Commercial and research activities tied to the ocean — such as boating, tourism, ferries, fishing and wind farms — could create as many as 60,000 jobs on Long Island by 2051, according to a new report.
The economic sector, called the “blue economy” by the report’s authors, consists of six components: aquaculture/fisheries, marine research, tourism/recreation, maritime transportation, offshore wind farms and marine construction.
Together, they accounted for 67,700 jobs in 2021, or 5% of the total employment in Nassau and Suffolk counties.
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