The goals of this report, as noted in the Introduction, are to 1) “determine bluewater fishing endeavors and practices and deepwater outer continental shelf (OCS) energy development activities; 2) describe and map bluewater fishing and deepwater OCS en
The purpose of this research project, performed under a Minerals Management Service contract, was to estimate demand, expenditures, and economic impact associated with recreational fishing and diving near GOM-based oil and gas structures and artificial
Snyder, D. B., L. Lagera, P. Arnold, LeRay de Wit, G. H. Burgess, and C. Friel
This paper summarizes the numbers, types (fixed, semi-submersible, tension leg etc.), and locations of the oil and gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico.
The red snapper Lutjanus campechanus is a potentially large and long-lived species which can
achieve ages approaching 60 years and weights of over 22 kg. In the northern Gulf of Mexico, oil
The red snapper Lutjanus campechanus is a potentially large and long-lived species that can achieve ages approaching 60 years and weights of more than 22 kg.
The northern Gulf of Mexico (GOM) off Louisiana and Texas currently produces significant portions of the commercial and recreational harvests of red snapper Lutjanus campechanus; however, this has not always been the case.
Simonsen, K. A., J. H. Cowan Jr., and K. M. Boswell
Red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus, Poey 1860) support a valuable commercial and recreational fishery in the northern Gulf of Mexico; however there is much debate as to the role of habitat, particularly reef structures, in the feeding ecology o
Understanding the role that habitat plays in the life history of reef-associated fishes is particularly significant given the dramatic increase in the number of artificial reefs deployed in coastal ecosystems over the past 50 years.
