Chapter 15 - The new blue economy in the American Arctic: challenge and opportunity in the 21st century

Abstract

This chapter highlights many of the ways that NOAA is supporting the new blue economy in the Arctic through advancing the understanding, health, and sustainable use of the natural environment in the region. The chapter then provides examples of how NOAA’s people, policies, products, and services are helping to ensure that the American Arctic thrives. The contributions of data, information, and knowledge are also representative of the positive approach NOAA is taking toward mitigating the challenges in the Arctic and throughout the nation’s oceans, coasts, and Great Lakes. The chapter concludes with NOAA’s path forward for support of the Arctic and the American blue economy by leveraging private sector capabilities and applying emergent science and technology.