Estimation of Potential Impacts from Offshore Liquefied Natural Gas Terminals on Red Snapper and Red Drum Fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico: An Alternative Approach

Autor: Robert G. Fechhelm, William J. Gazey, John G. Cole, Benny J. Gallaway
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 136:655-677
ISSN: 1548-8659
0002-8487
Popis: As of October 1, 2005, seven offshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals have been proposed to be sited in offshore waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Six of these facilities have opted to use open-rack vaporizers (ORVs) to heat and regasify the LNG and one plans to use a combination open-closed-loop system. Each of the terminals would require on the order of 100-200 million gallons (380-760 × 106 L) of seawater per day to vaporize the LNG. The potential impact on fishery stocks resulting from the entrainment of fish eggs and larvae has emerged as the foremost issue associated with the LNG terminals. The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) and the Maritime Administration (MARAD) have used forward-projecting equivalent adult models (EAMs) to evaluate the expected levels of impacts from entrainment and have concluded that the effects, while adverse, are minor. The results of these analyses have, however, predicted losses of a magnitude that have been interpreted by resource managers to represent significant redu...
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