USGS Unit Award for Excellence of Service

The Extended Continental Shelf team was awarded the USGS Unit Award for Excellence of Service, an award that recognizes groups of employees who have worked together as a unit to achieve exceptional results. This team was part of a Federal interagency effort to identify the outer limits of the U.S. extended continental shelf (ECS)—the area beyond 200 nautical miles from shore where the U.S. can manage marine resources. The U.S. ECS outer limits were publicly announced in December 2023 for the first time in history.