Chesapeake Bay Climate Adaptation Toolbox

Mapping Social Vulnerability of Fishing Communities

Developed By: National Oceanic and Atmoshperic Administration (NOAA)

Summary: NOAA Fisheries Social Indicators Toolbox is comprised of a suite of social, economic, and environmental indicators that describe and evaluate a community’s ability to respond to change. In addition, the Toolbox includes several metrics that reflect the relative level of each community’s involvement in commercial and recreational fishing, placing fisheries dependence into a human context. The indicator map and graphing tool enables users to conduct and download custom queries for over 4,600 coastal communities in 23 states.

Get This Tool: https://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/data-and-tools/social-indicators/

Geographic Coverage

• Coastal Contiguous United States

Tags

• Historical
• Jursidiction based
• City level
• County level
• Computer application
• Interactive interface/map
• Downloadable data
• Downloadable results

Cost

• Free

Skill Level

• Low