FWS/OBS-77/16.1 

 March 1978 



Environmental Planning 

 for Offshore Oil and Gas 



Volume V: Regional Status Reports 

 Part 1: New England 



by 



Virginia Tippie, Ph.D. 

 and 

 Don Robadue, Graduate Research Assistant 



Marine Resources Information Center 

 Naragansett Bay Campus 

 University of Rhode Island 



Prepared for 



The Conservation Foundation 



1717 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. 



Washington, D.C. 20036 



Contract No. 14-16-0008-962 



Larry Shanks, Project Officer 

 National Coastal Ecosystems Team 

 National Space Technology Laboratories 

 NSTL Station, Mississippi 39529 



Performed for 



National Coastal Ecosystems Team 



Office of Biological Services 



Fish and Wildlife Service 



U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 



