Living marine resources of the Hope Basin : a resource assessment for the Hope Basin oil and gas lease sale number 86

• Main Author: Morris, Byron F.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Regional Office 1981
• Subjects: Marine resources > Chukchi Sea.; Chukchi Sea; Chukchi
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.7289/v5/tm-f/akr-4; https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/12975

This report addresses the living marine resources and their habitats that are within the purview of the National Marine Fisheries Service. The report covers the following subjects: (1) a general description of the environment and habitats encompassed by the proposed sale area; (2) a review of the fish and invertebrate resources of the southeastern Chukchi Sea; (3) the status of knowledge of marine mammal populations of the area; (4) the commercial and subsistence uses of these resources by coastal residents; and (5) potential effects of oil and gas development on these fish and marine mammal populations and their habitats.