U.S. Vessel Traffic

<div><font color='#000000'><span style='font-size:16px;'>These layers are used in the </span></font><a href='https://livingatlas.arcgis.com/vessel-traffic' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>The U.S. Vessel Traffic application</a><font color='#000000'><span style='font-size:16px;'>; a web-based visualization and data-access utility created by Esri. Explore U.S. maritime activity, look for patterns of vessel activity such as around ports and fishing grounds, or download manageable subsets of this massive data set. Vessel traffic data are an invaluable resource made available to our community by the US Coast Guard, NOAA and BOEM through Marine Cadastre. This information can help marine spatial planners better understand users of ocean space and identify potential space-use conflicts.</span></font><br /></div><div><div><font color='#000000'><span style='font-size:16px;'><br /></span></font></div><div><font color='#000000'><span style='font-size:16px;'>To download this data for your own analysis, explore the Download Options, navigate to a NOAA Electronic Navigation Chart area of interest, and make your selection. This data was sourced from the Automatic Identification System (AIS) provided by USCG, NOAA, and BOEM through Marine Cadastre and aggregated for visualization and sharing in ArcGIS Pro. This application was built with the ArcGIS API for JavaScript.</span></font></div><div><font color='#000000'><span style='font-size:16px;'><br /></span></font></div><div><font color='#000000'><span style='font-size:16px;'>Access this data as an ArcGIS Online collection </span></font><a href='https://www.arcgis.com/home/group.html?id=b094a38a8ebe4017b8f41cc7b0f6be22#overview' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>here</a><font color='#000000'><span style='font-size:16px;'>. Learn more about AIS tracking </span></font><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_identification_system' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>here</a><font color='#000000'><span style='font-size:16px;'>. Find more </span></font><a href='https://livingatlas.arcgis.com/en/browse/#d=2&amp;categories=Environment%3A0100000000' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>ocean and maritime resources in Living Atlas</a><font color='#000000'><span style='font-size:16px;'>. Inquiries can be sent to </span></font><a href='mailto:[e-mail]' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>Keith VanGraafeiland</a><font color='#000000'><span style='font-size:16px;'>.</span></font></div></div>