Discover tips and tricks with How Tuesday webinars

Created to support new and experienced Portal users, How Tuesday webinars are a great place to discover tips and find answers to your ocean mapping questions from Portal team members and your colleagues through out the Mid-Atlantic Ocean region.

Scan through a selection of our recent recordings below or check our calendar for details on upcoming live webinars. For our full archive of webinars and other Portal videos, visit our YouTube Channel.

November 2023 How Tuesday: Intro to the Portal

Our 11/14/22 webinar offered a beginner lesson on our data, tools and features.

Sept. 2023 How Tuesday: The N.Y. Geographic Information Gateway and Virginia Coastal GEMS

Highlighting two state tools serving coastal and ocean data: the new-and-improved New York State Geographic Information Gateway and Virginia Coastal GEMS.

NOVEMBER 2021: 'How Tu' Use the Portal's Tools

Our 11/16/21 edition of the Portal’s “How Tuesday” webinar series provided a tutorial on using Groups and the Portal’s other advanced tools.

SEPTEMBER 2021: Port Access Route Studies Update & Map Data Webinar

In this 9/14/21 webinar, presented in partnership with the Coast Guard and Northeast Regional Ocean Council, Coast Guard personnel presented information on findings, public comment opportunities and next steps for a series of Port Access Route Studies (PARS) focused on major East Coast ports.

June 2020 How Tuesday: N.J./Delaware Bay PARS and Cape Fear Anchorage

Our 6/16/20 webinar centered on a Coast Guard Port Access Route Study (PARS) area extending offshore from Long Branch, NJ, to Ocean City, MD, and a proposed anchorage area near the Cape Fear River in North Carolina.


Earth Day 2020 Webinar: Shifting Fish Species

Our 4/22/20 webinar examined a series of maps on the Portal illustrating shifts that have taken place over the last five decades by several fish species living along the East Coast.With presenters Chris Bruce and Marta Ribera of The Nature Conservancy.

April 2020 Webinar: MARACOOS Data

The 4/14/20 webinar featured Michael Crowley of MARACOOS and Rutgers University and Kelly Knee of RPS North America discussing a series of oceanography maps on the Portal and the data products on the MARACOOS OceansMap that were used to create them.