USA POSITIVE OCEANS

USA’s overall Positive Oceans Index score is 6.4, ranking it in 13th place out of 30 countries.

The country has high scores for Marine Biodiversity at 7.9 and Marine Protection and Conservation at  7.5.

The has an average Coastal Tourism Densities at 598 tourists per coastal kilometer and a Marine Estate Pressure at 16 people per square kilometer. Nearly 40% of the country’s population lives near the coasts. All of this show that its coastal and marine assets are equally solicited by tourism and local inhabitants.

At A Glance

8'591'493 km2

Total Marine Estate

37.4%

Marine Protected Areas

4

Sustainable Marine Parks

598

Coastal Tourism Density

16

Recreational Marine

Estate Pressure

USA Oceans Scores

biodiversity

/10

diversity of marine species and habitat from recreational perspective

infrastructure

/10

Coastal Tourism Density (number of visitors per coastal kilometre) coastal industries, cruises, waste, water, sanitation.

activites

/10

Recreational Marine Estate Pressure (number of people claiming the marine state by square kilometre) Leisure activities, water sports, etc

conservation

/10

Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), fishing impact and conservation legislation

overall score

/10

location ranking

USA

/10

Costa Rica

/10

Panama

/10

Belize

/10

within region

Canada

/10

Mexico

/10

USA

/10

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OTHER OCEANS INDEXES

Australia

Canada ranks 1st out of 30 countries with an overall score of 7.8

New Zealand

New Zealand ranks 2nd out of 30 countries with an overall score of 7.6

Canada

Canada ranks 3rd out of 30 countries with an overall score of 7.2

REGIONS IN USA

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