Governor Deval Patrick signed the Oceans Act on May 28, 2008 - requiring the Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) to develop a comprehensive ocean management plan, with a draft plan by June 30, 2009, and a final plan promulgated by December 31, 2009. Links to Volumes 1 and 2 of the draft Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan, complete with all figures, maps, and errata, are provided below.
Draft Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan - Volume 1
Full Version
- Full text (PDF, 1.1 MB)
- Color figures/maps
- Full Size 11"x17" (PDF, 97 MB)
- Printer-Friendly 8.5"x11" (PDF, 42 MB)
Individual Chapters
- Cover and Front Material (PDF, 763 KB)
- Executive Summary (PDF, 95 KB)
- Chapter 1 - Introduction (PDF, 115 KB)
- Chapter 2 - Plan Context (PDF, 166 KB)
- Chapter 3 - Planning Process (PDF, 201 KB)
- Chapter 4 - Management (PDF, 191 KB)
- Chapter 5 - Plan Implementation and Evolution (PDF, 77 KB)
- Appendix 1 - Goals, Strategies, and Outcomes (PDF, 90 KB)
- Appendix 2 - Compatibility Assessment/Data Screening (PDF, 119 KB)
- Appendix 3 - The Oceans Act of 2008 (PDF, 93 KB)
- Appendix 4 - Data Used in Plan Development (PDF, 116 KB)
Individual Figures/Maps
- Figure 2-1 - Ocean Management Planning Area (HTML Preview)
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- Figure 2-2 - Jurisdictional Boundaries (HTML Preview)
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- Figure 2-3 - Bathymetry (HTML Preview)
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- Printer-Friendly 8.5"x11" (PDF, 8.2 MB)
- Figure 2-4 - Bird Resource Areas (HTML Preview)
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- Printer-Friendly 8.5"x11" (PDF, 1.5 MB)
- Figure 2-5 - Fisheries Resources (HTML Preview)
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- Figure 2-6 - Shellfish and Crustacean Resources (HTML Preview)
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- Figure 2-7a - Marine Mammals - Fin Whales (HTML Preview)
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- Figure 2-7b - Marine Mammals - Humpback Whales (HTML Preview)
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- Figure 2-7c - Marine Mammals - North Atlantic Right Whales (HTML Preview)
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- Figure 2-8 - Seafloor Features and Habitats (HTML Preview)
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- Figure 2-9 - Navigational Uses (HTML Preview)
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- Figure 2-10 - Infrastructure (HTML Preview)
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- Printer-Friendly 8.5"x11" (PDF, 1.2 MB)
- Figure 2-11 - Commercial Fisheries Activity (HTML Preview)
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- Printer-Friendly 8.5"x11" (PDF, 1.2 MB)
- Figure 2-12 - Representative Qualitative Commercial Fishing Information (HTML Preview)
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- Figure 2-13 - Recreational Fishing Areas Classified as "High" Importance Based on Division of Marine Fisheries Survey (HTML Preview)
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- Figure 2-14 - Recreational Activity (HTML Preview)
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- Printer-Friendly 8.5"x11" (PDF, 1.7 MB)
- Figure 2-15 - Wind and Current Speeds on the Massachusetts Coast (HTML Preview)
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- Figure 2-16 - Boating Access, Historic, and Submerged Shipwreck Sites within and Adjacent to the Planning Area (HTML Preview)
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- Figure 2-17 - Footprint of Human Uses (HTML Preview)
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- Figure 3-1 - Translating the Oceans Act into an Ocean Management Plan - see page 3-3 of Volume 1
- Figure 3-2a - Ecological Valuation Index (EVI) (Quartiles) (HTML Preview)
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- Figure 3-2b - EVI (Binned by Guild, Quartiles) (HTML Preview)
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- Figure 3-2c - EVI (Binned by Guild and Broken into Intervals of 10) (HTML Preview)
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- Figure 4-1 - Management Areas (HTML Preview)
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- Figure 4-2 - Compatibility Assessment: Commercial Wind (HTML Preview)
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- Figure 4-3 - Renewable Energy Areas, Including Adjacent Federal Waters (HTML Preview)
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- Figure 4-4 - North Atlantic Right Whale Core Habitat (HTML Preview)
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- Figure 4-5 - Humpback Whale Important Habitat (HTML Preview)
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- Figure 4-6 - Fin Whale Important Habitat (HTML Preview)
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- Figure 4-7 - Roseate Tern Core Habitat (HTML Preview)
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- Figure 4-8 - Special Concern (Arctic, Least, and Common) Tern Core Habitat (HTML Preview)
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- Figure 4-9 - Long-tailed Duck Important Habitat (HTML Preview)
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- Figure 4-10 - Leach's Storm Petrel Important Nesting Habitat (HTML Preview)
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- Figure 4-11 - Colonial Waterbirds Important Nesting Habitat (HTML Preview)
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- Figure 4-12 - Areas of Hard/Complex Bottom (HTML Preview)
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- Figure 4-13 - Eelgrass (CWA 404 Special Aquatic Sites) (HTML Preview)
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- Figure 4-14 - Intertidal Flats (CWA 404 Special Aquatic Sites) (HTML Preview)
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- Figure 4-15 - Important Fish Resource Areas (HTML Preview)
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- Figure 4-16 - Areas of High Commercial Fishing by Effort and Value (HTML Preview)
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- Figure 4-17 - Areas of Concentrated Recreational Fishing (HTML Preview)
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- Figure 4-18 - Areas of Concentrated Commerce and Commercial Fishing Traffic (HTML Preview)
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- Figure 4-19 - Areas of Concentrated Recreational Boating Activity (HTML Preview)
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- Figure 4-20 - Community Wind (HTML Preview)
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- Figure 4-21 - Commercial Tidal (HTML Preview)
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- Figure 4-22 - Sand and Gravel (HTML Preview)
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- Figure 4-23 - Cables (HTML Preview)
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- Figure 4-24 - Pipelines (HTML Preview)
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Draft Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan - Volume 2
Full Version
- Full text (PDF, 3.1 MB)
- Color Figures
- High-Resolution (PDF, 143 MB)
- Low-Resolution (PDF, 5.9 MB)
Individual Sections
- Cover and Introduction (PDF, 438 KB)
- Development of an Ecological Valuation Index for the Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan (PDF, 346 KB)) - This document describes the conceptual foundation, methodology, and data used in the Ecological Valuation Index.
- Ecological Valuation Index Color Figures - High-Resolution (PDF, 4 MB)
- Ecological Valuation Index Color Figures - Low-Resolution (PDF, 2.1 MB)
- Science Framework (PDF, 283 KB) - This document provides the details of the proposed framework for future scientific research and data acquisition, which is summarized in Volume 1, Chapter 5.
- Development of Evaluation Measures for the Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan (PDF, 196 KB) - This document outlines a proposed approach and process to develop a set of indicators for use in evaluating the ocean management plan. It also includes a preliminary set of recommended indicators.
- Baseline Assessment of the Massachusetts Ocean Planning Area (PDF, 680 KB) - This Oceans Act-mandated product includes information cataloging the current state of knowledge regarding human uses, natural resources, and other ecosystem factors in Massachusetts ocean waters.
- Baseline Assessment Color Figures - High-Resolution (PDF, 139 MB)
- Baseline Assessment Color Figures - Low-Resolution (PDF, 3.7 MB)