relating to or denoting the region of the sea or seabed relatively close to a shore

volunteers monitor humpback whales in nearshore waters

corals are essential to the nearshore ecosystem

relating to the transfer of a business operation to a nearby country

nearshore IT services

we set up a nearshore operation in Poland

(of a company) transfer (a business operation) to a nearby country, especially in preference to a more distant location

many capital market firms are starting to nearshore their operations