Living marine resources of the Chukchi Sea : a resource report for the Chukchi Sea oil and gas lease sale number 85

• Main Author: Morris, Byron F.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Environmental Assessment Division, Alaska Regional Office, 1981
• Subjects: Marine resources > Chukchi Sea.; Chukchi Sea; Chukchi
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.7289/v5/tm-f/akr-3; https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/12976

The Bureau of Land Management of the Department of the Interior is proposing oil and gas lease sale 85 in the northeastern Chukchi Sea. This sale is currently scheduled for February 1985. The area from which tracts will be identified for leasing is located between 68°30' N. and 71° N. latitude and is bounded on the east by the Federal/State 3-mile geographical boundary and on the west by the U.S. - U.S.S.R. 1867 convention line (Figure 1.1). The Bureau of Land Management has requested a report from the National Marine Fisheries Service that describes the resources within the general area of evaluation and identifies the potential effects of oil and gas operations upon these resources and their environment. This document is prepared in response to that request.