Priority of Issues for Respondents' planning practice/analysis/research (Question #10): Gulf of Mexico

ISSUE	Very High		High		Neutral		Low		Very Low		NAa		TOTAL
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Climate Change Impacts	18	18	23	23	20	20	23	23	15	15	1	1	100	100
Coastal Storms	47	47	26	26	13	13	6	6	6	6	2	2	100	100
Commercial Fishing	10	10	7	7	27	27	27	27	19	19	10	10	100	100
Conservation	48	48	31	31	9	9	10	10	1	1	1	1	100	100
Cultural and Heritage Resource Mgmt	22	22	33	33	23	23	16	16	4	4	2	2	100	100
Economic Development	32	32	37	37	22	22	6	6	3	3	0	0	100	100
Energy Development (incl. alternative)	15	15	24	24	27	27	17	17	13	13	4	4	100	100
Fiscal Planning	21	21	21	21	34	34	15	15	6	6	3	3	100	100
Flooding/Inundation/Storm Surge	54	54	29	29	12	12	1	1	4	4	0	0	100	100
Food Systems/Agriculture	8	8	15	15	27	27	23	23	19	19	8	8	100	100
Habitat Systems Restore & Monitor	27	27	30	30	21	21	7	7	9	9	6	6	100	100
Hazards Management	37	37	33	33	16	16	8	8	6	6	0	0	100	100
Infrastructure/Utilities Development	32	32	40	40	18	18	6	6	2	2	2	2	100	100
Land Use Planning/Growth Mgmt	66	66	24	24	7	7	2	2	1	1	0	0	100	100
Nearshore/Offshore Habitat Mapping	14	14	14	14	33	33	18	18	14	14	7	7	100	100
Nonpoint Source Pollution	16	16	38	38	21	21	10	10	10	10	5	5	100	100
Oil/Pollutant Spill Response	16	16	15	15	22	22	19	19	21	21	7	7	100	100
Population Migration	10	10	25	25	26	26	22	22	15	15	2	2	100	100
Port/Harbor/Marina Development	14	14	25	25	22	22	20	20	13	13	6	6	100	100
Protected Area Management	21	21	26	26	29	29	9	9	9	9	6	6	100	100
Protected Species Management	20	20	26	26	31	31	6	6	9	9	8	8	100	100
Public Access	32	32	29	29	24	24	5	5	6	6	4	4	100	100
Recreation and Tourism	32	32	27	27	26	26	9	9	5	5	1	1	100	100
Resilience	21	21	20	20	38	38	9	9	4	4	8	8	100	100
Sea Level Rise/Lake Level Change	24	24	27	27	18	18	16	16	8	8	7	7	100	100
Shoreline Change Management	21	21	24	24	26	26	12	12	11	11	6	6	100	100
Submerged Lands Management	11	11	24	24	29	29	16	16	12	12	8	8	100	100
Subsidence	5	5	21	21	22	22	24	24	17	17	11	11	100	100
Sustainability	31	31	34	34	17	17	13	13	2	2	3	3	100	100
Transportation (ground)	41	41	28	28	16	16	8	8	7	7	0	0	100	100
Transportation (marine)	12	12	12	12	28	28	23	23	18	18	7	7	100	100
Tsunami (including seiche)	5	5	6	6	14	14	27	27	27	27	21	21	100	100
Water Quality Monitoring	24	24	25	25	26	26	12	12	6	6	7	7	100	100
Waterfront & Brownfield Development	20	20	26	26	25	25	18	18	8	8	3	3	100	100
Wetland Loss	35	35	21	21	21	21	11	11	8	8	4	4	100	100
Working Waterfronts	15	15	23	23	25	25	16	16	15	15	6	6	100	100

Table 3h lists 36 issues for which Gulf of Mexico coastal region respondents were asked to rate priorities for planning practice, analysis, and research. The five issues with the highest percentage of very high or high priority ratings from respondents are:

The five issues with the highest percentage of low or very low priority ratings from respondents are:

The three issues with double-digit percentages of respondents rating the issue as "Not Applicable" are:

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