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# Year in Review

#### NOS By The Numbers**2017**

            - ***15 million***: the number of recreational boat users in the U.S., many of whom have joined professional mariners in using electronic chart displays and NOAA digital chart products when navigating. (OCS)
            - ***$2.4 billion***: the estimated socio-economic benefits to the nation provided annually by NGS-managed-and-maintained National Spatial Reference System (NSRS). (NGS)
            - ***$2.2 billion***: the cost of nutrient pollution, or the overabundance of essential nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus – in the the U.S. annually. (IOOS) 
            - ***30+***: the number of days of daily high tide flooding experienced in several U.S. cities from May 2016 – April 2017. (CO-OPS) 
            - ***9000***: the number of downloads of the CAMEO Chemicals mobile app in its first four months, from users in more than 100 countries. (ORR) 
            - ***17,800***: the number of trips taken by recreational razor clam harvesters in Long Beach, Washington in April 2017 - a record for one-day digger trips. (NCCOS) 
            - ***1,385***: the number of acres in the He’eia National Estuarine Research Reserve, the 29th NERRS site, established on the island of Oahu in 2017. (OCM) 
            - ***$20 million***: the amount of funding provided by NOAA in 2017 for efforts that support coral reef science and management in seven U.S. states and territories. (CORALS) 
            - ***$8 billion***: the amount generated annually across all national marine sanctuaries from diverse activities such as commercial and recreational fishing, other recreation and tourism activities, and research. (ONMS) 
            - ***2,100***: the number of students from kindergarten through university participating in hands-on stewardship activities to increase their communities’ resilience to the impacts of climate change. (MBO)

#### NOS by the Numbers - **Hurricane Response Edition**

            - ***25,500*** - the number of aerial oblique images recorded by NOAA, covering more than 16,400 square kilometers along the Texas coast affected by Hurricane Harvey. (NGS) 
            - ***29*** – the number of Storm Quick Looks issued for both Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. (CO-OPS) 
            - ***18,000*** - the number of aerial oblique images, covering more than 4,500 square kilometers above areas affected by Hurricane Irma. (NGS) 
            - ***23*** - the number of Storm Quick Looks issued for Hurricane Maria. (CO-OPS) 
            - ***12,000*** - the number of aerial oblique images recorded by NOAA, covering more than 1,500 square kilometers in areas affected by Hurricane Maria. (NGS) 

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