From the Introduction: “The DTI has recently completed a Strategic Environment Assessment (SEA) for an area to the north and west of Shetland known as the "White Zone" (DTI, 2000).
This book contains 14 papers, 12 of which deal with various aspects of the fishes or invertebrates that live around Gulf of Mexico oil and gas platforms.
From the Abstract: “North Sea oil and gas developments have introduced pressures on the fishing industry, on fishing operations, and on the marine ecosystem including commercial fish species.
From the Abstract: “The Joint Oil/Fisheries Committee and Liaison Office were formed in 1983 by the offshore oil and fishing industries in south-central California in reponse to the growing number of space-use conflicts between the industries.
From the Abstract: “Fisheries-independent research was conducted in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Alabama and Florida from 2009-2012 to test factors potentially affecting red snapper, Lutjanus campechanus, size at age, hence growth.
From the Abstract: “ This paper reviews the effects existing platform and associated structures have on fish species of commercial importance and discusses what effect the decommissioning process could have on wild stocks in a North Sea context.
