Florida’s Blue Economy

• Biscayne Bay Economic Study Update

  Final Report (2023)

• 2020 Florida: An Economic Overview- Securing Florida’s Blue Economy

• NOAA Report Informs Florida’s “Blue Economy” Strategies

• NOAA Reports on the U.S. Marine Economy

• 2021 U.S. Department of Commerce - Bureau of Economic Analysis

• FWC- Economic Impacts of Saltwater Fishing in Florida

• 2017 NOAA Report on the U.S. Ocean and Great Lakes Economy

• 2015 NOAA Report on the U.S. Ocean and Great Lakes Economy

• 2014 NOEP State of the U.S. Ocean and Coastal Economies

• 2013 Healthy Oceans Generate Jobs for Florida’s Economy

• 2013 Florida’s Oceans and Coasts: An Economic and Cluster Analysis (Appendices)

Executive Summaries

• 2020 Executive Summary - Securing Florida’s Blue Economy: A Strategic Plan for Florida’s Oceans and Coasts

• 2020 Executive Summary – Florida’s Oceans and Coasts: The Building Blocks of Florida’s Economy

Florida Ocean News

• Issue 2 - 2025.04.01
  

• Issue 4 - 2024.12. 30

• Issue 3 - 2024.09.20

• Issue 2 - 2024.04.03

• Issue 1 -2024.01.12
  

• Issue 4 -2023.10.09

• Issue 03 - 2023.07.26

• Issue 02 - 2023.04.21

• Issue 01 - 2023.01.19
  

• Issue 03 - 2022.10.06

• Issue 02 - 2022.06.06

• Issue 01 PDF - 2022.03.22
  

• Issue 04 PDF - 2021.12.21

• Issue 03 PDF - 2021.09.10

• Issue 02 PDF - 2021.06.04

• Issue 01 PDF - 2021.03.02
  
  

Climate Change & Sea-Level Rise

• Can Florida’s Coast Survive Its Reliance on Development? Fiscal Vulnerability and Funding Woes Under Sea Level Rise

• Sunshine, Sand and Sea Level Rise: Florida's Fiscal Vulnerability to Chronic Inundation

• Sea-Level Impact Projection Study Tool (SLIP-Tool)

• Coastal Restoration Toolkit

• Florida Coastal Wetlands are our Best Hurricane Protection

• Chasing Corals Documentary

• “Code Red”: UN Scientists Warn of Worsening Global Warming

• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced pre-disaster funding opportunities

• 2018 Florida Adaptation Planning Guide Book

• 2021-2030 United Nations Decade of Ocean for Sustainable Development

• 2017 NOAA - Global and Regional Sea Level Rise Scenarios for the United States

• Sea Change: 2015 - 2025 Decadal Survey of Ocean Sciences

• 2015 Rising Seas Bring Heavy Burden to Florida Coastal Economy - Can it Adapt?

• 2015 NOAA’s New Climate Science Strategy Aims to Reduce Effects of Climate Change on Fisheries and Living Marine Resources

Press Releases

• Florida Ocean Alliance Announces Newly Elected Officers

• Florida Ocean Alliance to Host a Coastal Resilience Leadership Meeting, Program and Port Cruise on November 9 at Port Tampa Bay

• Florida Ocean Alliance Hosts Florida Oceans Day on March 22, 2023

• Florida Ocean Alliance to Host Florida Oceans Day on February 1, 2022

• Port Tampa Bay President & CEO Paul Anderson named chair of Florida Ocean Alliance

• Press Release FIO Welcomes Two New Members into its Consortium

• Press Release Florida Oceans Day 2021 Senate Resolution

• Press Release Florida Strategic Policy Plan

  
  

Ocean Policy

• 2023 National Strategy for a Sustainable Ocean Economy

  Office of Science and Technology Policy -

  Comments by the Florida Ocean Alliance

• 2020 Strategic Policy Plan & Economic Report

• 2021 Statewide Flooding and Sea Level Rise Resilience (CS/CS/SB 1954)

• 2021 Oceans Day Resolution (SR 1910/ HR 8015)

• Florida Department of Environmental Protection Resilient Florida Grant Portal

• Defining a National ‘Oceanshot’- Hearing by U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science,, Space, and Technology

• Rick Spinrad confirmed by Senate as the new head of NOAA

• Kelly Skidmore wants Florida to lead on ‘blue economy’ investment

• Sea Change: Using Citizen Science to Inform Fisheries Management

• 2021 Support Return to Cruising

• 2020 Securing Florida’s Blue Economy: Strategic Policy Plan for Florida’s Oceans and Coasts

• 2015 Report on the Implementation of the National Ocean Policy

• 2013 Obama Administration Releases Plan to Promote Ocean Economy and Resilience

• 2013 What President Obama’s Climate Plan Means for the Ocean

• 2013 National Ocean Policy Implementation Plan

• 2012 National Ocean Policy Implementation Plan

Annual Dispatches

• 2024 Priorities for Florida’s Oceans & Coasts

• 2023 Priorities for Florida’s Oceans & Coasts

• 2022 Dispatch to Floria State Government

• 2021 Dispatch to Florida State Government

• 2020 Dispatch to Florida State Government

• 2019 Dispatch to Florida State Government

• 2018 Dispatch to Florida State Government

• 2017 Dispatch to Florida State Government

• 2016 Dispatch to Florida State Government

• 2015 Dispatch to Florida State Government

Ocean Science

• State of the Ocean Report 2022 Pilot Edition (2022 UNESCO)

• The Florida Red Tide Mitigation & Technology Development Initiative Report

• Observation-based early-warning signals for a collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (2021 Boers)

• Contact with blue-green spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown beneficial for mental health (2021 Pouso and Uyarra)

• The Roses Ocean and Human Health Chair: A New Way to Engage the Public in Oceans and Human Health Challenges (2020 Lloret and Fleming)

• Using Urban Clue Spaces to Benefit Health and Well-Being

• The Future of Blue Carbon Science (2019 Macreadie)

• Blue Care: The Healing Power and Potential of the Deep Blue Sea (2019 Britton)

• Neighborhood Blue Space (2019 Pasanen and Garrett)

• Blue Care: A Systematic Review of Blue Space Interventions (2018 Britton and Carlin)
  
  

Conservation

• How Florida Boaters and Marinas Can Help Manage Nonpoint Source Pollution

• Governor Ron DeSantis Signs Historic Executive Order Continuing Commitment to Stewardship of Florida’s Natural Resources

• Miami-Dade County Inaugural Future of Water Summit 2022

• Port Tampa Bay’s Commitment to Trash-Free Waters

• Pensacola East Bay Oyster Habitat Restoration project

• Celebrating Momentum in Everglades Restoration

• A Second Sargasso Sea Near Florida Coasts

• 2019 Vital Coastal Areas Benefit from Federal-State Partnerships