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NOEP
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60%
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40%
30%
20%
10%
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-20%
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Changes in California Regional Economy 1990-2000
19.7%
16.3%
11.5%
5.3%
21.1%
44.6%
40.3%
61.5%
34.7%
18.1%
48.3%
-7.5%
-15.7%
North North Central Central South Central South
Figure 2-3: Changes in California’s Regional Ocean Economy, 1990-2000
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Employment
Wages
The North region’s losses in the Marine Living Resources sector offset in part the growth in
Tourism & Recreation, while the South Central region saw its GSP value climb faster than
employment or wages, probably due to the increased value of the minerals sector, and the
rise in the price of oil as discussed in Chapter 4 (see Table 4-9).
Slow growth in Southern California was probably caused by changes in the high-income
sectors of Transportation and Ship Building that reduced the size of the Ocean Economy.
In addition, the sharp drop in the high-value Search and Navigation Equipment industry
overwhelmed modest growth in Tourism & Recreation (see Table 5-3 and Table 8-3).
Jobs in the California Ocean Economy are located primarily in the urban regions of the
state. Eighty-five percent of the jobs are in Southern California coastal counties and Bay
area counties (see Table 2-10).
• California’s Ocean Economy reflects a higher proportion of jobs in the rural areas
compared to other regions. The Ocean Economy represents 2.7% of employment in the
highly populated Southern California economy and nearly 10% of the jobs in the
northern rural region of Humboldt, Del Norte, and Mendocino counties.
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