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NOTES1 “Counties” in this context includes not only political jurisdictionsthat function as counties, including parishes in Louisiana and boroughsin Alaska. It also includes Census-designated areas in somestates. These are areas defined by <strong>the</strong> Census bureau as sub-stateregions <strong>for</strong> statistical purposes even though <strong>the</strong>re is no governmentalfunction. Counties in Connecticut, Rhode Island, andMassachusetts, along with some regions in Alaska fall into thiscategory. In Virginia, independent cities, which have functions tosimilar to counties, but are not classified as counties under statelaw, are included when <strong>the</strong>y fall within defined coastal areas.2 Boundaries of coastal zone are provided by <strong>the</strong> Office of CoastalResource Management, NOAA.3 The four states which define <strong>the</strong> entire state as <strong>the</strong> coastal zoneare Florida, Rhode Island, Delaware, and Hawaii.4 Examples of states using county boundaries include Washington,South Carolina, Mississippi, and North Carolina. States usingmunicipal boundaries include Maine and Connecticut. In NewYork, <strong>the</strong> coastal zone includes counties along <strong>the</strong> Hudson Riveras far north as Albany, as well as counties along both <strong>the</strong>Atlantic and Great Lakes coasts. Pennsylvania defines its coastalzone only along Lake Erie and not along <strong>the</strong> Delaware River. Inthis analysis, Cook County Illinois is included in <strong>the</strong> coastal zonecounty definition, although Illinois does not participate in <strong>the</strong>CZM program to provide complete coverage of <strong>the</strong> nation.5 This figure is based on <strong>the</strong> decennial census, which measurespopulation on April 1 of <strong>the</strong> year. It does not include seasonalpeak populations, which can be orders of magnitude higher in anumber of coastal regions.6 The Atlantic region is defined as coastal zone and coastal watershedcounties from Washington County, Maine to Miami-DadeCounty, Florida, including <strong>the</strong> Chesapeake Bay counties ofMaryland and Virginia. New York counties exclude counties on<strong>the</strong> Hudson River, beginning with New York County. MonroeCounty, Florida is counted in <strong>the</strong> Gulf of Mexico region. ThePacific region includes Hawaii and Alaska. Cook county isincluded in Illinois in <strong>the</strong> coastal zone definition, althoughIllinois does not participate in <strong>the</strong> CZM program.7 For purposes of defining urban and rural, <strong>the</strong> Urban InfluenceCodes of <strong>the</strong> Department of Agriculture’s Economic ResearchService are used. These codes define counties as urban or ruralbased on <strong>the</strong> population of <strong>the</strong> largest city or town, <strong>the</strong> locationwithin a Census-defined metropolitan area, and <strong>the</strong> adjacency of<strong>the</strong> county to largest central city (if in a metro area) or to ametro area. For more in<strong>for</strong>mation, seehttp://www.ers.usda.gov/briefing/rurality/UrbanInf/.8 “Large community” is defined as a population in 1990 of 20,000or more.9 There have been periodic attempts over <strong>the</strong> past three decadesto define an ocean economy, beginning in <strong>the</strong> 1970’s when <strong>the</strong>Bureau of Economic <strong>An</strong>alysis sponsored <strong>the</strong> first estimation of<strong>the</strong> “ocean economy”. This work was updated by PontecorvoSee Pontecorvo, G., M. Wilkinson, et al. (1980). “Contribution ofof <strong>the</strong> <strong>Ocean</strong> Sector to <strong>the</strong> U.S. Economy.” Science 208(30):1000–1006.