Introduction to Working Waterfronts

Working Waterfronts
and Waterways

A
Na%onal
Network

and

Na%onal
Symposium

www.workingwaterfronts2013.org

Take
a
look
at
the
face
of
our

Working
Waterfronts
across
America


SeaCle,
WA
Fisherman’s
Terminal

West
Coast
Trawlers


Half
Moon
Bay,
CA


Michigan
Fishing


Urban
Waterfronts,
WA


Tour
Boat
Operators


Tug
Boat
Opera%ons


SeaCle,
WA
Cargo


Tacoma,
WA


Dry
Stack
Storage


Aquaculture
Harves%ng


Yaquina,
OR
Floats


Historic
Mari%me
Culture


Historic
Net
Sheds,
WA

Working
Waterfronts:
The
Balancing
Act

Three
Compe*ng
Interests
of
Shorelines:

Public
Access
Water
Oriented

Uses

Environment


The
Issues
Na%onally

•  Overcrowding
due
to
popula*on

growth

•  Displacement
of
tradi*onal
water-‐
dependent
uses
by
high-‐value

residen*al
and
commercial
uses.

•  Costs
of
maintaining
water
access

•  User
conﬂicts

•  Loss
of
commercial
and
recrea*onal

access

•  Loss
of
mari*me
heritage


Deﬁning
Working
Waterfront

•  Key
elements
of
a
working

waterfront:

–  Water
dependency,

–  commercial
enterprise,

–  and
a
balanced
diversity
of

successful
businesses.

Working
Waterfront
Key
Components

Key
Components
•  Aquaculture

•  Ship
and
boat
manufacturing
•  Historic
Mari*me
Community

•  Boat
yards
and
shipyards
•  Public
Access
Interests

•  Boat
and
ship
suppliers
•  Shellﬁsh
Industry

•  Ship
boat
repair
and
•  Sustainable
Fisheries

maintenance
Community

•  Marinas

•  Boat
charter

•  Boat
storage

•  Non-‐marina
boat
storage

facili*es


Crea%ng
a
Network

•  A
na*onwide
community
of
prac*ce
Individuals
and

organiza*ons,
public
and
private
government,
industry,

academia

•  In
its
forma*ve
stage
as
an
organiza*on

• 

Steering
commiQee,

working
groups,

membership,
etc.
Its

presence
will
be
web-‐
based

•  Work
is
well
underway.


The
Original
Partners

•  NOAA
Sea
Grant

•  Virginia
Sea
Grant

•  Maine
Sea
Grant

•  Boat
US

•  Island
Ins*tute

•  Maine
Coastal
Program

•  Coastal
Enterprises
Inc.

•  States
Organiza*on
for
Boa*ng
Access

•  Coastal
States
Organiza*on

•  Na*onal
Sea
Grant
Law
Center

•  Maine
Working
Waterfront
Coali*on


Founding
Members
of
Network

Nick
BaVsta,
Island
Ins*tute

Stephanie
Showalter
OQs,
Na*onal

Mark
Breederland,
Michigan
Sea
Sea
Grant
Law
Center

Grant

Natalie
Springuel,
Maine
Sea
Grant

Hugh
Cowperthwaite,
Coastal
Suzanna
Stoike,
West
Coast

Enterprises,
Inc.
Governors
Alliance
on
Ocean
Health

Jamie
Doyle,
Oregon
Sea
Grant

Sea
Grant
Fellow

Nicole
Faghin,
Washington
Sea
Grant
Bob
SweQ,
Florida
Sea
Grant

Jeﬀ
Gabriel,
Na*onal
Marine
Jody
Thompson
Mississippi-‐Alabama

Manufacturers
Associa*on
Sea
Grant
Consor*um

Barbara
Garrity-‐Blake,
North
Carolina
Kenneth
Walker,
Oﬃce
of
Coastal

Kristen
Grant,
Maine
Sea
Grant

Resource
Management,
NOAA

Tom
Murray,
Virginia
Sea
Grant
Jack
Wiggin,
Urban
Harbors
Ins*tute


Mission
of
Na%onal
Network

Increase
the
capacity
of
coastal

communi*es
and
stakeholders
to

make
informed
decisions,
balance

diverse
uses,
ensure
access
and
plan

for
the
future
of
their
working

waterfronts
and
waterways.

Objec%ves

•  Cooperate
on
research
and
educa*onal
outreach

•  Provide
access
to
historical,
economic,
ﬁnancial
and
policy

informa*on

•  Maintain
and
strengthen
a
diverse
network
of
partners.


Economic
Development
Admin
Grant

Promo%ng
Sustainable
Working

Waterfronts:
A
Toolkit
for

Community
and
Economic

Development
Prac**oners
Grant

from
US
DOC,
Economic

Development

•  Historical
Changes
and
Current

Trends
work
group

•  Economic
analysis
work
group

•  Law
and
Policy
Working
Group

•  Financing
Tools
work
group

•  Outreach
and
Educa*on
work

group


1st
Na%onal
Working
Waterfronts
and

Waterways
Symposium
(2007)

•  Norfolk,
Virginia

•  2007
Symposium:

iden*fy
and
describe

problems
to
ﬁnd

common
ground

between
diverse
water-‐
dependent
industries


2nd
Na%onal
Working
Waterfronts

and
Waterways
Symposium
(2010)

•  Portland,
Maine

•  The
2010
conference

focused
on
how
to
address

challenges
faced
by
working

waterfronts

•  What
solu*ons
are

working?


UPCOMING:

3rd
Na%onal
Symposium

•  Next
Na*onal
Symposium

•  Tacoma,
WA

•  March
25
–
28,
2013

•  4
–
5
Session
Tracks

•  Building
oﬀ
EDA
Grant

•  Sponsored
by
Washington/Oregon
Sea
Grant

•  With
assistance
from:

West
Coast
Governor’s

Alliance
and
Center
for
Urban
Waters
(Tacoma)


Na%onal
Sea
Grant
Program

Sea
Grant
is
NOAA’s
primary

university-‐based
program
in

support
of
coastal
resource

use
and
conserva*on.

Our
research
and
outreach

programs
promote
beQer

understanding,
conserva*on

and
use
of
America’s
coastal

resources.

In
short,
Sea
Grant
is
“science

serving
America’s
coasts.”


Thank
you!


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