and living resources vary by region. For example, shellfish 

 may be of paramount concern in one region, birds in a second 

 region, and coastal marshes and wetlands in a third region. 



4. The fourth section concerns socio economic impacts . These 

 issues are generally treated in less detail, because living 

 resources is the primary subject of the project and the 

 socio economic impact information is only to provide a 

 working background. Since socio economic impacts have been 

 the subject of many other studies, and interest in most areas 

 has centered on socio economic rather than living resource 

 impacts, there is extensive information elsewhere on this 

 subject. Two major topic areas are included in each report: 

 effects of anticipated development and regional interest in 

 OCS. 



5. The fifth section is regional information analysis . Publica- 

 tions of regional import are annotated. Each study lists 

 about a dozen publications which contain the best regional 

 research into OCS and related issues. 



Each regional report is meant to provide a compilation of 

 information available for the region through midyear 1976. 



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