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Our Coasts are Valuable

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Our coast is valuable and so is the science that protects it.

40% of the population lives on the coast, 40.5 million population increase on the coast from 1970-2020 (46%), $10 trillion in goods and services produced in coastal counties annually, $54.6 million employed in coastal counties annually, and $4 trillion in wages paid in coastal counties annually.

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