us information about our coasts and waters are indispensable to a healthy economy, and represent a growing field for development and innovation. Credit NOAA

NOAA to announce new awards to boost the new blue economy

December 5, 2024

Focus areas:

Topics:

Inflation Reduction Act

measurements and observations

Image showing two people deploying a towed camera system from a research vessel at sea. Our oceans, coasts, and Great Lakes play a crucial role in our weather, our economy, and our everyday lives across the nation. The development of instruments and sensors that give us information about our coasts and waters are indispensable to a healthy economy, and represent a growing field for development and innovation. Credit NOAA

Photo of a fisherman in Washington state holds a coho salmon.

U.S. Department of Commerce allocates more than $12M in fishery resource disaster funding

June 21, 2024

Focus areas:

Topics:

Tribal Nations and Indigenous Peoples

commercial fishing

Photo of a fisherman in Washington state holds a coho salmon.

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

U.S. marine economy continues upward trend

June 6, 2024

Focus areas:

Topics:

National Ocean Month

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

Kathi Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and Richard W. Spinrad, Ph.D., Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the USPTO and NOAA at the Department of Commerce's Herbert C. Hoover Building on January 24, 2024, in Washington, DC.

NOAA, USPTO sign collaborative agreement to advance climate technology

January 24, 2024

Focus areas:

Topics:

technology & innovation

Kathi Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and Richard W. Spinrad, Ph.D., Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the USPTO and NOAA at the Department of Commerce's Herbert C. Hoover Building on January 24, 2024, in Washington, DC.

A group of four images (top to bottom): an image of the Visual Lab at University of New Hampshire/Joint Hydrographic Center, an uncrewed surface vessel during survey operations, a digital terrain map of the entrance to Portsmouth Harbor, NH., and an image of an autonomous underwater vehicle being deployed.

New ocean mapping center expands NOAA, University of New Hampshire partnership

September 19, 2023

Focus areas:

Topics:

charts and maps

A group of four images (top to bottom): an image of the Visual Lab at University of New Hampshire/Joint Hydrographic Center, an uncrewed surface vessel during survey operations, a digital terrain map of the entrance to Portsmouth Harbor, NH., and an image of an autonomous underwater vehicle being deployed.

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

Focus areas:

Topics:

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.

Subscribe to Blue Economy