Value chains in public marine data
A UK case study
Marine data play a crucial role for many scientific disciplines, as well as for very
diverse operational services such as fisheries management, environmental planning,
marine conservation, weather forecasting, or port management. The information derived
from marine data is also increasingly finding its way into a wide and varied range
of public policy arenas and private industries. Collecting, distributing and archiving
public marine data provide benefits to society at large, however as with all public
investments, assessments are needed to provide evidence to decision makers. Based
on an original survey of UK marine data users, this paper explores pathways through
which marine data are used and transformed into actionable information, creating systematised
value chains for the first time. The analysis unveils trends in current marine data
uses in the UK and key benefits of data uses. The paper lays the foundations for further
OECD work with the marine data community.
Published on July 30, 2021
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