Monthly distribution of shipping vessels within the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, January-December 2010
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Authors
Miller, Christopher W.
Subjects
Shipping
Advisors
Date of Issue
2011
Date
2011
Publisher
Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
Language
Abstract
After the discovery of a forty foot shipping container resting on the ocean floor within the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (MBNMS), the MBNMS began a study to research the impact that containers lost at sea might have on the marine environment. The Naval Postgraduate School Oceanography Department was approached to provide some measure of the total shipping which passes within the boundaries of the MBNMS. Utilizing the Automated Identification System (AIS) message data, both total shipping and cargo shipping totals were calculated and monthly density plots were generated to show those areas which are most impacted by vessel traffic. In addition to providing informing the issue of lost shipping containers, these plots can also be used by the MBNMS and NOAA's other West Coast Sanctuaries to understand interactions between shipping and wildlife, especially within the context of ship strikes to whales.
Type
Technical Report
Description
Series/Report No
Department
Oceanography
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Identifiers
NPS Report Number
NPS-OC-11-007
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Funding
Format
x, 29 p.: col. ill.;28 cm.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.