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Title: Alaska OCS socioeconomic studies program. Technical report number 44. Lower Cook Inlet petroleum development scenarios: commercial fishing industry analysis. Final report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6554497

The objectives of the report are to increase the understanding of the potential relationships between the commercial fishing and Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) petroleum industries and to project the potential impacts on the commercial fishing industry of Cook Inlet and Shelikof Strait that may occur as a result of the proposed OCS Lease Sale Number 60. To meet this objective, the report consists of: (1) the documentation and examination of the history and current trends of the Cook Inlet and Shelikof Strait commercial fishing industry as necessary to develop a basis for projecting fishery development and potential interactions with the OCS petroleum industry, (2) the development of models used to forecast the level of commercial fishing industry activity through the year 2000 in the absence of OCS development pursuant to Lease Sale Number 60, and (3) an analysis of the potential impacts of Lease Sale Number 60 based on the hypothesized nature and magnitude of the activities of the commercial fishing and OCS petroleum industries. Both the harvesting and processing sectors of the fishing industry are considered. The sources of impacts considered are the competition for labor, ocean space use, and the infrastructure. Potential impacts due to environmental or biological changes resulting from OCS petroleum development are not considered.

Research Organization:
Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Co., Anchorage, AK (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
DI-AA550-CT6-61
OSTI ID:
6554497
Report Number(s):
PB-80-212475
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English