Memorandum
from
Ashley
L.
Allen
(
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Office
of
Water),
to
EPA
Docket
OW­
2004­
0002.

Consideration
of
an
Analysis
of
Distribution
and
Magnitude
of
Fish
Egg
Densities
in
the
Gulf
of
Mexico.

November
2005
The
Southeast
Area
Monitoring
and
Assessment
Program
(
SEAMAP)
(
see
www.
gsmfc.
org
for
additional
information)
conducts
extensive
monitoring
of
ichthyoplankton
throughout
the
Gulf
of
Mexico.
A
memo
describing
an
analysis
of
the
magnitude
and
distribution
of
fish
larvae
densities
has
been
placed
in
EPA
Docket
OW­
2004­
0002
(
see
"
A
Summary
of
Ichthyoplankton
Presence
and
Abundance
in
the
Gulf
of
Mexico,
as
Part
of
an
Assessment
of
the
Potential
for
Entrainment
by
Offshore
Oil
and
Gas
Facilities").
SEAMAP's
monitoring
data
for
fish
eggs
has
also
been
placed
in
EPA
Docket
OW­
2004­
0002
(
see
"
ICHSTRWK_
09_
02_
2004")).
EPA
will
consider
conducting
an
analysis
of
the
distribution
and
magnitude
of
fish
egg
densities
in
the
Gulf
of
Mexico
very
similar
to
the
analysis
conducted
for
fish
larvae.
