RI Coastal Management 1971-2006
The Coastal Resources Center carried out a number of studies on
energy use, facility siting and marine spatial planning related to power
plant siting, offshore oil exploration and alternative energy options
during the 1970s and 1980s.
The highly influential study of the potential impact of offshore oil development Fishing and Petroleum Interactions on Georges Bank is presented below in sections. The original two volume study outline is as follows:
Fishing and Petroleum Interactions on Georges Bank Volume I: Areas of
particular interest to the industries is a pioneering compilation of
fishing data overlain on tracts being offered for lease.
Fishing and Petroleum Interactions on Georges Bank Volume II: The
Characteristics of the Two Industries: Potential Future Trends and
an Assessment of Foreseeable Conflicts was produced for the New England
Regional Commission in 1977.
- Introduction
- Section 1: Petroleum, Fisheries and the Georges Bank
Environment by Stephen Olsen and Dale Brown; Appendix A,
An Analysis of Data from the National Marine Fisheries Service
Groundfish Survey for Use in Assessing Oil-Related Environmental
Impacts by Robert A. Pikanowski
- Section 2: A Profile of New England Ports by Stephen Olsen and Thomas Grigalunas
- Section 3: An Overview of New England's Commercial Fisheries by Stephen Olsen
- Section 4: The Future of the New England Fishing Industry Under Extended Jurisdiction by Virgil Norton
- Section 5: Northeast Recreational Fisheries by Henry Parker
- Section 6: Foreign Fisheries on Georges Bank by Stephen Sedgwick
- Section 7: The Potential Characteristics of Petroleum
Exploration and Development on Georges Bank by Thomas Grigalunas
- Section 8: The Potential Impact on Commercial Fisheries
of Ground Pre-empted by Petroleum-Related Structures on Georges
Bank by Stephen Olsen; Appendix A, Fishing Vessel Maneuverability
Studies by Saul B. Saila and Tadcusz Kowalski; Appendix B,
Submarine Pipeline Studies by Tadeusz Kowalski and Saul B. Saila
- Section 9: The Potential Impact of Oil Related Debris on the New England Fishing Industry by Jon Sutinen
- Section 10: Competition for Labor Between the Petroleum
and Fishing Industries in New England by Jon Sutinen and Thomas
Grigalunas
- Section 11 Potential Interactions: Ports and Vessel Repair Facilities by Thomas Grigalunas
Information on a related article: Public Involvement in offshore oil development: lessons from New England by V. Tippie and D. Robadue, 1980.
The energy use and facility siting regulations
currently in force by the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management
Council were prepared originally by CRC in 1978 and amended in 1982.