Cross-shelf gradient of larval fish: importance to platform productivity

Ditty, J., R. F. Shaw, and T. Farooqi

Between 1995 and 1997, and using plankton nets and light traps, ichthyoplankton were sampled around three offshore platforms off Louisiana.

Platform-recruited reef fish, Phase I: do platforms provide habitat that increase the survival of juvenile reef fishes?

Cowan, J. H. Jr., R. F. Shaw, and W. F. Patterson III

This paper describes work to be done and does not provide final data from that work.

The fidelity of red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) to petroleum platforms and artificial reefs in the northern Gulf of Mexico

Westmeyer, M. P. and C. A. Wilson

In May 2003, 125 red snapper were captured with hook and line at several platforms in a 35 km² portion of the South Timbalier oil and gas lease blocks, 50 km south of Port Fourchon, Louisiana.

Proceedings: Gulf of Mexico fish and fisheries: bringing together new and recent research, October 2000

McKay, M., J. Nides, and D. Vigil

From Welcome:

Rigs and reefs: a comparison of the fish communities at two artificial reefs and a production platform

Wilson, C. A., M. Miller, R. Kasprzak, and D. Stanley

From the Discussion: “This project again demonstrates the utility of dual beam hydroacoustics coupled with visual survey techniques to study fish assemblages associated with standing platforms and artificial reefs….

Vertical distribution and habitat association of four blenniidae species on gas platforms in the northcentral Gulf of Mexico

Topolski, M. F. and S. T. Szedlmayer

The abundance of Blenniidae on platforms in the northern Gulf of Mexico may be substantially underestimated. Previous studies have reported the abundance of blenny species on platforms to range between 0.6 fish and 16 fish m^-2.

Abundance, age distribution, growth rate, and mortality estimations for red snapper, Lutjanus campechanus, around gas platforms and other artificial structures in the northeast Gulf of Mexico

Szedlmayer, S. T., C. Furman, and D. Moss

We estimated red snapper Lutjanus campechanus, abundance, age frequency, fecundity, and
mortality, through a fishery independent survey. We tested six capture methods: bandit rigs, gill

The attraction of age-0 red snapper, Lutjanus campechanus, to artificially placed shell plots around gas platforms, a possible solution to bycatch mortality

Szedlmayer, S. T.

In 1998 and 1999, we built 30 4m{+2} reefs of shell and 30 4m{+2} reefs of shell/concrete blocks
at depths of 17 to 21 m, in the Gulf of Mexico, 14 to 25 km south of Dauphin Island, Alabama. Each

Seasonal and spatial variation in the biomass and size frequency distribution of fish associated with oil and gas platforms in the northern Gulf of Mexico

Stanley, D. R. and C. A. Wilson

Objectives of this study were: “1) Measure and compare the species composition, biomass and size frequency distribution of fish associated with three petroleum structures.

Fish assemblages around oil and gas platforms in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico: developing a survey design

Rademacher, K. R. and J. H. Render

A pilot survey was conducted in 1995 by the National Marine Fisheries Service, Mississippi
Laboratories (NMFS, ML) to develop a survey design for assessing fishes associated with the

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