I want to commend the entire team at ProtectedSeas for the incredible work you are doing to advance marine solutions that safeguard our oceans. Your initiatives — from Navigator to Marine Monitor — exemplify the spirit of innovation and conservation that define California.

On behalf of NOAA I want to thank you for your organization’s excellent work on your recently published national database and online mapping application for marine managed area boundaries and regulation information. NOAA greatly values our public private partnership, an excellent illustration of the value of collaboration.

We have found ProtectedSeas Navigator to be the best source of data and remarkably comprehensive tool for understanding the spatial implications of marine protected area regulations. This is a valuable resource for ocean conservation.

We are really thrilled to be partnering with ProtectedSeas, which has a mapping tool called Navigator. No one can understand ocean protection without first understanding existing ocean regulations. You can’t care if you don’t know.