}and extended somewhat in a later study of <strong>the</strong>coastal economy by Luger See Luger, M. (1991). “The EconomicValue of <strong>the</strong> Coastal Zone.” Environmental Systems 21(4):278–301.A number of state and regional agencies have undertakenstudies of local coastal economies in order to betterunderstand <strong>the</strong> role of <strong>the</strong> ocean and coasts in <strong>the</strong>ir areas (e.g.Colgan, C. S. and J. Plumstead (1993). Economic Prospects <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong>Gulf of Maine. Augusta, ME, Gulf of Maine Council on <strong>the</strong>Marine Environment, Moller, R. and J. Fitz (1997). Cali<strong>for</strong>nia’s<strong>Ocean</strong> Resources: <strong>An</strong> Agenda <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> Future. Sacramento CA,Cali<strong>for</strong>nia Resources Agency.).10 The National <strong>Ocean</strong> Economics Project is funded by NOAA andEPA. It involves researchers at <strong>the</strong> University of Sou<strong>the</strong>rnCali<strong>for</strong>nia, University of Vermont, and University of Sou<strong>the</strong>rnMaine. For more in<strong>for</strong>mation see www.oceaneconomics.org11 Establishments are “places of business”, not firms. A firm mayoperate many establishments. Employment is defined as wageand salary employment in industries covered by <strong>the</strong> unemploymentinsurance laws. This definition excludes self employment,many of <strong>the</strong> employees in <strong>the</strong> railroad industry (who are coveredunder a separate federal statute), and farm employment. It alsoexcludes harvesting sector employment in <strong>the</strong> fisheries. The LivingResources sector excludes harvesting sector employment, which isnot collected nationally. Data <strong>for</strong> 1990 and 2000 are <strong>the</strong> only twoyears <strong>for</strong> which data on <strong>the</strong> ocean economy is currently available.12 Wage and salary jobs. Source: Bureau of Economic <strong>An</strong>alysis.13 Government employment is measured as total employment ingovernment agencies and does not differentiate by type of function.Thus it is not possible to distinguish ocean related fromnon-ocean related government activities. Marine science organizationsare, <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> most part, separately reported from o<strong>the</strong>rscience and research organizations and universities.14 Measured as farm proprietors. Source: BEA.15 Defined as two-digit SIC classifications.16 The cruise ship industry is also poorly measured in <strong>the</strong> economicstatistics. The cruise ships <strong>the</strong>mselves are <strong>for</strong>eign owned and <strong>for</strong>eigncrewed thus do not show up in <strong>the</strong> U.S. gross state productfigures. The principal measure of <strong>the</strong> cruise ship industry is thus<strong>the</strong> shore-side employment of support organizations who providefood, fuel, and o<strong>the</strong>r services. Consumer expenditures oncruise ships are measured in <strong>the</strong> gross domestic product withinoverall consumption, but cannot be separated out in this analysisof production.17 Employment in <strong>the</strong> harvesting sector of <strong>the</strong> commercial fishingindustry is not included in any government statistics programsbecause this industry is excluded from <strong>the</strong> unemployment insurancelaws. Occasional estimates of harvesting employment havebeen made <strong>for</strong> various fisheries and regions, but <strong>the</strong>re is no regularmeasurement of employment in this sector.18 Tour boats should more properly be counted under tourism andrecreation, and some are. But <strong>the</strong> SIC system does not separateferry services from tour boats if <strong>the</strong> establishment is classified aswaterborne passenger transportation.19 Metro and nonmetro are based on <strong>the</strong> 1990 designation ofcounties. The distribution by <strong>the</strong> size of <strong>the</strong> Urban InfluenceCodes of <strong>the</strong> U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic ResearchService. See http://www.ers.usda.gov/briefing/rurality/UrbanInf/.20 A number of federal laws, including <strong>the</strong> Clean Water Act, <strong>the</strong>Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, andLiability Act, and <strong>the</strong> National Marine Sanctuaries Act requirethat economic damages from events such as oil spills beassessed.21 The economic term is consumer surplus, <strong>the</strong> value representedby what one would be willing to pay to use a beach less whatsomeone actually pays to use <strong>the</strong> beach.A PPENDIX C: LIVING N EAR… AND M AKING A L IVING F ROM…THE N ATION’ S C OASTS AND O CEANS C 27

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