Memorandum
From:
Ashley
L.
Allen,
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
To:
EPA
Docket
OW­
2004­
0002
Subject:
List
of
Documents
Addressing
Aquatic
Organism
Interactions
with
Offshore
Oil
and
Gas
Facilities
Date:
October
29,
2004
The
following
documents
provide
information
on
actual
and
potential
interactions
between
offshore
oil
and
gas
facilities
and
aquatic
organisms:

Biggs,
D.
C.,
and
P.
H.
Ressler.
2000.
Chapter
6:
Water
Column
Biology.
In
Deepwater
Gulf
of
Mexico
Environmental
and
Socioeconomic
Data
Search
and
Literature
Synthesis.
Volume
I:
Narrative
Report.
Continental
Shelf
Associates,
Inc.
U.
S.
Department
of
the
Interior,
Minerals
Management
Service,
Gulf
of
Mexico
OCS
Region,
New
Orleans,
LA.
OCS
Study
MMS
2000­
049.
340
pp.

Continental
Shelf
Associates,
Inc.
2004.
Explosive
removal
of
offshore
structures
­
information
synthesis
report.
Chapter
5:
Affected
Environments.
U.
S.
Department
of
the
Interior,
Minerals
Management
Service,
Gulf
of
Mexico
OCS
Region,
New
Orleans,
LA.
OCS
Study
MMS
2003­
070.
181
pp.
+
app.

Ditty,
J.
G.
1988.
Seasonality
and
depth
distribution
of
larval
fishes
in
the
northern
Gulf
of
Mexico
above
latitude
26

00'
N.
Fishery
Bulletin,
U.
S.
86:
811­
822.

Edwards,
R.
E.,
K.
J.
Sulak,
D.
Weaver.
2000.
Deepwater
structures
as
fish
aggregating
devices:
an
in­
progress
project
report.
In
McKay,
M.,
J.
Nides,
and
D.
Vigil,
eds.
Proceedings:
Gulf
of
Mexico
fish
and
fisheries:
bringing
together
new
and
recent
research,
October
2000.
U.
S.
Dept.
of
the
Interior,
Minerals
Management
Service,
Gulf
of
Mexico
OCS
Region,
New
Orleans,
La.
OCS
Study
MMS
2002­
004.
674
pp.

Hernandez,
F.
J.,
Jr.
and
R.
F.
Shaw.
2003.
Comparison
of
plankton
net
and
light
trap
methodologies
for
sampling
larval
and
juvenile
fishes
at
offshore
petroleum
platforms
and
a
coastal
jetty
off
Louisiana.
American
Fisheries
Society
Symposium.

Hernandez,
F.
J.,
Jr.,
R.
F.
Shaw,
J.
S.
Cope,
J.
G.
Ditty,
T.
Farooqi,
and
M.
C.
Benfield.
2003.
The
across­
shelf
larval,
postlarval,
and
juvenile
fish
assemblages
collected
at
offshore
oil
and
gas
platforms
west
of
the
Mississippi
River
delta.
American
Fisheries
Society
Symposium.

Holbrook,
S.
J.,
R.
F.
Ambrose,
L.
Botsford,
M.
H.
Carr,
P.
T.
Raimondi,
M.
J.
Tegner.
2000.
Ecological
Issues
Related
to
Decommissioning
of
California's
Offshore
Production
Platforms.
Report
to
the
University
of
California
Marine
Council
by
The
Select
Scientific
Advisory
Committee
on
Decommissioning.
University
of
California..
Keenan,
S.
F.
and
M.
C.
Benfield.
2003.
Importance
of
zooplankton
in
the
diets
of
Blue
Runner
(
Caranx
crysos)
near
offshore
petroleum
platforms
in
the
Northern
Gulf
of
Mexico.
Prepared
by
the
Coastal
Fisheries
Institute,
Louisiana
State
University.
U.
S.
Department
of
the
Interior,
Minerals
Management
Service,
Gulf
of
Mexico
OCS
Region,
New
Orleans,
LA.
OCS
Study
MMS
2003­
029.
129
pp.

Love,
M.
S.,
J.
E.
Caselle,
L.
Snook.
2000.
Fish
assemblages
around
seven
oil
platforms
in
the
Santa
Barbara
Channel
area.
Fishery
Bulletin,
U.
S.
98:
96­
117.

Love,
M.
S.,
D.
M.
Schroeder,
and
M.
M.
Nishimoto.
2003.
The
ecological
role
of
oil
and
gas
production
platforms
and
natural
outcrops
on
fishes
in
southern
and
central
California:
a
synthesis
of
information.
U.
S.
Department
of
the
Interior,
U.
S.
Geological
Survey,
Biological
Resources
Division,
Seattle,
Washington,
98104,
OCS
Study
MMS
2003­
032.

Shaw,
R.
F.
2004.
Vertical
Distribution
of
Ichthyoplankton
within
the
Northern
Gulf
of
Mexico:
A
White
Paper.
Prepared
for
Ecology
and
Environment,
Inc.
Pensacola,
FL.
Subcontract
No.
1683.
MF03.05.

Shaw,
R.
F.,
D.
C.
Lindquist,
M.
C.
Benfield,
T.
Farooqi,
and
J.
T.
Plunket.
2001.
Offshore
Petroleum
Platforms:
Functional
Significance
for
Larval
Fish
Across
Longitudinal
and
Latitudinal
Gradients.
Prepared
by
the
Coastal
Fisheries
Institute,
Louisiana
State
University.
U.
S.
Department
of
the
Interior,
Minerals
Management
Service,
Gulf
of
Mexico
OCS
Region,
New
Orleans,
LA.
OCS
Study
MMS
2002­
077.
107
pp.

Snyder,
D.
B.
2000.
Chapter
10:
Fishes
and
Fisheries.
In
Deepwater
Gulf
of
Mexico
Environmental
and
Socioeconomic
Data
Search
and
Literature
Synthesis.
Volume
I:
Narrative
Report.
Continental
Shelf
Associates,
Inc.
U.
S.
Department
of
the
Interior,
Minerals
Management
Service,
Gulf
of
Mexico
OCS
Region,
New
Orleans,
LA.
OCS
Study
MMS
2000­
049.
340
pp.

Thompson,
N.
B.
2004.
Potential
impacts
of
liquid
natural
gas
processing
facilities
on
fishery
organisms
in
the
Gulf
of
Mexico.
Memorandum
for
Roy
Crabtree,
Regional
Administrator
from
Nancy
B.
Thompson,
Science
Administrator.
United
States
Department
of
Commerce,
National
Oceanic
and
Atmospheric
Administration,
National
Marine
Fisheries
Service,
Southeast
Fisheries
Science
Center.
